Since its release last week, ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ has proven to be one of the most divisive movies of the year. Most critics and many fans seem to love it, but a growing backlash has declared it a terrible piece ...
When I walked out of last Monday’s press screening for ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ and heard just about every other critic gush over the film’s supposed greatness, I thought, “Well, here we go again. I...
The 2017 box office may still be lower than 2016 overall, but December is up 30% from last year – and there are still two weekends to go! Of course, ‘Star Wars’ is to thank for this uptick. As expected, Blue Sky’...
Just about any actor would be thrilled to catch a break as great as Mark Hamill did when he landed the part of Luke Skywalker. One of the downsides of fame, however, is that some actors never achieve nearly as much success in anyt...
The movie event of the year is finally upon us! Gather up the family and head on out to the theaters – that is, if you’re able to get a seat – because, that’s right, Fox’s new animated bull movie is here!
Back in 1936, ‘The Story of Ferdinand’ was quite an important children’s book. It was a huge bestseller and was banned from both Spain and Germany because the tale of a peaceful bull with no interest in bashing m...
‘Call Me by Your Name’ is a very specific story about a very specific type of romance from a very specific time and place. Yet like so many of the best films (or even the best stories, full stop), by making something s...
The new ‘Star Wars’ trilogy has finally found its own voice and identity. After the nostalgia-fueled tears and cheers of J.J. Abrams’ relentlessly crowd-pleasing (and pandering?) ‘The Force Awakens’, ...
Daniel Warth’s ‘Dim the Fluorescents’ has all the earmarks of a first-time film. The budget limitations are clear, the cast varies in quality, the influences are a little too obvious, the indulgences run deep, an...
Were ‘Get Out’ and ‘Lady Bird’ necessarily “comedies,” exactly? Why didn’t ‘The Big Sick’ get recognized for anything? Did Christopher Plummer really just get an award nominati...
This weekend wasn’t particularly kind to the sole new movie in wide release. However, it was quite lucrative for all the other movies out there, both the limited releases and the holdovers. But these smaller movies better en...
Sometimes, great movies fail to catch a mass audience but play well to smaller throngs of devoted fans. On the other hand, sometimes cult movies with fervent followings turn out to actually just, you know, kind of suck. Our Roundt...
