‘Tommy’s Honour’ Review: Par for the Course
There isn’t much competition for the title of “the great golf movie,” so earnestly attempting that feat without Bob Barker, Bill Murray or a kneeling Tim Conway in sight is enough for ‘Tommy’s Honour&...
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Weekend Movies: King for a Day
While ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ already has the box office locked up once again for this weekend, two new movies, each appealing to a different target demographic, will fight to draw audiences looking for an alternativ...
‘Snatched’ Review: Tropic Blunder
What’s funnier than mother/daughter bonding and bickering? According to ‘Snatched’, almost nothing! That’s especially true if this wacky mother/daughter combo find themselves kidnapped and fighting through ...
‘The Wall’ Review: A Tiny War Movie
‘The Wall’ is a movie that exists mostly as a directorial challenge. Is it possible to make a pulse-pounding war thriller out of a single location and three characters? That’s the type of task that got Doug Liman...
‘Buster’s Mal Heart’ Review: Mind-Bendingly Sim
Sarah Adina Smith’s second feature, ‘Buster’s Mal Heart’, appears to be many things over the course of its running time. Carefully constructed as a non-chronological, reality-bending mind-buster, the film d...
Weekend Box Office: Crank Up the Volume
The 2017 summer blockbuster season officially kicked off this weekend with a Marvel sequel that dominated the box office. If Warner Bros. and Fox think their respective ‘King Arthur’ and ‘Snatched’ stand a ...
Weekend Roundtable: Movie Mixtape
Nearly as much as their epic space battles and wise-cracking humor, the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movies are notable for their infectious soundtracks of 1970s pop hits. In this week’s Roundtable, we look at other...
‘I, Daniel Blake’ Review: Pained Politics, Devastatin
For decades, Ken Loach has been one of the angriest political filmmakers in Britain and one of the most painfully real as well. His movies walk a fine line between aggressive polemics and delicate naturalistic drama. The mix isn&#...
‘Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl’ Review: Subtle Art Horror
Have you been desperate to see a contemporary horror film as much influenced by Ingmar Bergman’s ‘Persona’ as ‘Paranormal Activity’? Good news, ‘Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl’ is the meditation...
‘3 Generations’ Review: Manipulative Times Three
‘3 Generations’ played at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2015 under the title ‘About Ray’ with a planned release just days after its premiere. It was pulled and now it’s being reluctantly ...
Weekend Movies: Galaxy Questing
After sitting at the top of the charts for nearly a month, the latest ‘Fast and Furious’ flick is about to meet its fate. With $154 million already tucked under its belt from an early international opening, Marvel Stud...
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Review: Freaky Famil
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ felt like the sci-fi daydreams of an imaginative kid staring at psychedelic albums covers and stacks of Jack Kirby comics while listening to pop radio hits in the late 1970s. Writer/director J...