The nice thing about ‘The Last Word’ is that it offers a chance to see Shirley MacLaine grouch it up and prove that she still has the goods. Unfortunately, that’s the only nice thing that can be said about the mo...
March releases used to be no big deal, but studios are now pumping out huge pictures into nearly every month. (January is still a bit of wasteland, but even that’s also picking up.) Last weekend, ‘Logan’ slashed ...
After a bloated three-hour Peter Jackson epic failed to revive the monkey’s fortunes, the mighty King Kong has returned in the big, silly, popcorn-munching epic ‘Kong: Skull Island’. It’s certainly one of t...
Now more than ever, the question of what is appropriate subject matter for comedy is an endless debate. Ferne Pearlstein’s delightful new documentary ‘The Last Laugh’ explores when humor is appropriate in the fac...
Julia Ducournau’s disturbing and grisly ‘Raw’ got one hell of a burst of publicity when an audience member fainted during the film’s premiere at TIFF last year and was taken out of the theater on a stretche...
Fox took a risk by giving an R-rating to the latest installment of the ‘X-Men’ universe, but it totally paid off. Meanwhile Lionsgate’s faith-based drama played well, but couldn’t beat the sophomore weekend...
After 17 years and 9 movies, Hugh Jackman says that ‘Logan’ will be his last appearance as Wolverine in the ‘X-Men’ franchise. It’s a shame that some other long-running movie characters don’t li...
From the director of ‘Meatballs III’ and a movie about a sniper who specifically targets hookers (‘Stone Cold Dead’) comes a historical romance about the tragic forced famine that claimed millions of lives ...
There’s a unique pain that comes from watching a movie filled top to bottom with actors who you love shuffling awkwardly through a screenplay completely unworthy of their efforts. ‘Table 19’ is a particularly rou...
‘Groundhog Day’ was a high-concept Bill Murray comedy that proved to be a timeless philosophical masterpiece. It’s not surprising that other movies have tried to rip off that film’s concept. That’s ju...
This weekend brings one of the year’s best films. No, I’m not talking about the faith-based picture with a title that would lead you to believe it’s a horror movie. Nor am I talking about the teenage ‘Groun...
It’s possible that we’ll see a worse movie released in 2017 than ‘The Shack’, but that’s only because life is full of surprises, not because this complete failure is remotely redeemable.
