After five financially successful films, Sony decided to reboot the ‘Spider-Man’ franchise for the second time, giving us our third cinematic web-slinger in the new standalone film, ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’...
Not all sequels are smash hits. Not all stars have power. And not all small-time directors are limited to small-time numbers. This weekend’s box office results weren’t exactly predictable, but they’re pleasantly ...
The rom-com has been in rough shape over the last few years. Thankfully, Kumail Nanjiani and his wife Emily V. Gordon were able to take their unique and true love story and transform it into one of the most moving, hilarious and o...
Summer moves full steam ahead this week with three big movies and one oddball limited release. For those who found ‘Cars 3’ less than appealing, another animated threequel option presents itself on more than 4,500 scre...
The relatively young Universal-backed animation studio Illumination created a golden goose in 2010 with its first movie, ‘Despicable Me’, and has been on a successful roll ever since. Unfortunately, just as happened to...
Reduced down to a simple logline, ‘The Beguiled’ sounds like a cheeky, sleazy, silly picture. That’s likely because when Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood made a movie out of the Thomas Cullinan novel in the 1970s, t...
‘Baby Driver’ might not even be the biggest Hollywood movie hinged on car chases to hit screens this year, but it’s easily the most joyful flick spat out of the studio machine during popcorn season. Edgar Wright&...
I’m proud of you, domestic audiences! This weekend, the latest ‘Transformers’ movie opened far behind its predecessors. Now it’s time for international viewers to follow suit. Together, we can make Hollywoo...
Too many franchises are overstaying their welcome. Movie series used to end, but that rarely happens anymore. However, the tides may be changing. Franchises used to be critic-proof sure things, but they’re finally starting t...
‘Paulina’ is one of the most challenging movies to hit screens in a while. That’s neither a criticism nor a reflection of a difficulty understanding the movie. Though director/co-writer Santiago Mitre’s fil...
Just when you thought it was safe to send a movie starlet back in the water… Last summer, Blakely Lively went toe-to-teeth with a shark in ‘The Shallows’ and now it’s Mandy Moore’s turn. While Lively’...
A few years ago, Ana Lily Amirpour made quite a name for herself with the delightfully offbeat ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night‘. Billed as a “feminist Iranian vampire Western” and boasting a deadpan Jim J...
