In the wake of the wildly successful first week of ‘Wonder Woman’, three new movies arrive to contend with it. One is a big-budget studio tentpole with a seemingly bottomless marketing budget, while the other two are s...
Already lambasted, dismissed and wiped under the nether regions by pretty much every critic with access to a keyboard, ‘The Mummy’ actually isn’t that bad under the right set of expectations (i.e. low ones). Sure...
Based on a true story and aching with cinema’s uncanny ability to make viewers cry at dogs in danger, ‘Megan Leavey’ is one of the most manipulative movies of the year. Granted, the target audiences likely won...
All eyes were on this weekend for several reasons tied to one movie in particular. The big questions were: Could the latest standalone entry to DC comics’ cinematic series actually be good? Could it rev up moviegoers ahead o...
‘Graduation’ isn’t a horror film or a thriller. It’s a particularly quiet drama. However, in its own small and satisfying way, Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s film is the most unsettling and tense...
Buckle up, folks. June is kicking off and we’re in the middle of week-after-week of huge new movie releases to keep up with. While DC Comics movies weren’t widely loved last year, the studio is back with a vengeance wi...
With the cultural acceptance of transgender rights shifting almost by the hour, the time feels right for a documentary like ‘Finding Kim’. It’s a heartwarming tale of one 50-year-old’s journey to finally be...
Movie monsters tend to move in cycles. We just got out of a soapy vampire romance trend, so the time has come for the undead blood suckers to become moody and unsettling creatures again. First-time writer/director Michael O’...
Warner Bros.’ attempt to get in on the Marvel comic book universe game has been off to a rocky start. While the first few DCU movies have their supporters, the detractors are legion and vocal, tired of the studio’s ins...
Can a movie exist primarily around the hilarity of seeing a middle-aged cartoon man wearing underoos? Yes, apparently it can. It’s called ‘Captain Underpants’. It comes from a successful series of children’...
For years, Errol Morris has offered one of the most unique cinematic voices in documentaries or any other genre. His latest film, ‘The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography’, starts as a specific study of a...
Although this holiday weekend wasn’t a bust for either of the new wide release movies, both fell very short of expectations. The fifth installment to Disney’s tentpole pirate franchise won the box office, but delivered...
