‘American Sniper’ screenwriter John Hall makes his directorial debut with strikingly similar material. Fortunately, his follow-up focuses on the best aspects of that troubled war epic. Gone are the disturbingly narrow-...
You’d think that the directorial debut of motion-capture acting pioneer Andy Serkis would be some sort of technical marvel, especially given that it’s produced by his own studio. Instead, Serkis directed ‘Breathe...
Could ‘The Flash’ be overcorrecting this year for the doom and gloom that dominated last season? This week’s episode is almost aggressively silly, to the point that slip-and-fall slapstick gags are central to the...
Sometimes a group of talented people with the best intentions get together and make a failure. Such is the case for ‘Suburbicon’, a film written by the Coen brothers, directed by George Clooney, and starring Matt Damon...
It’s not my preference to post SteelBook announcements before final cover art has even been decided, but Marvel titles tend to sell out quickly once preorders open. Collectors would be wise to order as soon as they’re ...
Netflix’s ‘Mindhunter’ is a new series created and written by Joe Penhall and executive produced by Charlize Theron and David Fincher, with Fincher directing the first two and the last two installments of this te...
Season 8 of ‘The Walking Dead’ arrives with a lot riding on it. The premiere is both the show’s milestone 100th episode and, perhaps more importantly, it’s the first episode back after a particularly disapp...
With five wide release movies fighting for your cost of admission, it’s no surprise that none of them were big hits. One had an okay opening while the other four bombed. To be fair, none of them were marketed very well, whic...
Let’s not monkey around. We’ve got a bunch of new Blu-rays to look at this week. Some will make you smile. Others will stink. Some are just plain inconvenient. They’re all going to war for your shopping dollar.
The new thriller ‘The Snowman’ opens in theaters this week while ‘Mindhunter’ has been making a splash on Netflix. One of these things may be worth watching. (By all accounts, it’s not likely the fros...
Here’s a sentence that will surprise no one: That movie where Gerard Butler fights a super storm sucks. The film didn’t screen for critics and likely won’t be discussed as the disaster that it is since it came ou...
After a string of heavy social issue documentaries, director Rory Kennedy takes a breather with a doc about surf legend Laird Hamilton. While the subject matter is far lighter and less vital than Abu Ghraib or Vietnam, Kennedy emb...
