‘Daddy’s Home 2’ Review: Passably Bland
There are laughs in ‘Daddy’s Home 2’, just like the original – enough to make it feel like a reasonably entertaining night at the movies. There’s not much substance or purpose, though. In fact, the whole th...
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‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (2017) Review: Murder
In the grand scheme of movies that needed to exist in 2017, ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ ranks somewhere near the bottom of the list. There have been a variety of adaptations of this Agatha Christie whodunnit over th...
‘LBJ’ Review: Mildly Better than the Makeup
The first thing that has to be stated about’ LBJ’ is that the makeup Woody Harrelson has been shoved into to play the titular President is absolutely horrible. It looks like a Halloween mask with moving lips. Big rubbe...
‘Lady Bird’ Review: Beautifully Awkward
Hearing that a new coming-of-age story will hit screens is the indie/awards season version of the announcement of a new comic book blockbuster. It’s inevitable that a handful of these will be released every year, and it̵...
‘Novitiate’ Review: Sad Nunning
Earlier this year, we were treated to the nuns-behaving-badly comedy ‘The Little Hours’. Now we’re getting Margaret Betts’ sad, sincere, and painfully true exploration of the misogynistic horrors of marryin...
‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Review: Slow-Burn Horr
Darkly comedic Greek provocateur Yorgos Lanthimos has slowly been carving a place for himself in the international filmmaking community with such twisted treats as ‘Dogtooth’ and ‘The Lobster’. The director...
‘A Bad Moms Christmas’ Review: Unnecessary but Amusin
Last year’s ‘Bad Moms’ felt like a joke pitch that went too far and somehow became a movie. Yet, thanks to a perfectly assembled cast and a script that had enough laughs to overcome a parade of clichés, the comed...
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Review: A Hilarious Hulking Blockbus
Of all the characters to clog up screens during Marvel Studios’ reign of box office dominance, Thor has always been the trickiest to get right. The last two ‘Thor’ movies were among Marvel’s worst, so it co...
‘Jigsaw’ Review: See Saw, See Saw Run
Seven years after the supposed Final Chapter (in 3D, member that?), the world’s most industrious slasher villain is apparently back. It shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that ‘Saw’ eventually returned. Af...
‘Wonderstruck’ Review: Art House for Kiddies
If I were to whip up a list of the directors I expected to make movies for children in 2017, Todd Haynes’ name would be somewhere near the bottom. The art house darling behind ‘Safe’, ‘Carol’ and R...
‘Thank You for Your Service’ Review: Imperfect Gratit
‘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-...
‘Breathe’ Review: Do Not Resuscitate
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...