Movie Reviews

A favorite directorial trademark among film fans is the Spielberg oner — a medium-length shot of maybe 30 seconds to two minutes that tells a scene in...

The history of movies based on toys is a fascinating, albeit comparatively short, one. The very first was Richard Williams’ animated feature “Raggedy ...

There are two types of Guy Ritchie movies. Well, three if you count the big-budget studio slop of the “Aladdin” live-action remake and “King Arthur” r...

When did “family movie” become synonymous with “kids movie”? And when did “kids movie” become synonymous with a mindless collection of flashy images a...

Whether going for a walk along a trail in a nearby park or an excursion deep in the Australian bush, the number one rule of doing outdoor activities i...

The big-budget, highly commercialized and overly ambitious Hollywood movies known as blockbusters are on their way. It seems like every year, the summ...

An adage in storytelling that was popularized by “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker recommends that each plot point and story beat can b...

The subgenre of near-future, hard sci-fi movies had a big bump in the 2010s with the critical and commercial successes of “Gravity” in 2013, “Interste...

Mary Shelley was just 19 years old when she finished writing “Frankenstein,” inventing the genre of science fiction in 1817, something we as a culture...

One time after seeing a trailer for a new Michael Bay movie, I remember my dad saying you can’t trust a preview for an action movie that shows more th...

Trailers for the new adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” by English actress and filmmaker Emerald Fennell purport it as "The Greatest Love Story of All ...

When you think of the most enduring power couples in Hollywood, the marriages of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson and Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward and the...

Comedy legend Mel Brooks is sitting in his Los Angeles home with filmmaker Jud Apatow, recounting his life’s story in equal amounts of honest vulnerab...

A sequel to a sequel, nearly 28 years in the making, coming not even 28 weeks after the previous installment, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” contin...

About halfway through “Wake Up Dead Man,” the new whodunit from writer/director Rian Johnson, renowned detective Benoit Blanc (played to perfection by...

From the first episode of the first season in July 2016 to the series finale more than nine years later on Dec. 31, the Duffer Brothers’ science-ficti...

Ah, the sports drama — as American as apple pie. Whether a biopic of a great athlete, a symbolic tale of an underdog or just a fun time at the movies ...

Over the past 40 years, the smart move was not to bet against James Cameron. From surprise indie sci-fi hit “The Terminator” to blockbuster sci-fi/act...