Movie Reviews

If last week’s review of “Civil War” didn’t sound like the war movie for you, then hopefully this week’s look at “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfar...

The genre “war movie” can cover quite a wide berth of films that can be just about everything. There’s the obvious “Saving Private Ryan” and “All Quie...

I thought we were done with the 1980s nostalgia trend and Hollywood had moved on to milking the ’90s for all their worth. Well, apparently not, becaus...

Who cried at the end of “Old Yeller”? I’m guessing it’s just about everyone reading this. There’s something about dogs that makes us overly emotional,...

Well, the 96th Academy Awards were this past Sunday, and beyond “Oppenheimer” sweeping up as everyone expected, the main pleasant surprise — and one n...

Too many movie studios attempt to set up a potential series before a first film has any chance of making enough money or goodwill from fans to warrant...

There are only 10 days until the 96th Academy Awards, and there are plenty of nominated movies that either didn’t play at a local theater or only play...

And we thought “Venom” and “Morbius” were bad. To be fair, they are bad, but not like this — not like “Madame Web.” Since the original “Spider-Man” tr...

We’re a little late to the game, but here’s the thing about Christmas movies: the holidays aren’t always feel-good and idyllic with everything going a...

The Oscars have done a, to put it mildly, subpar job at recognizing diverse and varied stories and voices during its 95 years of awarding the best in ...

About 40 minutes into the movie musical adaptation of “Mean Girls,” the new girl Cady (pronounced like Katie) is upset because Regina George, the quee...

One of my favorite specific subgenres of movies is those near-future science-fiction stories that are meant to be fairly realistic and based on some s...

People, like onions and ogres, have layers. You’re a different person with your family than at work or at the store. Not everyone knows exactly what y...

There’s nothing quite as exciting – or anxiety-inducing – as a surprise sequel to a movie that came out decades before, especially if the original fil...

Adaptations are almost always impossible to pull off. Plenty of TV shows, movies and stage productions are based on books, comics and earlier written ...

It’s no secret that comic book movies reached an apex several years ago and, with a few rare exceptions, have been more and more disappointing since t...

The worlds of author Roald Dahl have been entertaining and terrifying children for generations. With a seemingly endless imagination and dry, dark Bri...

When discussing the long-running movie franchises that have had a huge impact on cinema — your “James Bond,” your “Star Wars,” your comic book adaptat...