Movie Reviews

One of Hollywood’s shining stars tries his hand at a western tale. Why not, he’s conquered everything else? Tom Hanks stars as Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd in “News of the World,” sharing the screen with a young Helena Zengel as Johanna, who much like her young contemporary Dafne Keen in Marvel’s “Logan” speaks very little English but tends to steal scenes using her facial expressions...

I was so excited for “Wonder Woman 1984” to drop at Christmas. I loved the first Wonder Woman and had high expectations for the follow-up. Admittedly a comic book geek, I looked forward to watching the heroic Amazonian (Gal Gadot) as she takes on her greatest rival Cheetah (Kristen Wiig) as well as maniacal mad man Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal) set on becoming the most powerful man in the world...

Taking a page out of the “Scream” script writing catalog, “Freaky” turns the serial killer genre on its head because nothing lends itself to big laughs like a 6-foot-5, teen-obsessed homicidal killer on the loose at prom. “Freaky” takes a mask wearing killer who targets affectionate young teens as prom approaches and gives it the old “Freaky Friday” treatment...

Ma and Pa Kent reunited for a brutal battle for the custody of their grandchild. Apparently the pairing of Kevin Costner and Diane Lane works because after appearing together as Superman’s adoptive childhood parents in recent DC superhero films, the duo are once again a couple in “Let Him Go.”...

It’s happened on a few occasions. Hollywood’s most recognized gangster actor, Robert De Niro, takes on a lighter role to show he can do comedy when he wants. Such is the case with the PG-rated, family comedy-with-a-heart “The War With Grandpa.” Bit of trivia for the readers, when was the last time De Niro did a PG, let alone a family film?...

When you sit through a movie, glued to a screen for 2 1/2 hours, and you’re never even given a name for the story’s main character ... and you don’t care, the director has got you. Such is the case in Christopher Nolan’s newest mind boggle, “Tenet,” which makes his previous works “Inception” and “Memento” look like easy watching...

Perhaps the one thing which we should be most thankful for with regard to the social distancing inconvenience on our lives is it temporarily closed movie theaters and prevented anyone from accidentally stumbling into "The Hunt." Blumhouse Productions like to blend horror and humor, and the combination has led to some recent successes for the company, but they should have really passed on this one...

The trailer for “The Way Back” suggests audiences are walking into a gritty basketball movie, and it is in theory, but it is really about much, much more as Ben Affleck gives one his most riveting and emotionally driven performances since “Argo” in 2012...

Take an H.G. Wells classic and turn it into a modern day psychological, horror-thriller and you have a pretty good time with Leigh Whannel's "The Invisible Man." Elisabeth Moss, of "The Handmaid's Tale" fame, stars as Cecilia, who we first meet in the middle of a rainy night executing an elaborate escape plan from a private residence/scientific compound on a oceanside mountain outside San Francisco. ...

From the horrors of war to the heartbreak of a parents’ loss. From the anger over a government coverup to the eventual tears of joy at a wrong made right. “The Last Full Measure” brings it all together in a two-hour package based on the true story of William H. Pitsenbarger, a Vietnam War hero denied the Medal of Honor which he more than deserved...

They say imitation is the sincerity form of flattery. If that is indeed the case, the release of DC's newest big screen effort, "Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn," is one big round of applause for rival comic book company's "Deadpool 2."...

You know when you walk into a movie with really high hopes? I mean you love the cast, the trailer looks intriguing, it’s an interesting concept, it has everything going for it ... and then, you walk out going, “What just happened to me?” That’s “The Gentlemen.” I had a very similar experience with “Ad Astra.”...

A film based on Harvard attorney and legal crusader Bryan Stevenson’s (Michael B. Jordan) efforts to extend justice to men sitting on death row needing a deeper investigation into their conviction, follows his early work on behalf of an Alabama inmate, Walter “Johnny D” McMillan (Jamie Foxx)...