Wonderfully acted and deeply felt, Manchester by the Sea is also a difficult movie in every way.
The essence of Ang Lee’s perspective seems to be that war is horrifically complicated. And what it does to those …
The problem with The Edge of Seventeen is that it packs noxious teen-movie content into its humor and insight.
There’s no Independence Day-like bim-bam-boom here. No little green men or giant robots with laser eyes, either. In fact, this …
Shut In is a thriller without the thrill, an exercise in jump scenes without the jumps. While it stays within …
Despite this dramedy’s tender reflections on grief and its strong emphasis on family and forgiveness, the profanity here feels pretty …
Hacksaw Ridge is riveting cinema. But it’s also bloody—as bloody as we’ve seen on screen for a long, long time.
Aesthetically, Doctor Strange is a good movie, one of the strongest in the Marvel canon thus far. But is it …
Inferno is one of those movies where the villain seems determined to launch doomsday through the most convoluted manner imaginable …
Moonlight, as mesmerizing as the movie is, isn’t just filled with problematic content: It gives us a message counter to …
Some funny flicks weave a little too much yuck in with their yuk-yuk. Before you know it, a guffaw becomes …
Everything is much like you’d expect it to be on this ride. The characters. The plot. The peril. The content. …
As this fright flick’s occult mayhem gets predictably unleashed, it quickly falls back on all that evil-spirit-possession, scream-and-die blech that …
Madea represents a kind of no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners justice. She’ll get folks to act “right” even if she has to beat …
The Accountant is violent popcorn fare—an exuberant, illogical action-packed thriller that’s only message is, “Sit down and watch Ben Affleck …