Begin Again
It’s a movie I’d like to recommend to friends. But when I start developing a bad case of writer’s cramp from checking off so many profanities, I know I’ll never be able to do so.
Jersey Boys
While Eastwood’s hard work shows, the choices he made also come with a cost: Yes, a moral cost for those who see his work, but also the outright loss of those discerning moviegoers who never will.
Think Like a Man Too
Even in Las Vegas we can eventually get to a few sweet relational affirmations. But by then it’s been a long, bleary-eyed, skin-baring night. And our moviegoing hangover has already begun to set in.
22 Jump Street
Cinematic offal that’s incredibly inane, tedious and foul; a dimwitted waste of time and mocker of morality that makes Dumb and Dumber look like a product of high art.
The Rover
Robert Pattinson sheds his twinkling skin and then shreds it in this bitter, brutal, dystopian drama.
The Fault in Our Stars
Should we find fault with a story devoted to the tragedies and triumphs of teens struggling with cancer? To their courage? To their journey toward joy?
Edge of Tomorrow
What happens when the action hero dies before he saves the day? And then he dies again? And again? Tom Cruise has the answer to this little movie mystery.
A Million Ways to Die in the West
There’s a general sense of cheeriness at play, often incongruously. But the pic ends up as nothing more than a steady stream of puerile fart and defecation gags.
Maleficent
Disney’s most memorable villain returns, bent on all manner of wickedness. What can possibly stop this “mistress of all evil”? Could it be … love?
Blended
The exasperating result is a movie that gets so much right even as it insists on blending in so much of Adam Sandler trademark naughtiness.