Contributor: Paul Asay

What Magic Mike XXL ultimately offers is shallow escapism—intended to be as sexy and as tawdry as its pretty-boy leads

Ted 2 is a two-hour exercise in frustration, because you can see that behind all the foulness, MacFarlane can actually be disarmingly funny.

Sometimes, apparently, the most dangerous place to be is in a safe house. It’s certainly not a movie theater. Is it?

This remake of a violent 1971 “classic” serves up all the original’s rage and brutality with little of its reputed meaning.

I can’t claim that Inside Out is the best yet – not with the bar already so high. But I do think it’s Pixar’s most ambitious movie, and that’s saying something.

We watch this world’s sense of morality implode, leaving us very little to pull from the ashes.

Melissa McCarthy takes on several new super-slick spy identities to save the world! Too bad she’s using the same super-lame bad language.

The Charlie Wilson of the film wallows in drinks and drugs. And he’s fond of loose women. So just how did he become a modern American hero?

Aloha can mean a lot of things: hello, goodbye, peace, love. In Cameron Crowe’s flick, though, it seems to mean sweet movie with some sour content.

Dwayne Johnson’s earthquake actioner has a few faults. But we’ll also talk about what survives.

Tomorrowland isn’t all sunshine, but it feeds the right wolf.

It’s always been about excess for director Adam McKay and comedian Will Ferrell. Now they’ve made a movie that tweaks the concept—by loading up on more of it, of course.

Moviedom’s best-known dystopian Australian is back. And while he may look a little different, he’s madder—and bloodier—than ever.

Is he a superhero sent from above? Or a demonic fiend from below? In this sequel, director Guillermo del Toro hints at the answer as he brings to life a world filled with childlike wonder … and horror.

To be 17 again! That’s what Matthew Perry wants more than anything. He gets his wish—and, oh, so much more when he suddenly turns into … Zac Efron.