Contributor: Paul Asay

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and a host of other action stars from yesteryear blow up theaters with one of the year’s bloodiest movies.

While the special effects are better than what you’d encounter on, say, the Syfy channel, all that’s really separating this late-summer flick and Sharknado are the sharks.

The Hundred-Foot Journey, based on the novel of the same name by Richard C. Morais, is a sweet and savory treat of a film with only hints of content-derived sourness.

North by Northwest this film is not. But by way of consolation it does feature Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie meeting on a train.

Gamora, Peter, Drax, Rocket and Groot could never be called guardians of the whole hero concept, but in the end they do still manage to be heroic.

One of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s final acting turns, A Most Wanted Man, is a mature, measured look at the modern cloak-and-dagger trade.

Weighed down by foul language, inappropriate talk and sexuality unconnected to marriage, And So It Goes is neither as beautiful or as wholesome as you might think it should be.

An assassination attempt is documented from six different perspectives in this frantically paced thriller. Imagine a whole season of ’24’ getting compressed into one 90-minute movie…

High school’s hard enough—what with algebra, bullies, romantic entanglements and all—without having to fend off an evil race of aliens that’s trying to kill you.

It’s 2023 and time for another night of lawlessness, a night when murder is legal, our worst sins are condoned and society rids itself of its most “problematic” members.

The idea for it was born in a bottle. The execution of it was filmed for the masses. The end of it was an obscene embarrassment.

It has its problems, both in terms of content and plot and even message. But its subject is a timely one, well worth putting much more thought into than most of us usually do.

The Exorcism of Emily Rose director Scott Derrickson again dives into the very heart of darkness as he explores how we might ultimately escape it.

According to Winter’s Bone author Daniel Woodrell, “These people are so alienated from American culture that it’s like a parallel universe.” But they still know about love.

Comedian Bill Maher’s distaste for religion has been a staple of his stand-up routine for 30 years. His movie adds pictures and little else.