Relentlessly brutal and violent, The Raid 2 is an appropriately over-the-top sequel to the original action blockbuster. Directed by Gareth Evans, the film is a ...
Exactly one year after completing his accomplished Before trilogy at Sundance, writer-director Richard Linklater returns with Boyhood, a film 12 years in the ma...
Young Ones, from writer/director Jake Paltrow, opens with a bang, and spends the rest of the time trying to live up to its promise of smart and entertaining sci...
How blue can human eyes get? The question is answered succinctly in Adam Wingard's The Guest, a comfortably diverting riff on most all of the action/thriller el...
Far removed from his cold, clean serial killer character in Dexter, Michael C. Hall's first role following the series' conclusion finds him as a family man put ...
The great adventure at the heart of Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here is the search for purpose. An answer to the question, 'why are we here? And for what reason?' E...
A few years back, Warner Bros. wanted David O. Russell to direct a hostage movie starring Brad Pitt. After circling the project, O. Russell chose instead to...
Anton Corbijn's The American is a restrained, absorbing and visually staggering story of an assassin on his final mission, but the marketing sold it as star-pow...
With Saturday Night Live serving as their initial platform, Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader have enjoyed substantial comedic careers in Hollywood, both behind and i...
James Franco may have received near-universal praise for his show-stopping performance in Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, but his 2013 experience as a dir...
