How is it that this new live-action Ghost in the Shell has more dialogue than the anime it’s remaking but says so much less? How is it that this 2017 film’s CGI...
Borrowing character names and a few elements from the Larry Wilcox- and Erik Estrada-led television drama CHiPs, Dax Shepard’s remake feels more like a big-budg...
If Hollywood’s revitalized interest in space -- embodied by Gravity, The Martian, and Interstellar -- has proven anything, it’s that the galaxy is terrifying en...
At the beginning of Bokeh -- the debut of writer-director duo Geoffrey Orthwein and Andrew Sullivan -- an idyllic montage introduces us to a young couple (Maika...
The Zookeeper’s Wife begins with those five famous words that hold the power to either become a film’s dependency (and therefore downfall) or its empowering cat...
There’s certainly no accusing Deidra & Laney Rob a Train of being too subtle. It is the kind of film that works in broad strokes, in comically heightened si...
Uncertain is an apt name for a Texas town stuck in such a liminal state, right over the state line from Louisiana. We’re told it’s a safe haven for those lookin...
An aside: I find it to be a personal obligation to mention the untimely passing of Bill Paxton, whose consistently vivid performances will be sorely missed with...
The premise that director Douglas Schulze and co-writer Jonathan D'Ambrosio have cooked up for their film The Dark Below is a bold one. This 75-minute thriller ...
Let's start this with an inquiry, one that hopefully engenders some consideration and an honest response: what are you seeking when watching a Terrence Malick f...
