All the big films of the year are done. That’s less an attack and more a complaint, but never doubt Hollywood and those rare fringe films that unexpectedly steal our hearts. Here’s what to check out and avoid,...
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John Carpenter’s legacy remains intact thanks to “Pineapple Express.” That is to say a director with a penchant for stoner comedies somehow found a way to breath new life into one of the longest...
Drew Goddard is the filmmaker to watch. From his directorial debut in “The Cabin in the Woods” to an Oscar-nominated screenplay for “The Martian,” he’s a master of overloading stories with subplots...
Superman has Lex Luther. Batman has the Joker. And Spider-Man’s greatest nemesis is Venom, the alien symbiote that originally infects rival journalist Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy here, sporting the worst...
The dump month really is a great excuse to catch up on important films sure to reappear come awards seasons. And with both “Eighth Grade” and “Leave No Trace,” the winners of 2018 are 13-year-old...
How “Jurassic World” became the new standard for breathing new life into a franchise is beyond me. Dumb science explanations, characters acting stupid, haphazard mayhem, ineffective soldiers hitting...
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Thunder claps. Wood beams in the ceiling creak. The warm glow of a chandelier in the living room signals the start of the witching hour. Poltergeists do love a powered-down telly or grainy CCTV screen,...
Once an A-list deity, Nick Cage now rules the dump months of January and September, when his B-movies and half-cocked actioners plague theaters and direct-to-video rentals.
But even he can rise...
When Spike Lee is on, he’s on. And “BlacKkKlansman” is a film not easily forgotten, powerfully told, pointedly relevant. It certainly discards subtlety by connecting a 1970s takedown of the clan...
With the summer movie season over, we now enter a month of famine, a unique time for scheduling normally filled with obscure entries and others that tested poorly.
One of two dump months during the year,...
It’s easy to look back at all those iconic ’80s rom-coms, forgetting about stereotypical characters like Long Duk Dong in “Sixteen Candles” or the frequency with which John Hughes films employed...
Rom-coms traffic in recognizable conventions: clashing with the parents, lavish parties, culture clash, an airport chase to find bae before it’s too late. But rarely does this formula allow something...
Did you hear the amazing news? Desperate for the 99 percent to tune in to an award show accused of being too white, too bourgeois, too obscure, a new Oscar category has arrived: Best Achievement in Popular...
Few films are more predictable and formulaic than “Like Father,” but by Zeus, if Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer aren’t charming in droves. This one goes down easy like a passion fruit mojito, sweet...
At this point, the “Mission: Impossible” flicks are part science fiction considering Ethan Hunt’s (Tom Cruise) ability to survive any fall, crash and combat sequence. That’s just fine because “Fallout”...
We have enough white protagonists flaunting their privilege on screen to last far too many lifetimes. For that matter, do we another musical full of ABBA B-sides while we wait for “Dancing Queen” to reappear...
My gaming skills are weak, but I still own an Atari 2600 and original Nintendo NES, complete with running pad and “Duck Hunt” gun. So, I have a working knowledge of gaming culture, enough to know when...
With 20 films under its belt, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a machine, an unstoppable force that knows how to generate movies that can garner over $1 billion (twice this year alone) and average near...
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