There have been few career turnarounds and rapid-fire ascendancies in Hollywood as impressive as Taylor Sheridan’s. A working actor for the last 20 years, he subsisted on bit parts almost exclusively (he had a recurring role on the FX biker...
No one will deny Cate Blanchett could play the phone book and it would be amazing. So to say her performance as Hela in Thor: Ragnarok is wonderful is a foregone conclusion. But Hela as a character opens the door to comparing her with the Marvel...
It's October, which for Hollywood means one thing: Time to burn off the movies that weren't loud enough to be summer releases but are too stupid to be end-of-the-year prestige films. This weekend there are FIVE new wide releases, five very...
For the first couple of decades after its release, Groundhog Day was largely (and surprisingly) left alone. Having nailed the premise of a character forced to relive the same day over and over again until they get it right, Hollywood nobly chose...
Thirty-five years after the release of the original, we’re finally getting a sequel to Blade Runner! It’s an exciting time to be a film fan, and not only because we get to see more of Harrison Ford, everyone’s favorite disgruntled grandpa,...
I’ve been bemoaning the state of disability in cinema for the last year. But just like Neil Armstrong took one small step for man, last weekend’s release of the Jake Gyllenhaal drama Stronger might squeak the door open a smidge toward...
Horror movies use every trick in the book to get butts into seats, including one that’s almost unique to the genre: focusing on something people are afraid of and making it the “monster” of the movie. That something could be anything from...
Here's what we know. It, an adaptation of half of Stephen King's bestselling 1986 novel, had a record-breaking opening weekend and will finish its run at or near the top of the list of the highest-grossing horror movies of all time. Featuring no...
Two of the best movies from this summer, Wonder Woman and Atomic Blonde, have been called by some the "girl version" of earlier movies about characters like Superman or James Bond. Some critics and audiences have argued that if it weren't for the...
There’s a lot to like about Matt Spicer’s Sundance darling Ingrid Goes West (now in theaters), a darkly comic tale about an emotionally unstable Instagram obsessive (Aubrey Plaza) who moves to California to insinuate herself into the private...
Daniel Craig is somehow a leading man. He’s not particularly suave, but he certainly looks good in suits. He’s not particularly romantic, but he’s certainly magnetic. Hollywood has tried him out in a few different ways, but none more...
Annabelle: Creation, opening this week, is the latest in the increasingly convoluted universe of 2013’s The Conjuring, hereafter to be referred to as the “Conjurverse” (trademark pending) which also includes The Conjuring 2 and...
A personal sacrifice, when done right, can be an incredibly moving and effective part of a story. When done wrong, it can deflate the entire narrative. Often, the difference is between a true sacrifice and an unearned gimmick. For the sake of...
War for the Planet of the Apes opens with scenes that are familiar to American viewers: soldiers silently work their way through the jungle, looking for the enemy. The camera angle switches and they pull up short: three Kong have been spotted on...
Going to the movies can be overwhelming these days, in whatever year this is. There are so many choices! This weekend alone there are three big films opening in wide release: Christopher Nolan's World War II drama Dunkirk; Luc Besson's space...
