Many films have explored the difficulties that adolescence presents for young people struggling with their sexuality, but this story has seldom been told with such a powerful…
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Antonio Campos’ Christine, a dramatization of the events that led a young TV news anchor from Sarasota, Florida to commit suicide during a live broadcast in…
After a sold-out premiere screening at the Sundance Film Festival garnered a sizeable amount of positive acclaim, Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women has been on my radar for most…
If the idea of James Franco and Christian Slater playing gay porn producers whose rivalry turns violent with the arrival of the hottest young star in…
I often wonder about the impact of experiencing a film at a festival with a crowd that respects the sanctity of the cinema, as opposed to…
Watching actors play against type is always an interesting exercise, and Ben Affleck is given an opportunity to do exactly that in The Accountant. The latest…
As a dark psychological thriller featuring an unreliable female narrator, The Girl on the Train will no doubt draw comparisons to a similarly themed film from…
The inspirational sports drama is a tried-and-true Hollywood formula that has taken numerous forms over the decades without ever really changing the basic template. But there’s…
After nearly a decade of live-action disappointments, Tim Burton returns with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an adaptation of the popular novel by Ransom Riggs. The…
Director Antoine Fuqua has dabbled in remake territory before – 2014’s The Equalizer was an update of the 1980s television series, albeit with significant changes -…
By now, it’s reasonable to assume that you’ve heard the name Edward Snowden at some point over the past few years. The former CIA and NSA…
In 1999, The Blair Witch Project terrified audiences with an ingenious marketing campaign that convinced moviegoers the shaky, handheld footage on the big screen was authentic, and…
You’d be hard-pressed to find an American citizen lacking at least a vague familiarity with the “Miracle on the Hudson,” where an experienced US Airways pilot…
Ridley Scott has long been regarded as one of the pioneering voices of sci-fi filmmaking, with two of his contributions (Alien and Blade Runner) being widely…
Disney’s ongoing quest to give each of its classic animated stories a live-action makeover reached new heights this year with The Jungle Book, an incredible visual achievement that…
Earlier this year, I attended the Sundance Film Festival for the very first time, and one of the films I was most looking forward to was…
The rags-to-riches story of legendary Panamanian pugilist Robert Duran has always been ripe for a Hollywood sports drama, and it finally arrives this week in the form…
At first glance, Todd Phillips (The Hangover) might not seem like the most obvious choice to direct a film about a pair of international arms dealers. But…
Disney’s update of Pete’s Dragon, opening in theaters this weekend, arrives as something of a curiosity. The studio has spent the past several years mining its extensive…
After writing and producing hilarious, raunch-filled comedies like Pineapple Express and This is the End, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are back with Sausage Party, an…
After the critical drubbing levied against Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, many fans –- myself included –- hoped Warner Bros. could right the ship with Suicide Squad,…
In 2007, after three films and a decent-enough conclusion, the story of Jason Bourne seemed to have run its course, with Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass…
It’s the 1980s, and Pablo Escobar’s Medillin cartel is smuggling between 70 and 80 tons of cocaine into the United States on a monthly basis. With numerous government agencies…
Shuffled from one foster home to another thanks to his long history of “kicking things, breaking things, burning things” and basically engaging in all manner of…
Even with the luxuries and conveniences afforded by modern technology, raising six children might seem like a monumental task for any set of parents. So you would…
The height of summer blockbuster season may not seem like prime release territory for an epic drama set against the backdrop of the Civil War, but in…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a painfully naive young woman from a small town somewhere in the midwest arrives in Los Angeles with stars…
[Editor’s Note: With Swiss Army Man opening in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, we’re running our original Sundance review again]
During the last pep rally of the school year, student body president and star athlete Calvin Joyner (Kevin Hart) is in the midst of his final address when…
The Conjuring was one of the best horror films in recent memory, a fresh and inspired twist on haunted houses and demonic possessions that raked in $318…
Disney’s Zootopia was a box-office sensation, raking in more than $1 billion worldwide and becoming the second highest-grossing original film of all time behind James Cameron’s…
After a series of hilarious music videos on Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg and his pals from The Lonely Island bring their irreverent, foul-mouthed and undeniably catchy melodies…
Shane Black may have run afoul of comic book fans by making some creative changes to an iconic Marvel Comics villain in Iron Man 3, but…
It’s been two years since the events of Neighbors, which saw young married couple Mac and Kelly Radner (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) wage war against…