Tag: Movie Reviews

While I saw Captain America: Civil War a few weeks ago, I got an opportunity to take another peek at it during the press...

I really like Zack Snyder. I'm not afraid to admit it. I think both Dawn of the Dead and 300 are solidly enjoyable films, the...

By now you've heard the obligatory spiel about 10 Cloverfield Lane; how the J.J. Abrams-produced project was kept under wraps using a different name...

We review The Merc with a Mouth's big screen adventure

We review the latest comedic romp from The Coen Brothers

We review Quentin Tarantino's claustrophobic eighth feature

We review Pixar's second feature of 2015

After a big hit like Skyfall, how does 007's next adventure fare?

The biopic has really overstayed its welcome. We've come a long way since the halcyon days of Patton, but in recent years, the genre...

The week of its release, and The Martian's science is already outdated by the recent discovery of water on Mars. Years from now, viewers will look back and shake their heads at the barren and dry depiction of the planet, along with the size and dimensions of cell phones, probably. Or the fact that we even had cell phones. But we'll forgive The Martian for being so last week.

Judging by the first few scenes, Sicario looks like a great chance to see Emily Blunt flex her literal and figurative acting muscles – another reminder of the Black Widow that could have been – in the role of a strong female lead working on a task force to take down a Mexican drug cartel. But what actually follows is much murkier and, arguably, much more true to life.

In the current mold of superhero film-making, it's difficult to escape the prevailing wisdom of how studios formulate their respective franchises. There's the Marvel...