‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (2015) like a heavy metal ballet
Five days of ‘Mad Max’ (Movie review): George Miller returns to his saga and makes the greatest legacy sequel of all time, and one of the action genre’s elite.
Charlize Theron
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (2015) like a heavy metal ballet
Verisimilitude cruises away from ‘F9: The Fast Saga’ (2021)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): In its ninth proper entry, the Vin Diesel saga is nothing more than overgrown children playing with toys.
Allen skewers star-making culture in ‘Celebrity’ (1998)
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): It’s sometimes more absurd and sometimes more accessible than “Stardust Memories.” In the end, it’s a great companion piece.
‘Curse of the Jade Scorpion’ (2001) a mildly jazzy jaunt
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Hurt by loose editing and some miscast roles, this 1940-set mystery-comedy isn’t what it could’ve been.
‘The Fate of the Furious’ (2017) is epically dumb
An outsider’s take on the ‘Fast’ saga (Movie review): Even by the standards of this film series, part eight is particularly stupid.
‘Hancock’ (2008) hampered by conflicting tones
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): Will Smith’s strong performance can’t reconcile the conflicting tones.
‘Tully’ an engrossing film about … sleep deprivation … I think (Movie review)
From “Juno” (2008) to “Young Adult” (2011) to this year’s “Tully,” writer Diablo Cody – with Jason Reitman directing – has put together a spiritual trilogy of films about transitional periods in life, and they […]
‘Mighty Joe Young’ review
“Mighty Joe Young” – A giant gorilla and his human friend search for freedom and safety in an unkind work in director Ron Underwood’s film. Joe comes to life thanks to Rick Baker’s special effects […]
Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ takes the joke just far enough (Movie review)
“A Million Ways to Die in the West” is a two-hour string of funny observations about how horrible the frontier was in the 1800s, but heck, I’ve always enjoyed jokes that are taken too far. […]
‘Prometheus’ undeniably cool, but continuity glitches are annoying
Movie review: It’s cool to return to the world of “Alien,” but Scott’s new film has as many questions as answers.