• Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

    What’s New: Weekend of March 4

    The first weekend of March brings with it three new wide releases, including the film likely to knock Deadpool off its throne, a trashy action sequel, and a Tina Fey comedy. Zootopia is Disney’s first animated feature since 2014’s Big Hero 6, and its first of two releases this year ...
  • Lamb

    Lamb

    Much has been said in recent months about electrifying co-star chemistry and magical screen pairings. These performances — by Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in Carol, by Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay in Room, by Saoirse Ronan and Emory Cohen in Brooklyn, by Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in ...
  • Ride Along 2

    What’s New: Weekend of January 15

    This weekend at the movies will be pretty busy, with three new wide releases to lure audiences. Not one of them looks too appealing to me, though. I plan to focus on catching up with those prestige films from before Christmas that are released all at once, seemingly in an ...
  • Crimson Peak

    What’s New: Weekend of October 16

    After a couple of weeks where only one film at a time debuted in wide release, this third weekend of October has so many new releases that it all just becomes overwhelming trying to keep up. We all love movies, and we want to see all the good movies, so ...
  • Chappie

    Capsule Reviews: March 2015 Wide Releases

    Chappie Inferior mash-up of RoboCop and A.I. set in a dystopian Johannesburg where robots act as the police force. When a programmer illegally reprograms one of them to be sentient, the robot is "raised" by a couple of wannabe-gangsters (Ninja and Yolandi Visser from the South African band Die Antwoord, ...