• 12 Strong

    What’s New: Weekend of January 19

    Another busy weekend at the movies is upon us, with three new wide releases and a handful of prestige Oscar hopefuls making their nationwide expansions. Opening in the highest number of theatres is 12 Strong, a war drama about the U.S. “horse soldiers” sent to fight in Afghanistan immediately following ...
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    Catching up with the Marvel Cinematic Universe

    For someone with a film blog who writes reviews and likes to think of himself as an authority on the current state of things in cinema, I had a shamefully huge, Marvel-sized hole in my knowledge. I had seen the first Iron Man and the first Captain America back in ...
  • Vacation

    Vacation

    When we saw them last nearly 20 years ago, the Griswolds were getting themselves into one predicament after another during their trip to Las Vegas. But in the new film Vacation, time has passed, the kids have grown up, and young Rusty is now an airline pilot with a family ...
  • Paddington

    Capsule Reviews: January 2015 Wide Releases

    Black or White* Kevin Costner and Octavia Spencer star in this family melodrama as opposing grandparents of a young biracial girl fighting for custody of her. Everything about this sentimental, heart-tugging flick — from the twinkly score to the moral lessons learned to the ghostly visitations from dead spouses to ...