• Kumiko the Treasure Hunter

    Capsule Reviews: March 2015 Limited Releases

    Backcountry Terrific thriller about a couple who gets lost while hiking in the Ontario wilderness and attacked by a bear. And, man, is this film terrifying — once your heart stops pounding and you remember to resume breathing, you'll vow never to step foot outside the city limit ever again. ...
  • The 5th Wave

    The 5th Wave

    When it comes to film franchises based on young-adult fiction, we have seen the supernatural trend (Harry Potter, Twilight) of the aughts gradually give way to the dystopian craze sweeping theatres today. The Hunger Games is obviously the genre standard-bearer with its enormous box office returns and great reviews (and ...
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Box Office Report: ‘The Revenant’ impresses, but still can’t beat ‘Star Wars’

    In this second weekend of the new year, Star Wars: The Force Awakens continued to dominate the charts and break records. This week, it passed Avatar to become the highest-grossing film ever in North America — and it also becomes (in only its third weekend) the first film ever to ...
  • Birdman

    Capsule Reviews: Fall 2014 Releases

    American Sniper I'm torn on this one. My first instinct was to grade this slightly higher for what is a gripping, well-acted war movie that explores the toll relentless killing takes on a soldier. However, the politics of this thing make me uneasy. That the film offers an overly simplified, ...