• Mad Max: Fury Road

    Capsule Reviews: May 2015 Wide Releases

    Aloha Comedy (?) where Bradley Cooper plays a military contractor and former soldier who returns to Hawaii for a secret new assignment, where he makes amends with his ex (Rachel McAdams) and finds new love. Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky) was one of the most promising filmmakers ...
  • 13 Hours

    13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

    A year ago, in mid-January, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper expanded into wide release and became an instant phenomenon. It quickly assumed its position as the highest-grossing film of 2014 and picked up some major Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture. So it makes complete sense that the very same ...
  • 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 ...