• The Hunt

    Capsule Reviews: March 2020 Wide Releases

    Bloodshot Vin Diesel as an American soldier who is murdered, then resurrected as a superhuman cyborg. Once brought back from the dead, he goes rogue and seeks revenge on the man who had killed him and his wife — but then other memories come back, and he begins to wonder ...
  • The Rhythm Section

    Capsule Reviews: January 2020 Wide Releases

    Bad Boys for Life Since the first two installments of this franchise, both directed by Michael Bay, were so dreadful, I was not expecting anything from this — but to my great surprise, this one is actually good! Belgian directors Adil and Bilall, in their first Hollywood feature, stick to ...
  • Allegiant

    What’s New: Weekend of March 18

    Three very diverse new films open on this third weekend of March, though I don’t expect any of them to be able to take down Zootopia. The “biggest” film opening this weekend is The Divergent Series: Allegiant, the third film in the YA franchise based on Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy. ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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, ...
  • 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 ...