‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (2015) like a heavy metal ballet
Five days of ‘Mad Max’ (Movie review): George Miller returns to his saga and makes the greatest legacy sequel of all time, and one of the action genre’s elite.
Verisimilitude cruises away from ‘F9: The Fast Saga’ (2021)
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): In its ninth proper entry, the Vin Diesel saga is nothing more than overgrown children playing with toys.
Allen skewers star-making culture in ‘Celebrity’ (1998)
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): It’s sometimes more absurd and sometimes more accessible than “Stardust Memories.” In the end, it’s a great companion piece.
‘Curse of the Jade Scorpion’ (2001) a mildly jazzy jaunt
Woody Wednesday (Movie review): Hurt by loose editing and some miscast roles, this 1940-set mystery-comedy isn’t what it could’ve been.
‘The Fate of the Furious’ (2017) is epically dumb
An outsider’s take on the ‘Fast’ saga (Movie review): Even by the standards of this film series, part eight is particularly stupid.
‘Hancock’ (2008) hampered by conflicting tones
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): Will Smith’s strong performance can’t reconcile the conflicting tones.
‘Tully’ an engrossing film about … sleep deprivation … I think (Movie review)
From “Juno” (2008) to “Young Adult” (2011) to this year’s “Tully,” writer Diablo Cody – with Jason Reitman directing – has put together a spiritual trilogy of films about transitional periods in life, and they are always jarring. Juno is a teenager who is about to have a baby, Mavis is an adult who clings
‘Mighty Joe Young’ review
“Mighty Joe Young” – A giant gorilla and his human friend search for freedom and safety in an unkind work in director Ron Underwood’s film. Joe comes to life thanks to Rick Baker’s special effects and wonderful performances by Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton. This uplifting tale showing the good side of humanity has a
Seth MacFarlane’s ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ takes the joke just far enough (Movie review)
“A Million Ways to Die in the West” is a two-hour string of funny observations about how horrible the frontier was in the 1800s, but heck, I’ve always enjoyed jokes that are taken too far. As such, I think this is a respectable sophomore writing and directing effort in the movie medium from “Family Guy”
‘Prometheus’ undeniably cool, but continuity glitches are annoying
Movie review: It’s cool to return to the world of “Alien,” but Scott’s new film has as many questions as answers.