Peter Craig

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ cruises along with spectacle, nostalgia

Much has been made about how “Halloween Ends” might be a good movie but it’s not a good “Halloween” movie. No such danger with another

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Reeves’ grounded, hardboiled ‘The Batman’ flies high

Hollywood trends can be measured in “Batman” pictures, and the current social-media driven zeitgeist finds filmmakers actually listening to filmgoers. In the 1960s, camp was

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‘Bad Boys for Life’ enjoyably tones down the excesses

The obvious conceit for “Bad Boys for Life” would be to laugh at two middle-aged dudes getting into explosive, camera-spinning shoot-’em-ups and lamenting how this

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Hemsworth, Pena elevate mediocre post-9/11 war film ‘12 Strong’ (Movie review)

“12 Strong” is a pretty average war movie, but it has a really strong cast. Based on true events, the film centers on 12 of

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