Review: Riz Ahmed Is an Unstable Father in Encounter, a Tense and Tough Family Drama
Taking a break from playing musicians with health issues, in Encounter actor Riz Ahmed plays Malik Khan, a decorated Marine…
Review: Ben Falcone’s Thunder Force Only Forces Melissa McCarthy into Tired, Unfunny Gags
Can Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone just stop working together? It’s not that their films together just aren’t very good…
Review: Over-Acted and Over-Produced, Remake of Roald Dahl’s The Witches Fails to Capture Any Magic
The first thing you notice about the new, Robert Zemeckis-directed adaptation of the classic Roald Dahl novel The Witches is…
Review: Pixar’s Latest, Onward Finds Adventure, Humor and Heart in a Fantasy World
Before I dive into the latest Pixar film, Onward, I just noticed in looking at the cast list that Julia…
Review: Dolittle Does Very Little with Its New Take on a Children’s Classic
The new year is young, but thank goodness we didn’t have to wait more than a couple of weeks into…
Review: Octavia Spencer Has a Great Time Going Crazy in Ma
Producer Jason Blum and his filmmaking shingle Blumhouse have made a name for themselves in the horror movie space by…
Review: Instant Family Nicely Balances Comedy and Heart
The cynical among us (you know who you are) will view a movie like Instant Family and think it’s some…
Interview: Octavia Spencer and John Hawkes Talk Westerns and Making Small Town Crime
One of the most intriguing and captivating films to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival last year was a little…
Film Review: Hidden Figures, The Untold Story of Three Black Women Who Brought NASA to Bold New Heights
There are films that simply know how to make an audience happy, and there are those that shamelessly manipulate a…
