Based on a true story about an elite group of firefighters called the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the film “Only the Brave” portrays the physical and emotional aspects of wildland firefighting — from the tactics of fighting fire with fire to the toll it takes on the crews’ families.
Disney set itself up for disappointment in their most recent live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” It’s been 25 years since the original animated version was released to theaters and apparently they felt it was time to add this beloved “tale as old as time,” to their growing list of …
Oh how the mighty have fallen. The actor who once thrilled audiences as Jason Bourne, the CIA operative-gone-rogue has reached a new low in his otherwise stellar career (aside from that one 2003 mishap “Stuck On You” we’d all rather forget about).
Every once in a while a movie comes along that provides the ultimate retreat from reality. You cozy into your theater seat, break out the Junior Mints and sip your fountain drink as the world melts away into cinematic fantasy. “La La Land,” directed by Damien Chazelle, is the ultimate escapi…
Welcome back to Casablanca. It’s been a good 70 years since we were last transported to the glamour and danger of 1941 French Morocco, but apparently director Robert Zemeckis thought it was time to revive the splendor and intrigue of that time and place in “Allied.”
Prepare to be swept off your feet once again into the whimsical world of witches and wizards. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” is a spectacular menagerie of marvelous creatures that could only have been thought up by the imaginative mind of J.K. Rowling. This clever adventure, full…
With an eloquent ferocity, director Nate Parker brings to life the historical figure of Nathaniel Turner, a slave, and his bloody 1831 rebellion in the drama “The Birth of a Nation.” It’s an emotional and brutal story of unwavering faith, justice and the ultimate fight for freedom against op…
Viggo Mortenson gives the most sincere performance of his career in perhaps the most underrated movie of the year. Flying too far under the radar, “Captain Fantastic” is an offbeat, heartwarming celebration of life, death and the family that guides us.
If you’re going to rob a bank, don’t do it in Texas — you won’t be the only one with a gun.
Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer took on a remake of one of the most decorated films of all time this summer, braving the task of a revamp of the 1959 classic “Ben-Hur.”
If there were any two more unlikely 20-something year olds to make a $300 million dollar arms deal with the Pentagon, it would be David Packouz and Ephraim Diveroli, two stoner friends living in Miami. It’s their real-life near-success story that serves as the inspiration for Todd Phillips’ …
Usually, a good test of a movie’s impact is whether it leaves a lasting impression. The way the images shoot into your mind at the faintest reference — not just parodies, but the way I imagine my own feet kicking underwater, with the music from “Jaws” playing, when I step into the ocean.
At first glance, “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” might appear to be nothing more than another excuse for Zac Efron to take his shirt off for the camera, but, depending on what your priorities are, you may be disappointed.
Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the much-anticipated “X-Men: Apocalypse” brought enough intensity and extravagant special effects to own it’s place as the first of the summer season’s onslaught of action-packed blockbusters. Armed with an all-star cast, an experienced director and $17…
Wrapped in the glow of a burning spotlight, the sinewy silhouette of Hank Williams stood in sharp contrast. It was the perfect metaphor for his story in the new film “I Saw the Light” — since it is, ironically, about darkness.
“Allegiant” is the perfect example of something good going horribly wrong. This was the third installment of “The Divergent Series,” which jumped from the Veronica Roth books onto the big screen in 2014. For two years fans waited impatiently for yet another sci-fi omnibus to chug through the…
It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. Unless, that is, you live in Zootopia, a city without humans, where every member of the animal kingdom, from carnivores to herbivores, lives in harmony.
