Destroyer: Violent Cop
Movies so often depict loose-cannon cops as heroes, men (it’s always men) who work for the law but happily ignore it to leave the...
Contempt of Court
When reviewing a movie called The Judge, there’s a temptation to use a really corny pun in the headline. “The Judge found guilty of...
End-of-Spring Roundup
Only two movies are opening in wide release this week, and neither of them screened in time for our deadlines. Ex Machina is expanding...
Training Day
Every big-budget action thriller needs a villain who artfully represents the audience's fear du jour. As Ryder, the subway-hijacking financial terrorist of Tony Scott's...
Dead Don’t Die: Police vs. Zombies
I suspect that I would find The Dead Don’t Die much cooler if I’d seen it 20 years ago. Alas, this century has spoiled...
Stangled Web
Hmmm, what do we make of men writing all the R-rated female-centric comedies these days? Look at Neighbors 2, the upcoming Bad Moms, and...
To Catch a Predator
Why am I not surprised that Shane Black is the filmmaker who cast a convicted sex-offender buddy of his and had him play a...
Mad Money
Madea Goes to Jail is Tyler Perry's seventh film as writer or director in only four years. In that short period of time, his...
Marital Tate
The Proposal makes an instructive contract with Management, the film that opened and promptly closed last month. Both movies are about the romantic...
Sound of Metal: The Rest Is Silence
Like many other things in this world, movies tend not to be made for deaf people. Sure, one can always turn on the subtitles...
