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...
Pet Sounds
The Secret Life of Pets is the latest animated film from the outfit Illumination Entertainment, which made the Despicable Me films. Indeed, it shares...
Body Issues
I seldom feel like I’m running out of words, but we’re at the end of a month where I’ve reviewed one movie about hotel...
The BFG: The Bigger They Are …
A few months ago, many observers were stunned when Mark Rylance won the Oscar for Best Supporting actor for his work on Bridge of...
The Neon Demon: Fashion Victims
Maybe you heard that Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon caused boos and walkouts at Cannes. Sometimes it seems like every movie does that,...
The Phenom: Mental Games
You’ve seen Johnny Simmons around. The almost unbearably cute 29-year-old Dallas product has distinguished himself in Hollywood as the doomed boyfriend in Jennifer’s Body,...
Blue Tang Clan
Maybe you heard rumors about a human lesbian couple turning up in Pixar’s Finding Dory. I was prepared to ignore the issue, but it...
Cry Wolfe
Genius is a movie about Thomas Wolfe. I don’t mean the 1960s journalist who coined the term “radical chic.” That writer became known as...
Presto!
Back in 2013, Now You See Me was seen by audiences as a nice surprise and by critics as largely flashy but empty sleight...
Tour de Francia
Do I really need to say at this point that American movies have failed Latino audiences? Well, yes, actually. After all, what may be...
