There’s no denying Chris Rock’s stand-up status. He’s that rare comedian that can be both serious and scatological and still get his point across. He’s succeeded Read More

It began with the revue, became even more memorable in both vaudeville and burlesque. At the turn of the last century, it was nothing more than Read More

If Wild were just about a woman triumphing over nature, it wouldn’t be much of an experience. There are natural dangers aplenty, of course, in this Read More

The thought of having your mind and memories stripped away or watching a loved one transform into a shell of themselves is horrific on several levels. Read More

Life Partners plays like the first season of a CW dramedy condensed into 90 minutes of millennial-minded platitudes. There are overwritten quips and situational conflicts that Read More

Two Bit Waltz is a standard and overstylized coming-of-age story. It takes place in a present day setting where people use rotary phones and dress like Read More

For some, it’s a professional duty. For others, it’s a journey into the unknown. It can be a voyage beyond one’s experience or merely a means Read More

The story of Alan Turing and his treatment by the British Government both during and after World War II has always been ripe for a remarkable Read More

Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) stands atop the roof of anime colossus Studio Ghibli and surveys his domain like King Read More

In the tradition of many horror classics, The Babadook prefers to raise the hairs on the back of your neck rather than make you leap from Read More

Thanks to CGI, Pixar, and the unbridled popularity of the electronic babysitter now known as the animated family film franchise, studios no longer have to try. Read More

This is why so many people complain about sequels sucking – because now Hollywood has taken to sequel-izing even modestly successful one-off comedies. Don’t get me Read More

Work isn’t supposed to be fun. That’s why it’s called… well, you know the rest. However, it doesn’t have to be a hopeless dead-end slog toward Read More

If you mix into a rancid brew Woody Allen’s 1979 roundelay of self-centered upper middle class New Yorkers, Manhattan, along with Allen’s flirtations with shaky cam Read More

Or as it will always be known, when the series went from peril to overplotting… When last we left the comely Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and her Read More

There are 20 decent minutes buried in the middle of horror anthology V/H/S: Viral, but there’s no compensating for the irredeemable dreck that surrounds them. You Read More

To recount the experiences of a group of gay men in 1950s Europe, director Stefan Haupt has melded narrative and documentary, resulting in more dramatic potential Read More