Movies

“Widows” offers a few sit-up-straight moments long before the film’s plot kicks in.

You look at the cast (Viola Davis! Robert Duvall! Daniel Kaluuya!) and you wonder how they got …
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“The Front Runner” makes its closing argument early and spends the rest of the movie embellishing it.

Journalists shouldn’t dig through a politician’s trash to uncover the worst elements of …
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“The Nutcracker and The Four Realms” is one of Disney’s bigger misfires.

While the movie itself is a beautiful work of art with its special effects, colorful costumes and magical …
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There’s nothing wrong with making genre fans wait for the good stuff.

“The Descent” told a cave exploring yarn long before the sightless monsters entered the frame. It was more …
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You’re a somewhat surly but ultimately misunderstood one, Mr. Grinch.

Doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it?

The new, hardly improved “Grinch” sure looks pretty, but that’s not …
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No film has captured the insanity of identity politics better than “Bodied.”

Sure, “How Jack Became Black” shreds the trend from a sober, and very personal, perspective. “Bodied” does it …
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Writing about Orson Welles is like being the last cop to show up at a crime scene.

Coming up with fresh insights is nearly impossible when there are film scholar …
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Filmmaker Justin Lee has written and directed four films released this year. None of the four are great, but collectively they show a great deal of potential.

His latest work, …
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Queen might be the most unlikely group in music history.

Its sound veered from opera to gospel, rockabilly to flat out rock. Queen’s signature hit, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” defies description.

Try …
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“Dragnet” may not be the ultimate ’80s comedy, but it screams 1987 in ways that were unintended and quite intriguing.

Here are the facts.

Dan Aykroyd stars as Joe Friday, …
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