Review: 40 years later, 'Halloween' slashes again
With hollow eyes and sagging cheeks, the flabby white mask of Michael Myers is horror’s great blank slate. Project your fears here, it says.…
Gosling as Armstrong thrills without theatrics
Ryan Gosling does his best to dial down his star power in “First Man,” in which he plays astronaut Neil Armstrong with unsmiling reticence a…
‘Venom’: ‘A fun, fascinating mess,’ and more
Just because a movie is a disjointed, clunky oddball of a bizarrely retro misfire doesn’t mean it’s not, well, entertaining.
Prairie Ridge grads’ short film, ‘Little Things,’ examines mental health
Twin brothers Adrian and Andrew Nuno are trying to start a conversation with their latest short film, “Little Things.”
Review: Phoenix and Reilly excel as 'The Sisters Brothers'
Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly might not be obvious picks to play brothers, but French director Jacques Audiard made an inspired choice …
‘Predator’ makes for a wild, funny, violent good time
There’s never been an article in the title of a Predator film. Only “Predator,” “Predator 2” and “Predators.” (Sorry, the silly mashups with…
Review: Computer-screen thriller 'Searching' transcends its gimmick
LOS ANGELES – If “Searching,” a mystery about a father looking for his missing teenage daughter told only with smartphone and computer scree…
Review: An X-rated Muppets in 'The Happytime Murders'
It’s almost reassuring that in today’s often sanitized, assembly-line mainstream moviemaking that a film can be as crude, as off-brand and a…
Review: In 'Crazy Rich Asians,' a delightful new fairy tale
There are two glittering parades running in tandem through Jon M. Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” a glitzy and delightful adaptation of Kevin Kwa…
Review: McKinnon channels her inner spy in uneven 'Spy'
From the get-go, “The Spy Who Dumped Me,” a Kate McKinnon-Mila Kunis buddy spy comedy, has two things going for it.
