Reviews

The film version of the second half of Suzanne Collins’ final “Hunger Games” book tidies up all the loose ends engendered by Part I as the 13 districts of the

“Daddy’s Home” is a by-the-book comedy about mild-mannered radio executive Brad (Will Ferrell) and his trials and tribulations as he tries to become the best step dad possible to his

This adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s (“The Talented Mr. Ripley,” “Strangers on a Train”) seminal novel “The Price of Salt” follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in

It’s been seven years since the housing market bubble burst and the world was pushed into a major economic recession. How did it happen? Greedy and corrupt Wall Street investors

When it comes to clicking together in comedy routines, it’s undeniable that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler can make magic — but not in this film. The pair play the

Alicia Vikander and Eddie Redmayne give tour-de-force performances in this quietly enthralling love story inspired by the lives of married artists Einar and Gerda Wegener. Set in 1920s Copenhagen and

Upholding the grand cinema tradition of films about hard-working journalists who expose corruption and malfeasance (“All the President’s Men” comes to mind immediately) is director Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight,” a superbly

“Steve Jobs” is an interesting if not in-depth look at Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple and one of the chief architects of the digital age. The film — almost

The Hollywood Blacklist — the persecution of Hollywood screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other entertainment professionals for their political beliefs — destroyed careers and families for more than a decade,

“99 Homes” is the grueling down-to-earth flip side of “The Big Short,” an indie film that looks at the 2008 economic melt down from the bottom up. In sunny Orlando,

“Spectre” is the 24th “official” James Bond/007 big-screen adventure (not including the 1967 “Casino Royale” and the 1983 “Never Say Never Again”) and — despite the naysayers — it continues

Beautifully photographed if ultimately empty thriller about an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt), who is enlisted by an elite government task force official (Josh Brolin) to aid in the escalating

“American Ultra” is an incredible waste of talent, squandering Kristen Stweart and John Leguizamo in a weak-kneed stoner version of the Jason Bourne series. Small-town nerd Mike Howell (Jesse Eisenberg

Director Guy Ritchie’s “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” isn’t really “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” It’s actually a feature film prequel to the very popular — and hip for its time —

In 1968 liberal pundit and novelist Gore Vidal and conservative commentator/publisher William F. Buckley Jr. were at the peak of their powers. Both were outspoken, egotistical and strongly opinionated —

“The End of the Tour” is an enjoyable and enlightening talkfest that tells the story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter (and novelist) David Lipsky (played here by

Mainstream critics — and audiences — went gaga over “Inside Out,” an animated adventure that cleverly takes place in the brain of a young girl to show the pain and

Good filmmaking, like all good storytelling, revolves around a set of themes as old as time: Among them the loss of innocence, revenge, triumph over adversity, love conquers all, good

  “Tomorrowland” is a big, bold clunker of a film that squanders a potentially good story by concentrating on a lot of silly exposition and explanations and stealing visual memes

  The Big One finally hits California in “San Andreas” and there’s only one hero who can save the day: Dwayne Johnson. Johnson plays an LAFD rescue helicopter pilot who’s

  It’s been three years since 2012’s early Fall sleeper hit “Pitch Perfect” stormed the boxoffice barricades, starting out with a sleepy $5 million in its first weekend and then

  Behind the laid back 1960s surfin’ and “fun fun fun” image of The Beach Boys — sometimes posited as the American rivals to The Beatles — was the genius

  What can you say about the last installment in the gigantic “Fast and Furious” franchise? Returning to what they know best — fast cars — the crew battle two

  This romantic melodrama opened on the cusp of the May summer releases and was soon buried by “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Pitch Perfect 2,”

  Thirty-four years after ex-Aussie cop Max Rockatansky wandered into the Wasteland at the end of “Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior,” the iconic hero returns to the big screen

“What We Do in the Shadows” is definitely the sleeper hit of the year, crossing over from horror cultists to mainstream moviegoers. The wacky film — imagine, if you will,

  Written and directed by Alex Garland (writer of Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine” and “28 days Later” as well as the screenplay for “Never Let Me Go”), this thinking-person’s sci-fi film

  Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, this waking nightmare of a film lovingly and slowly builds into a creepfest of major proportions; it follows 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe),

  In “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter,” brothers Nathan and David Zellner have created a film that can only be called surreal naturalism — a film in which a skewed reality