Writer-director Alex Garland continues his assault on human specialness (and humanity in general), this time going so far as to loop in the self among the parts of us subject to genetic malleability. He does a neat job of it, …
by Matthew LickonaA not despicable reprise of the same material, juvenile yet jaded, profoundly lazy and lackadaisical, sufficiently disdainful, even, to aim an occasional joke over the heads of the rubes (something about "my Laura Antonelli tapes"). It is least despicable when …
by Duncan ShepherdWell, it worked for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. To finish out its trilogy about a pudgy, Type-B panda (Jack Black) with a battle-ready, Type-A destiny, Dreamworks adds a long-absent father (Bryan Cranston) and amps up Part 1’s storyline. …
by Matthew LickonaIt’s telling that the two war photographers at the center of Alex Gar…
Early on in director, co-writer, and star Dev Patel’s madcap mashup o…
After three death-defying adventures defeating world-class villains w…
Lawrence of Arrakis meets Dr. Sandworm, or, How I Learned to Stop Wor…
Michael Mohan delivers a fun if flawed twist on the old argument betw…
Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is for…
From award-winning director Alejandro Monteverde comes the true-life …
Eager to leave his dark past behind, Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson) lead…
What is there to say? That Kristen Stewart can act — that she can inh…
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer who's struggling to bring his u…
Aren is recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who d…
A bright young man at a fancy tech company (Domhnall Gleeson) gets picked to visit the company’s founder (Oscar Isaac) in his country home, er, homey concrete fortress. There, he is introduced to Ava (Alicia Vikander), a sweet and pretty …
by Matthew LickonaThree parapsychologists, having had their academic grant rescinded and their research equipment confiscated, go into private practice as exterminators of any and all supernatural pests. Just in time, too. It seems that an Art Deco skyscraper on Central Park West …
by Duncan ShepherdMore animated martial arts and loveable Chinese-bear antics in Jennifer Yuh’s sequel. Voices by Jack Black, Gary Oldman, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogen, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Jean-Claude Van Damme.