Australia, “ten years after the collapse” and 35 years since Mad Max first turned the outback into what’s proven to be the quintessential stomping ground for post-apocalyptic mayhem. Guy Pearce stars as a solitary former soldier determined to retrieve his stolen car from a gang of malignant ne'er-do-wells. Taking a …
Film about surfing and the stars of the sport
A must-see for those eager to get in touch with their inner-simpleton. T1-3, respectively (Arnold Who Else?), and T4 (Sam Worthington) unite as targeted members of a renegade DEA team systematically being picked-off by an unknown assassin in director David Ayer’s (End of Watch) colossal garbage scow of a movie. …
Coming-of-age drama presented by the German Currents Film Festival.
A woman who works for a non-governmental organization (NGO) forms a special relationship with a young boy in war-torn Chechnya.
Having cracked open dozens of white containers of this Cantonese restaurant staple over the years, I found myself curious as to the origins of the titular warlord and the deep-fried fare that regularly wages battle with my colon. Yes, Virginia, there is a General Tso, but according to Ian Cheney’s …
Wedding bells threaten to break up three best friends' long-running bromance, but they aren't going down without a fight.
Director Susanne Bier (Serena) decides to do Raising Arizona as a straight drama. Meaning, a cop finds a couple with a baby who is more than they can handle, and decides the child would be better off with him and his wife. Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. In Danish and Swedish with …
Nota bene: the name of the film is Selma, not King. Sure, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (portrayed with careful dignity by David Oyelowo) serves as architect, engine, lightning rod, and general for the organization and execution of a march from Selma, Alabama to the State Capitol …
Three-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper and three-time Academy Award nominee (and one-time winner!) Jennifer Lawrence team up yet again (after 2012's Silver Linings Playbook and 2013's American Hustle, but before 2015's Joy) to make a complete stinker of a period piece set in the very scenic Smoky Mountains of …
Back in the day, New York’s 75th Precinct was the deadliest cop house in the land. These particularly “true blue” boys in blue were more dangerous than the scum they were hired to serve and protect, so dirty they made Harry Callahan look clean. When asked if he was a …
True Grit, R.I.P.D., The Giver, and now this schlocky bit of medieval Young Adult adventure. At this point, it's tempting to wonder if Jeff Bridges accepts roles chiefly on the basis of whether or not he'll get to sport grizzly facial hair and talk funny. Here, he plays a spook: …
A couple celebrating her promotion (Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel) decide to spice up their sex life and find themselves on a scavenger hunt to prevent a homemade porno from going viral. A foolproof premise for a modern day screwball comedy done in by foolhardy execution. Casting Rob Lowe — …
Intermittently interesting and occasionally compelling history of the feminist movement's early days. The principal effort is to assemble as many squares of the "magic quilt" — to borrow a term from one of the film's subjects — as possible: the economic activists, the sexual activists, the class activists, the race …