Three intersecting plot threads barely hang together in this soldier’s story of a Marine who brings the war in Afghanistan home with him. The basic training and combat footage are strictly standard issue, ditto the reverse-angle grilling military counselor Gary Oldman gives returning vet, Shia LaBeouf. (Lucky Oldman never leaves …
When we meet Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel, playing serious), he is scrawling equations on the floor of a Hindu temple. Because for him, “an equation has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God.” Take that, science vs. religion! But alas, God isn’t in the academic …
With Catherine Frot starring in a biopic based on the life of Marguerite Dumont — a grandiloquently pretentious diva who has buffaloed friends into thinking the tonsil-jangling that comes out of her pipes is the stuff coloratura sopranos are made of — it’s impossible not to think of the fifth …
“Without Pierre, I’m nothing,” cried Marie Curie after a freak traffic accident claimed the life of her renowned husband. She had a point: not only did she lose the first great love of her life, Madame C. soon learned that, no matter how closely the two had worked together in …
Filmmaker Tora Mårtens documents the lives of Martha Nabwire and Niki Tsappos, the first two women ever to become World Champions in Hip Hop.
Husband. Pastor. Wrestler. Hero. Inspired by true events! Warren Sonoda directs the story of a former wrestler who becomes a pastor and then starts fighting crime.
A network marketing scam reveals layers of corruption. The Korean action thriller was hailed by critic Joe Bendel as "the closest we'll ever get to seeing Lee Byung-hun playing Bernie Madoff."
If they’d spent half as much time on the jokes, relationships, characters, and yes, even plot as they did on the late ‘90s wardrobe, goofy hairstyling, and tacky makeup…it might have been a fun film about bumbling white trash looking to better its lot via $17 million armored-car heist. (Has …
Milap Zaveri directed and cowrote this Bollywood sex comedy starting Sunny Leone in a dual role. In Hindi.
An unsentimental but emotional film for anyone who suspects in their heart of hearts that suffering really is the only thing that makes anyone worth a damn. Particularly if it is borne gracefully, but also if it’s not. Sometimes, it’s enough to simply remain in its presence. “Maudie” is Maud …
Jang Tae-Yu directs this story of women in business. In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Jojo Moyes adapts her own novel, Thea Sharrock directs, and Emilia Clark stars as a funny girl who starts up an unlikely romance with wheelchair-bound rich boy Sam Claflin. Bring your own hankie.
Jason Statham returns as Arthur Bishop in the sequel to 2011's Mechanic. This time he must save his love, Gina (Jessica Alba), from bad guy Max Adams (Tommy Lee Jones). Directed by Dennis Gansel.
Meddlers gonna meddle. A widow decides to get involved in her daughter's life. But then: JK Simmons shows up doing his best Sam Elliott. Could it be love? Susan Sarandon and Rose Byrne star. Lorene Scafaria writes and directs.