Chris Hemsworth stars in this true story about the dozen U.S. Army Special Forces Green Berets, who, following the attacks of 9/11, were the first to enter Afghanistan, where they fought alongside the country’s Northern Alliance to defeat the Taliban. It was amazing that they even survived, much less won, given that they were vastly […]
In this Marvel Comics adaptation, recently imprisoned cat burglar Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) has an opportunity to save the world from an evil villain when his mentor (Michael Douglas) asks him to wear a special high-tech suit that can turn him into a superhero by shrinking him to a minuscule size. Never mind that the […]
Chloë Grace Moretz stars in this adaptation of the true story of New York Post reporter Susannah Cahalan, whose health took a mysterious, rapidly deteriorating downturn in 2009 when she started experiencing headaches, memory loss and hallucinations. Weeks later, her condition devolved into erratic behavior, seizures and a life-threatening catatonic state. While the film at […]
In this timely sequel to 2015’s Sicario, the drug war along the U.S. -Mexico border has escalated as Mexican drug cartels have started trafficking terrorists across the U.S. border. To fight back, Graver (Josh Brolin) and Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) reunite with a scheme to foment discord among the cartels and keep America safe. Writer […]
Natalie Dormer stars in this taut thriller about a blind pianist in London caught up in a murder plot involving a Serbian war criminal after she overhears her upstairs neighbor (Emily Ratajkowski) die under suspicious circumstances. The story, written by Dormer and her fiancé Anthony Byrne, who also is its director, reunites her with Game […]
A flurry of big names – Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Chris Pine – star in this well-intentioned, family friendly Disney adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s 1962 science fantasy novel about children traveling in time to find their scientist father who goes missing after discovering a new planet. Director Ava DuVernay (Selma, 13th) gives us […]
In this South Korean horror/mystery, a family coping with the disappearance of their young son moves to a house near Busan’s Mt. Jang, site of the popular Jangsan Tiger urban legend, where a fast-moving, man-eating creature is said to use human voices to lure his victims. There, they find a young girl in the forest, […]
This fifth sequel in the Jurassic Park franchise reunites Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), rushing to save the island’s dinosaurs when the volcano on their island of Isla Nublar roars to life. Director J.A. Bayona brings some nice epic mayhem in the first thirty minutes when the island is exploding into a […]
An ornithologist is kayaking in Portugal in search of a rare species of stork when rapids propel him into a strange and surreal adventure. Writer/director João Pedro Rodrigues’ wildlife footage and natural beauty of the Portuguese countryside (and the frequently naked leading man Paul Hamy) is nice to look at, and maybe there is some […]
Jason Momoa (Aquaman premieres December 2018) is Joe Braven, a resident badass and family-oriented logger who finds himself in danger when he and his family discover dangerous drug traffickers have stashed illegal drugs in their remote cabin in the snow-covered Canadian wilderness. Director Lin Oeding utilizes his stuntman background (Inception, The Equalizer) to deliver a […]