This follow-up to last year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has Batman enlisting the aid of Wonder Woman to assemble a team of superheroes to battle the latest in DC Comics’ lineup of world-destroying villains, Steppenwolf. The few pros: Gal Gadot’s charismatic Wonder Woman and Ezra Miller’s comic relief as The Flash. The many […]
Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this big screen remake of the classic 1934 Agatha Christie whodunnit. Although the now 83-year-old story is understandably dated and pretty far-fetched by today’s standards, solid performances by Branagh, his crazy moustache, and his all-star cast (Michelle Pfeiffer, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, […]
Award-winning ABC News war correspondent Mike Boettcher and his son Carlos embed themselves with U.S. military troops in Afghanistan in this 2014 documentary, which features a fascinating, rare glimpse of a deadly mission in the nation’s notoriously hostile Helmand Province. Once the documentary shifts away from the tedious, self indulgent father/son relationship and onto the […]
This third big screen installment in the Thor series has our Marvel superhero losing his hammer and finding a long lost big sister, Hela, Goddess of Death (Cate Blanchett), whom is set on destroying Thor’s homeland of Asgard – all while he is trapped across the universe on a bizarre planet ruled by, of all […]
In this sequel to 2016’s very funny and charming Bad Moms, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn decide to “take Christmas back” when THEIR moms (Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines and Susan Sarandon) arrive for Christmas. What made the original “Mean Girls for Mommies” so fun was the spot on casting, realistic, heartwarming and hilariously […]
Four women (including Grammy winning alternative musician St. Vincent) direct this 2017 anthology of short horror stories. The Box is the tale of a young boy who mysteriously stops eating after peering inside a stranger’s gift box on the subway. The Birthday Party is the story of a neurotic woman’s attempt to keep her husband’s sudden […]
Virginia Madsen stars in this 2009 film about a family that moves to a house in Connecticut to be near a hospital where the eldest son is being treated for cancer, only to discover that the house is a former funeral home infested with demons. The film claims to be based on a true story, […]
The absolutely brainless premise of this hackneyed hybrid of Groundhog Day, Scream, Live Die Repeat and this year’s Before I Fall has a pretty but unpleasant college student repeatedly and ironically reliving her murder on her birthday until she can discover the identity of her killer. About halfway through, this scare-free, schlocky slasher flick reverts […]
Salma Hayek stars in this subtle indy drama as Beatriz, a modest, kind-hearted wellness therapist who, through unforeseen circumstances, ends up at a wealthy client’s dinner party in Orange County, CA. There, sparks fly when Beatriz meets Doug, a callous, self-absorbed billionaire property developer, played by John Lithgow. The story’s social commentary, about the harshness […]
In a shockingly candid and inspirational documentary, pop singer Demi Lovato explores how childhood bullying and loneliness sparked her desire to succeed and how she has done so despite a chain reaction of eating disorders, substance abuse and mental health issues. The film traces Lovato’s career as a Barney child star and Disney teen sensation […]