Christopher Guest reunites his acting troupe for another ensemble mockumentary – this Netflix original film targets the world of mascot competition. (Is that even really a thing?!) His earlier efforts Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show were hilarious, cleverly-written satire filled with tons of quotable moments about ordinary people who take themselves way too […]
This Netflix exclusive documentary, about the wrongful conviction of American Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend in the 2007 killing of her British roommate Amanda Kercher in Italy, is a riveting, exceptionally crafted story about how the perfect storm of a judgmental prosecutor rushing to find a culprit, a sloppy, error-filled investigation, and a ruthless, […]
Ben Affleck is Chris, a math savant accountant with Asperger’s Syndrome who has worked for the world’s leading crime organizations. But it is when he is hired for a straight gig, checking the financial records of an innovative high tech company, that things start to go awry and the body count starts piling up in […]
Tim Burton’s latest effort is a loose adaptation of the popular children’s novel by Ransom Riggs, about a group of children with X-men-type mutant powers that live in a time loop in a home off the coast of Wales in 1943. Fans of Burton’s films will enjoy his trademark quirky, creative visuals (and a refreshing […]
Single mom Melissa McCarthy moves into a working class section of New York City, and due to long work hours, is forced to have her grouchy, chain smoking, alcoholic, compulsive gambler next door neighbor (Bill Murray) babysit her 12-year-old son. The two strike up an unlikely friendship in this schmatzy but well acted story, that […]
Emily Blunt is Rachel, a raging alcoholic seemingly obsessed with her ex-husband Tom and the new home-wrecking wife who has replaced her in the very house where she once lived. She spends her days riding a commuter train past their house and the house two doors down, where beautiful Megan (Haley Bennett) seems to have […]
This documentary about Gene Cernan, the last astronaut to set foot on the Moon in 1972, uses a slew of fascinating archival footage and recent interviews to weave together the story of his life and the sacrifices he and his family made for space exploration, and the tragedies that claimed the lives of fellow astronauts […]
It is extremely rare for a disaster movie based on a true story to find that perfect balance of entertaining moviegoers, enraging them over corporate greed and paying proper homage to its victims, but director Peter Berg does just that in this gripping reenactment of the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history – the 2010 […]
Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke star in this period remake of the 1960 classic western (which itself was a remake of the Japanese epic, Seven Samurai), about a rag-tag band of mercenaries who come together and train townsfolk in guerrilla warfare after bandits seize their small town. While the film is a valiant […]
This sequel to the popular 2012 Snow White and The Huntsman introduces Emily Blunt as Freya the Ice Queen, little sis to evil Queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron). Despite the criticism of the worthiness of this sequel, which feels like a stale tossed salad of Game of Thrones and Hobbit leftovers, the visuals are well done […]