Hands of Stone
Considering the abundance of compelling angles to choose from both inside and outside the boxing…
Month: August 2016
Southside With You
When we first see Barack Obama in Southside With You, he isn’t looking very presidential…
The Sea of Trees
It’s not been a good year on the big screen for Aokigahara, the Japanese forest…
Capsule reviews for Aug. 26
Complete Unknown Two beguiling performances cannot rescue this muddled romantic mystery about redemption, reconciliation and…
Ben-Hur
To answer the most obvious question about Ben-Hur: The climactic chariot race is pretty spectacular….
War Dogs
If Jordan Belfort was the wolf of Wall Street, then perhaps the co-conspirators in War…
Kubo and the Two Strings
With the landscape in cinematic animation having shifted almost entirely to computers, it’s easy to…
Capsule reviews for Aug. 19
Imperium An audacious performance by Daniel Radcliffe boosts this modestly provocative cop thriller above its…