Rarely have I seen a film that hates its audience as much as Vice does. Poised as a satire on the rise of former Vice President Dick Cheney, Adam McKay’s supremely misguided biopic is tantamount to yelling fire in a theater and then locking the doors. It isn’t just ugly, unfunny and stunningly mediocre, it’s the worst film of the year.
Combine Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s judicial legacy and longevity, her influence in the current political climate,…
There are several ways to approach adapting the Aquaman comic book for the big screen. Unfortunately, Aquaman tries all of them. It never finds the right tone as a special-effects extravaganza, a more grounded human story about acceptance and expectations, or a more straightforward episode of good battling evil with tridents.
For a movie that takes place largely inside someone’s head, Welcome to Marwen lacks the…
American Renegades It’s both disheartening and amusing to find Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons barking insults at…
Fifty-four years after Julie Andrews first appeared on screen as the titular nanny, Emily Blunt steps into her Oxfords to return to the Banks’ household just as things are falling apart. Now grown, Michael (Ben Whishaw) with children of his own, finds himself in financial distress…
While not groundbreaking, this fresh twist on the comic-based mythology works best when it ditches the superhero mayhem and remains grounded as a charming contemporary coming-of-age story about a precocious yet mischievous Brooklyn teenager who gets in over his head.
An adventure set more than 1,000 years in the future, Mortal Engines features navigators straight…