“Hustlers” saves all of its tricks for the end. It’s a banger of an ending, too, which is something that so few films manage to nail. The emotion, the stakes,...
LOS ANGELES: The “Downton Abbey” movie isn’t exactly a movie. It’s more like another season of the popular “Masterpiece Classic” show that’s been condensed to...
Everything is beautiful in John Crowley’s adaptation of “The Goldfinch,” even the grilled cheese sandwich that a kind stranger makes for a boy who has just...
LOS ANGELES: The idea behind “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” is tantalizing - a woman goes missing and her 15-year-old daughter tries to piece...
LOS ANGELES: There is a certain mindless pleasure in the “Fallen” movies. Watching Gerard Butler muscle his way through increasingly preposterous obstacles as...
The film adaptation of “The Art of Racing in the Rain” seems to have been designed by algorithm to maximize appeal for a certain demographic of women aged...
LOS ANGELES: Thinking about finally getting off of Facebook? “The Great Hack,” a new documentary on Netflix, might just be the push you were looking for. At...
LOS ANGELES: Director Riley Stearns says he didn’t realize he was making a perfect movie for 2019 when he started writing “The Art of Self-Defense” four years...
LOS ANGELES: “Midsommar” is a waking nightmare and I mean that in the best possible way. For over two hours you will be transported to a beautiful village in...
LOS ANGELES: It’s futile to ask “why more” in the movie business, but it’s hard not to go in a little suspicious of a fourth “Toy Story.” The trilogy was so...
LOS ANGELES: The good news is “Dark Phoenix” is neither an apocalypse nor is it “X-Men: Apocalypse.” Written and directed by Simon Kinberg, this latest...
LOS ANGELES: “The Sun is Also a Star” is a beautiful looking film. Its principals, TV stars Yara Shahidi of “grown-ish” and Charles Melton of “Riverdale,” are...
LOS ANGELES: It’s been a bit since moviegoers had the chance to catch up with Godzilla, five years in fact. In cinematic franchise time, that feels like at...
LOS ANGELES: “Brightburn” is a one-idea movie. What if a baby from another planet crash-lands on earth and is adopted and raised by a nice childless couple...
LOS ANGELES: The great Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev doesn’t come across as particularly likable in “The White Crow,” Ralph Fiennes’ elegant biopic of...
LOS ANGELES: Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen make a sparkling comic duo in the unconventional romantic comedy “Long Shot,” about a sleek politician and a...
LOS ANGELES: La Llorona, a woman who according to Mexican legend murdered her own children and now wanders the earth looking for them, snatching other...
LOS ANGELES: Holy superhero fatigue, Batman, “Shazam!” is actually good.It’s basically “Big” with superheroes and villains instead of businesspeople and...
LOS ANGELES: Matthew McConaughey is at his dirt bag finest as a good-time Charlie stoner-poet named Moondog in Harmony Korine’s “The Beach Bum,” a bizarre and...
LOS ANGELES: If there is one thing that’s true of most of the movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s that they have life and spirit to spare. It’s a...
LOS ANGELES: When Steven Spielberg talks about the business of Hollywood, most listen and few dissent. Reports that he intends to support rule changes that...
LOS ANGELES: In retrospect, it’s actually kind of surprising that there hasn’t been an escape room-themed horror movie until now. The popular interactive...
LOS ANGELES: Imagine you’re a 20-something living in New York City and you spot a particularly nice and structured green leather handbag on the subway. Do you...
LOS ANGELES: The premise for “Arctic” is so simple it’s almost silly to describe. Stranded man tries to survive. It’s been done more than a few times in...
LOS ANGELES: “The LEGO Movie” is a hard act to follow. Its world was so fresh and vibrant and unexpected, it’s no wonder that it spawned a number of spinoffs...