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Capsule Reviews: January 2020 Wide Releases
Bad Boys for Life Since the first two installments of this franchise, both directed by Michael Bay, were so dreadful, I was not expecting anything from this — but to my great surprise, this one is actually good! Belgian directors Adil and Bilall, in their first Hollywood feature, stick to ... -
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Guy Ritchie has always been, if anything, a very stylish director. He launched his career with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch, two very idiosyncratic films that wielded their surprising lowlife vulgarity as a kind of cinematic street art; these early films established Ritchie as an auteur with ... -
Mr. Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is without a doubt a character that filmgoers are more than a little familiar with. Beyond the classic stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, this is a brand that has been adapted for screen again and again — and, with the BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, the CBS series ...
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four