Few actors are as legendary as Robert De Niro. Beginning with Mean Streets, De Niro built a jaw-dropping portfolio throughout the ’70s — The Godfather: Part II, Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, Raging Bull — immediately establishing himself as one of the greatest film actors of all time. He was ...

Three new films open in wide release this weekend, and it’s more of the same awful-looking comedies and middling genre fare that we tend to see in January. The first of these, and probably the one that will be most successful, is the comedy Dirty Grandpa. Starring Robert De Niro ...

On this last weekend of September, one new release dominated the box office, with nothing else even coming close. Hotel Transylvania 2 opened right at the top, not only besting its predecessor’s opening three years ago, but also becoming easily the biggest hit of the month. The film’s success is ...

Only one week after the release of Best Picture hopeful Black Mass, the last weekend in September arrives with three new wide releases that are not likely to make much of an impact on either the fall box office or awards season. The real story of the weekend is not ...

What grade should one assign to a likable film that mostly succeeds in accomplishing its goals, but which demonstrates a total lack of ambition or originality? Should it be graded for its own successes, or examined for its relative place in cinema? This is a dilemma that has confronted me ...