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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 ... -
Box Office Report: ‘The Revenant’ impresses, but still can’t beat ‘Star Wars’
In this second weekend of the new year, Star Wars: The Force Awakens continued to dominate the charts and break records. This week, it passed Avatar to become the highest-grossing film ever in North America — and it also becomes (in only its third weekend) the first film ever to ... -
Capsule Reviews: February 2015 Wide Releases
The DUFF Mae Whitman gives a fantastic performance in this sweet, funny film. Many reviewers have called this the next Mean Girls or Easy A — but it's nowhere near as clever or original as those two entries in the teen comedy canon; every beat happens exactly as you'd expect ... -
After Earth
If ever there was a film that existed only as a Hollywood vanity project, it would be After Earth. Indeed, this new science fiction adventure thriller stars the real-life father and son team of Will Smith and Jaden Smith, who — beyond a brief prologue and the occasional flashback — ...
Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four