Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Comic book glances are only used to undergird the real focus here: the contorted sexual relationship and societal struggles of Wonder Woman’s creator, his wife and a pretty college student.
Marshall
Marshall inspires. But it disappoints, too.
Happy Death Day
This repeat-a-day flick features a college girl with a hangover who lives out her birthday with a sneer before being brutally murdered. Over and over and over.
The Foreigner
The Foreigner is a dark, grim actioner, filled with blood and bad words a-plenty. Rush Hour? Try crushed and dour.
The Mountain Between Us
This movie has as many content concerns as it has difficult-to-believe plot points.
Blade Runner 2049
Both Blade Runner films lead us into an unseemly, seedy milieu in which humanity’s worst impulses have been augmented and magnified by technology.
American Made
If you’re already cynical about alleged government deception and corruption, American Made won’t help matters much.
Flatliners
At the end of a what is otherwise a rote PG-13 thriller/horror film, viewers are left with some significant spiritual themes to ponder.
Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes is a film about how a gay woman—who happened to be a tennis icon—explored her sexual identity and impacted her era.
Loving Vincent
This story artfully investigates different perspectives on the questions that swirl around Vincent van Gogh’s death.