Wild
By the end of this two-hour-but-oh-so-much-longer-feeling journey we too have some extra baggage to hoist, most of it visual.
The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game is a well-made, well-acted, thought-provoking film. Certainly its subject matter makes it a difficult one, and its snide dismissals of God don’t help.
Horrible Bosses 2
Horrible Bosses 2 is desperately trying to be even more horrible than its predecessor. It’s really no more than that, and it’s certainly no less
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Despite the title, Katniss’ struggle now is no game. There is no arena, there are no tributes. What we’re left with is a bitter war and a dim vision of a better tomorrow.
Beyond the Lights
So is this a girl-empowering music-biz exposé, an impassioned Nicolas Sparks-style romance or a heavy-breathing leerapalooza? Well, let’s just say you get an eyeful of all three.
Dumb and Dumber To
The low-bar standard of inane and fart-focused giggles that Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels delivered some 20 years ago has long since been eclipsed.
Foxcatcher
Based on a true story about Olympic-level wrestling, Foxcatcher looks for love and affirmation but finds only anger and jealousy.
The Theory of Everything
It’s a rare thing for a movie to feel incredibly inspiring and yet deeply depressing all at once.
Interstellar
Earth is dying, and mankind throws a Hail Mary pass through a providential wormhole in this grandly scientific, often confusing Christopher Nolan space epic.
Nightcrawler
Self-made journalist Louis Bloom is a bad person doing bad things … to make a good point? Does that make for a good movie?