The Fault in Our Stars
Should we find fault with a story devoted to the tragedies and triumphs of teens struggling with cancer? To their courage? To their journey toward joy?
Maleficent
Disney’s most memorable villain returns, bent on all manner of wickedness. What can possibly stop this “mistress of all evil”? Could it be … love?
A Million Ways to Die in the West
There’s a general sense of cheeriness at play, often incongruously. But the pic ends up as nothing more than a steady stream of puerile fart and defecation gags.
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Past, present and future are all up for grabs when Wolverine rips his way back to 1973 hoping to make a few X-traordinary changes.
Blended
The exasperating result is a movie that gets so much right even as it insists on blending in so much of Adam Sandler trademark naughtiness.
The Immigrant
When Ewa arrives at Ellis Island in 1921, her sister’s sickness and her own grim sexual servitude strain her devout Catholic faith to its limit.
Chef
If only I didn’t have end this review by talking about how all those ingredients combine to give us a sweet story with a seriously sour aftertaste.
Neighbors
In the spirit of going out of my way—way out of my way—to find something good to say about Neighbors, I can report that the film does contain a scant few positive messages about the value of marriage.
The Other Woman
This infidelity-meets-revenge comedy might make you start looking around for the other movie. Any other movie.
The Quiet Ones
Alas, there is neither salvation nor deliverance in The Quiet Ones.