• September 27, 2018
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Western

Selleck plays an American cowboy named Matthew Quigley who shows up on the shores of rough and tumble Wild West-era Australia. An Australian rancher (played by go-to bad guy...

• March 16, 2018
• Action, Adventure, At Home

Tomb Raider seemed to be an odd choice for a series reboot. After all, the original movies were pretty terrible the first time around, despite star Angelina Jolie doing...

• March 8, 2018
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Meg Murry (Storm Reid) is a glum tween with every reason to be distant from her classmates: Her beloved physicist dad (Chris Pine) disappeared four years ago. Dad and...

• December 21, 2017
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

As the movie opens, it’s 1996 and the nefarious, centuries-old board game has turned itself (yes, turned itself!) into an Atari-like video game so as to keep up with...

• April 11, 2017
• Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

Whether you’ve read all the Harry Potter books, seen all the Harry Potter movies, or, like many people (except, uhhh… me) done both, you have to admit that plopping...

• October 16, 2016
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

I think the screenwriter of this film must have read the bestseller King Leopold’s Ghost, which describes in fascinating and appalling detail the Belgium monarch’s greed-driven pillaging and exploitation...

• September 30, 2016
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

As its title suggests, the key element in the whimsical fantasy-adventure is a secret orphanage – hidden within a time loop on a remote island in Wales – housing...

• September 13, 2016
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

Pete’s Dragon is one of those dubious Disney classics that seems great when you’re a kid, but doesn’t quite stand the test of time. I remember watching it over...

• September 2, 2016
• Adventure, At Home, Drama

Is this about a Native American racing atop his pinto pony in a Hidalgo-like adventure? No. Not at all. Give the film credit though: Whenever Anthony Hopkins’ character mentions...

• July 12, 2016
• Action, Adventure, At Home

Proving that those who do not learn from history will continue to repeat it as long as moviegoers are willing to shell out money, Jurassic World delivers is an...

• July 1, 2016
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy, Drama

Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) finally has some good luck. A 13-year-old chubby foster kid, he has found a warm home with a goofy “auntie” Bella (Rima Te Wiata) who...

• June 16, 2016
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

So it should come as no surprise that I think Finding Nemo is a visually stunning, joyfully heartwarming underwater romp that takes the best elements from its Pixar predecessors...