Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Based on the memoir The Taliban Shuffle by journalist Kim Barker, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot takes us into the weird, absurd, adrenaline and sex-fueled world of being an expat in a
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
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 checks
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
I think I'd like to see an alternate cut of Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates that just focuses on Aubrey Plaza's face in every shot. The master of deadpan,
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
I'm not the only one who has realized that the best movies lately are not movies at all. Cable and independent television has created some of the best and most
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
The X-Men universe keeps on keepin' on, and going in multiple directions and back again, it seems to have a never-ending universe. Characters first introduced in Bryan Singer's first X-Men
Unbreakable (2000)
When was the last time you were sick? When was the last time you had an injury? Well… to most of us, we should be able to answer these questions
Red Planet (2000)
TIM: I should have known, going in, that any movie with Val Kilmer should be killed before release. There was soooo much hype about this movie that you had little
X-Men (2000)
I grew up stealing peeks at my dad's old X-Men comics, those glory-days of the 1960's, long before Wolverine came on the scene. In high school, I suppose I became
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
The mission of this film lies in the impossible stunts and effects, not in Ethan Hunt's (Cruise's) assignment to save humanity from a killer virus. Indeed, you'd have thought that
Kick-Ass (2010)
Imagine a world, much like our own, where people love super-heroes, but, well, super-powers don't exist. Sounds like reality, doesn't it? In the opening scene, a super-hero with metal wings
Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
After the success of the original Air Bud movie, which was about a dog who could play basketball, and the boy who loved him, the powers that be I'm sure
Valentine’s Day (2010)
Ostensibly, casting every bankable star in Hollywood in the same movie is a great idea. Who doesn't love it when even the extras in a film turn out to be
When in Rome (2010)
Not surprisingly, then, this would-be rom-com is neither romantic nor particularly funny, and is precisely the kind of movie you’d expect to hit screens at this cinematic dead-zone time of
A Good Year (2006)
Even more surprising is that the film is helmed by big-budget tough guy Ridley Scott, who last teamed with Crowe for the decidedly less-genteel Gladiator. Based on the book by
Woman in Gold (2015)
There are just about no greater villains of modern history, both cinematically and in reality, as the Nazis. Images of the stiff-armed salutes, the crisp uniforms, the shiny boots, and--just
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Thomas Mann stars as Greg Gaines, a contemplative and awkward semi-loner, who’s decided the path of least resistance towards getting through high school unscathed is to be on casually good
Paper Towns
Based on the novel by teen-lit author-god John Green, who also penned the weeper The Fault in Our Stars, this coming-of-age drama starts of well enough, but then quickly devolves
The Danish Girl
Redmayne stars as Wegener, who’s madly in love with his painter wife (Vikander) but who finds himself drawn, at first, to women’s clothes then, gradually, masquerading as a woman and
Miss You Already
Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore are two of the most appealing actresses in Hollywood, but I admit when I first heard about them being cast as best friends in a
