Tom Cruise returns to a role that made him famous. Tom Cruise took flight into Hollywood's firmament of stars in 1986's Top Gun. Arriving midway through Ronald Reagan's second term as U.S. President, the film glorified military activity to an obnoxious degree. Under director Tony Scott (The Hunger), the slick visual stylings resembled a feature-length... Continue Reading →
Review: ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Plumbs the Depths of Fandom
Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen do their best in Sam Raimi's woebegone sequel. Frequently incomprehensible, occasionally ludicrous, but never predictable, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness marks a dispiriting return to feature filmmaking for director Sam Raimi, though it's business as usual for producer Kevin Feige. Raimi enlivened the 1980s by helming a trio... Continue Reading →
Review: In ‘Morbius,’ The Darkness Beckons
Jared Leto stars in a Marvel movie adventure, directed by Daniel Espinosa. A dark adventure that gets darker as it goes, Morbius flexes its action muscles early and often, telling the story of a brilliant doctor who is desperately searching for a cure to a rare, blood-borne disease. His latest experiment goes disastrously wrong, turning... Continue Reading →
Review: ‘More Than Robots’ Gets to the Heart
Gillian Jacobs directs a non-fictional account on true-life heroes and warriors.
Review: ‘Lucy and Desi,’ Of Love and Laughs
Amy Poehler directs an absorbing look at a true power couple.
Review: ‘The Batman,’ Into the Shadows
Robert Pattinson and Zoe Kravitz star in a very dark motion picture, directed by Matt Reeves.