Howard Inlet (Will Smith) finds himself lost in his own grief after his daughter dies. Two years later, his friends (Ed Norton, Michael Pena, and Kate Winslet) set out to discredit him so that they can save the advertising company, having him declared out of his mind. They hire a private investigator, who discovers Inlet…
Dennis Lehane’s crime noir develops in a way that translates easily on screen, with a filmography that includes Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island, and the underwhelming The Drop. In Live by Night, Lehane teams with another Boston guy, Ben Affleck, to deliver a film that is all noir and muddled ethics, but fails…
Sing?is that rare animated flick that bears watching several times because there’s more to be gleaned each time – and it’s an entertaining musical montage. The latest film from Illumination Entertainment finds theater manager Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey), a koala, trying anything he can to revitalize the flagging stage business. When he accidentally (with help…
Troy (Denzel Washington) is a hard man, but Rose (Viola Davis) loves him anyway, and his sons begrudgingly respect him. But over time, his stubbornness, his upbringing, and his experience of racism drive him farther and farther away from the rest of his family. Ultimately, each person must choose how they’ll handle the adversity, and…
Idris Elba stars in a none-Elba-like role, here as a retired rugby star named Max whose marriage to former actress Emily (Gemma Arterton) is dying. Both of them are unfaithful: he’s hopping from relationships to alcohol; she’s involved with an old flame (Tom Cullen). But this?Crash-like ensemble piece involves two other pairings we’re inclined to…
Solace?was initially supposed to be a sequel to?Se7en but somewhere in development, it became a standalone thriller by director Afonso Poyart (commentary included). Here, Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s FBI Agent Merriweather and his partner Agent Cowles (Abbie Cornish) find themselves in too deep with a strange set of murders, so they turn to Merriweather’s old partner,…
In Disney’s latest princess film, the daughter of a Hawaiian village chief hears the call of the ocean, recognizes her island’s need for redemption, and sets out on the quest of a lifetime. But before Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) can return the?Pounamu stone that is the island goddess’ heart to its owner, Te Fiti, she must…
Aviv Alush has a ten-year career as an Israeli actor, but this weekend, his worldwide exposure erupted as he played Jesus onscreen in the adaptation of Paul Young?s The Shack. In the film, a man finds himself invited to discourse with the Trinity, who show up physically with a desire to help the man recover…
A decade ago, I read Paul Young?s novel The Shack, and became intrigued by what I might ask God if I were face-to-face with the Almighty Creator of the Universe. If we’re honest with ourselves, seeing loved ones suffer and die is often the greatest challenge to our faith. For Young, the story revolved around…
While I tend to think of Robert Zemeckis as a comedy/drama director, in the World War II film?Allied, he moves Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard around like chess pieces in a game of cat-and-mouse with dashes of romance thrown in. Like?Mr. and Mrs. Smith?or?Killers, we don’t doubt the passion, but we’re not really sure whose…
