After turns in?Prison Break?and?Hart of Dixie, Cress Williams turned in the leading role as high school principal Jefferson Pierce, who hung up the Black Lightning costume but finds himself drawn back in to defend his community. When he puts on the suit again, he...
Solo: A Star Wars Story?is the eighth movie named?Solo?since 1969, but that doesn't make it a bad movie. It has a 71% rating on RottenTomatoes but that doesn't make it a slightly-above-average movie. It was first directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and...
Pacific Rim: Uprising?lies heavily upon the shoulders of John Boyega, riding his star power from?The Force Awakens?and?The Last Jedi?to take over where Idris Elba left off in the original. This has the splashy looks and action-packed fight scenes, thanks to first-time...
Tomb Raider may end up best being known for Geneva Robertson-Dworet's film before?Captain Marvel, Silver & Black?(the Spider-man universe), and?Gotham City Sirens?(the Batman universe). That's not to say that the film isn't entertaining - or that Alicia Vikander...
Gringo is a black comedy - a dark exploration of the baser instincts of human nature mixed with a wry, ironic take on what it all means through a laser sharp lens of humor. Apparently, I am one of the approximately 43% of people (per Rotten Tomatoes) who appreciates...
I am an unabashed fan of?Gnomeo & Juliet, a more-than-trifling adaptation of William Shakespeare's play about star-crossed human lovers. So it was with great anticipation that our family made a date to sit down and watch the sequel, starring a Johnny Depp-voiced...
Annihilation?is a strange, head-scratching film for those longing for another?Arrival?or?Sunshine. Alex Garland (who actually wrote?Sunshine) adapted the first of Jeff VanDermeer's novels into the film starring Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and...
Deadpool 2?is the best sequel film I've seen, maybe ever. It's hilarious (but not as funny as the first) with an extraordinary sense of itself. Here, Ryan Reynolds' Deadpool is seeking to find his place in the new world, or in the old world with a new him, diving into...
Max (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are competitive, unlike anyone you know... I think. They compete at everything, loving games, and drawing their friends into competition, too. But when Brooks (Kyle Chandler), Max's older brother, rolls into town, their...