Reviews

Early in "Gleason," former football player Steve Gleason, who is beginning to experience the first...

Hey everyone, Chris here. I'm currently on vacation with my family. But awhile back, I...

"Ghostbusters" is what happens when originality clashes with lucrative intellectual property. Truthfully, Paul Feig's remake...

Dear parents: It's inevitable — you're going to see "The Secret Life of Pets." Your kids, who...

Five years after its release, "Cars 2" still instills dread in Pixar lovers. Never mind...

James Wan's "Conjuring" movies are something rare in the horror genre: warm-hearted stories that scare the...

At the end of the day, the only thing that matters about some comedies is...

At one point in the new documentary "Weiner," when disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner is...

Something in my DNA responds to Shane Black's work. Ever since I watched "Lethal Weapon" with...

It might be hard to have a coherent conversation with me about "Captain America: Civil...

So, for regular readers, I know that my writing's been a bit sporadic in the...

My college career was nothing like Richard Linklater's. I didn't attend school on a baseball...

Honestly, I don't know that I would have picked up "Honestly" of my own accord....

First, the good news: "God's Not Dead 2" is almost kind of good. It is,...

In March 2014, "God's Not Dead" brought in $60 million at the box office, proving that...

Every once in awhile, I'll walk in on my 4-year-old son playing with his superhero...

Before saying anything else, let's just appreciate this fact: last night, in a time slot...

When I started this series, my intent was to get away from standard cinematic depictions...

I was skeptical of "The Young Messiah." Some of that was my usual hesitation with films...

There's very little that "10 Cloverfield Lane" has in common with "Cloverfield" on a narrative...

Eight years later, "Cloverfield's" biggest legacy might be its trailer. That's an odd thing to...

After 20 years away, it looks like the Tanners aren't going anywhere soon. This week,...

When I was a high school freshman, I scored a bit part in our fall...

With “The Gospel According to St. Matthew,” we looked at one of cinema’s most straightforward...

"Risen" isn't a movie that will change the world. It's not going to take home...

A masterpiece of tension and atmosphere, "The Witch" left me disturbed and unsettled; it's not...

I wonder if sometimes the best people to bring sacred stories to life are nonbelievers....

How bad must a movie be if it can't even make me smile by killing...

When a colleague and I talked about the work of Joel and Ethan Coen on a...

Note: Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" just became available on Amazon Prime this week. I thought it...