Just Like A ‘Wonder Woman’
In her fantastic 2003 film, "Monster," Patty Jenkins undertook the herculean—or should I say Amazonian—task of humanizing a serial killer, and somehow pulled it off. Her task with "Wonder Woman" is just as complicated, maybe...
“It Comes at Night” Is Horror Done Right
It may be true that there is nothing to fear but fear itself, but as "It Comes at Night" proves, fear itself is nothing to sneer at. In small doses, fear might produce involuntary spasms or mild...
‘Alien: Covenant’ Is Refreshingly Thoughtful Sci-Fi
If you think about it, space is the ultimate haunted house. It's dark, quiet—too quiet, some might say— and isolated. Things are likely to go bump in the night, because it is always night. No matter...
Tune In To ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2’
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" feels like it could be the B-side to the first film. It's a little bit weirder, a little less commercial (Baby Groot aside) and a little less catchy. The...
Playing with ‘Free Fire’
It's a simple weapons deal. The meeting place is an abandoned warehouse. One party has the guns, and the other, the money. They are to change hands and--whoops, there's the kicker: the hands. The hands are attached...
‘The Lost City of Z’: A Love Story
"The Lost City of Z" begins rather modestly. Percy Fawcett leaves his family to go on a mission—for their own good, or so he tells himself. Before he leaves, his wife tell him she's pregnant, which...
No Signs Of Life In ‘Ghost In The Shell’
This is the Americanized, fast-food version of "Ghost in the Shell," the popular manga, which later became an influential animated film. Accessibility is prioritized over quality, which means much of the film's running time is spent homogenizing...
