‘Money Monster’ Shortchanges Suspense
The world is so crazy that it’s tough for social satirists to devise anything more absurd than what we…
Stranger in a Strange…
The latest film from writer-director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) is a sober, utterly compelling look at…
Four Sexually Charged Characters…
Any movie that opens by showing its leading actors matter-of-factly lying naked by a pool is almost certainly European.…
‘Dough’ Hits a Sweet…
Dough is a sweet, feel-good film from England that may not edge out Captain America at the box-office but…
Captain America—This Means War
Is there really nothing left for comic-book superheroes to do on the big screen but fight each other? I…
Susan Sarandon Shines in…
I feared that The Meddler would be a one-joke movie; the “joke” being that a widow (Susan Sarandon) moves…
‘Sing Street’ In One…
Sing Street is a real charmer from John Carney, the writer-director of Once and Begin Again. Like those films,…
