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In “Snatched,” Amy Schumer bungles through the jungle, laughing all the way
"Snatched," an occasionally lazy but fitfully funny and generally pleasing comedy starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn, is a good news/bad news proposition.
Richard Gere plays an aging New York fixer in the funny, charming “Norman”
In "Norman," a delightful semi-screwball comedy from Israeli writer-director Joseph Cedar, Richard Gere plays the title character, an aging New York gadfly whose eye is always on the main chance.
Oscar winner Jonathan Demme, who died at 73, was the last of the great journeyman directors
Demme won the Oscar in 1992 for "The Silence of the Lambs."
Fewer indie films are opening in theaters, and filmmakers are fine with that
A glance at some of this weekend's new releases reveals how, with Hollywood depending ever more heavily on remakes and sequels, and streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon becoming...
“Free Fire” review – 5 little, 4 little, 3 little arms dealers
"Free Fire," the latest cinematic gut-punch from Ben Wheatley ("High-Rise"), gets off to a retrotastic start, with a high-energy credits sequence composed of a fat '70s-era font and a punchy...
The charming, affecting “Their Finest” pays homage to the films of World War II
Historical epics have taken it on the chin lately, between the pretty but superficial "Queen of the Desert" and the earnest but inert "The Promise."
Anne Hathaway dominates the smart, wildly imaginative “Colossal”
If Hathaway's new movie, "Colossal," doesn't quiet the haters, nothing will.
Why Nicole Kidman belongs in the pantheon of great actresses
Nicole Kidman. The name conjures many images and associations: the tumble of red curls and pert, blue-eyed face of the star as a young newcomer to the screen; the marriage...
“Going in Style” keeps the comedy afloat with a pleasant, easygoing fizz
Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Alan Arkin play elderly bank robbers with restraint and taste.
“Baby Driver,” buzz and the fickle weather system of South by Southwest
This year, the beneficiary of the SXSW bump was "Baby Driver," Edgar Wright's long-gestating comedy, which director Robert Rodriguez described as an "action musical" when he introduced Wright on Saturday...