Judy Bloom's 1970 coming of age novel finally gets the big screen treatment. Abby Ryder Fortson ("Ant-Man and the Wasp") takes the title role, supported by Kathy Bates ("Richard Jewell") and Rachel McAdams ("Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness").
Ben Affleck stars in "Hypnotic" a flaky sci-fi thriller from Robert Rodriguez about a police detective who discovers that government mind control experiments may have something to do with his missing daughter. The gimmicky plot outwits itself with twists that will make your eyes roll. The sex lives of women of...
Gerard Butler ("Olympus Has Fallen") stars in the thriller "Plane," a disaster movie/action hybrid.
The newest chapter in the wildly popular "Guardians of the Galaxy" series has arrived and... it's out of this world. "Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3" is an imaginative and surprisingly moving comic adventure that provides the emotional backstory for Rocket, the weapons-master raccoon voiced by Bradley Cooper. There’s just the...
An Oscar nominee for Best International Feature, the Irish language drama "The Quiet Girl" is now available on many streaming platforms.
Is Judy Bloom's 1970 coming-of-age story "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" still relevant? If the new film adaptation is any indication, the answer is "yes." Abby Ryder Fortson is very appealing in the title role, a child from an interfaith marriage who's struggling with her identity and her burgeoning womanhood. While...
Rachel Leigh Cook ("Josie and the Pussycats) and Scott Ly star in the Netflix offering "A Tourist's Guide to Love," a rom-com set in Viet Nam.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The off-putting phantasmagorical horror comedy "Beau is Afraid" is a psychologist's nightmare. Joaquin Phoenix is excellent as a middle-aged man with mommy issues who goes on a terror-filled journey to his mother's funeral. Ari Aster's 3-hour epic is alternately brilliant and frustrating. “Beau is Afraid” is...
