Mr. Turner
When I think of Mike Leigh, I think of great female characters -- Vera Drake, Secrets and Lies, Happy Go Lucky. And with Mr. Turner he proves that he is…
Cinderella
"Have courage, and be kind" and you might (spoiler alert!) live happily ever after. That’s the gist of this perfectly pleasant, Disney-meets-Downton adaptation of the fairy-tale classic, directed by Kenneth…
Maps to the Stars
David Cronenberg has always brought us characters and situations that are unsettling. His early films were smart horror flicks like The Fly and Dead Ringers, and I thought he'd moved…
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel picks up slightly after the original ended, and if you did not see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel you could be a bit confused…
Focus
Focus is a weak heist movie. But it benefits from sharing an opening weekend with the likes of The Lazarus Effect, because the latter makes the former look like Oscar-worthy…
The Lazarus Effect
Oh, the horror… that this movie is. So bad, in fact, that I resent the time it's taking me to write this "review" panning it. To be fair, I don't…