‘Fantastic Beasts’ lacks Harry Potter’s personality
One of the most impressive things about the Harry Potter movie franchise was its consistency. Eight films over 10 years and there wasn’t a bad one in the bunch. Part of…
One of the most impressive things about the Harry Potter movie franchise was its consistency. Eight films over 10 years and there wasn’t a bad one in the bunch. Part of…
It is an unfortunate paradox of the human experience that you can have your heart in the right place and still do a very bad thing. Such is the lot…
Two movies in and Joel Edgerton has already carved out a directorly style for himself. Edgerton, a versatile actor who stars in fewer movies than you remember him in, knocked…
“The Nutcracker” needs no introduction, seeing as Disney has been in the business of remaking properties that are familiar to most everyone. That’s because sameness is profitable: people pay for…
The film industry could teach humankind a lesson on recycling. We live in an age of remakes and reboots—recently, there have been three separate versions of Spider-Man over nine years,…
Jonah Hill never intended to be an actor. Since his childhood, he dreamt of becoming a director, but his brushes with Hollywood eventually led to his starring role in “Superbad”.…
Adapting true stories to the screen can be tricky. If a real-life event is being made into a movie, there’s a good chance the story is interesting enough on its…
The “Halloween” franchise has had a storied history, and much of it is ridiculous. John Carpenter’s 1978 original is credited, along with “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre”, with inventing the…
“Beautiful Boy”, the latest release from indie purveyor Amazon Studios, should play your heartstrings like a fiddle. It’s based on two different memoirs: “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His…
Drew Goddard has been bending minds since his career began. He started out by writing episodes for influential classics like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Alias”, and “Lost” — genre-defying is…
All movies are political. Not every movie is about politics, but all movies are political. It’s unavoidable. When humans make movies, their ideological frameworks are built into the worlds they…
The Sundance kid has had a long run. Since his film debut in 1962, Robert Redford has become legend: he starred in stone-cold classics like “The Sting” and “All the…