Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre Guy Ritchie’s latest film “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” is oddly dull. The movie stars Jason Statham, Hugh Grant, Aubrey Plaza and Cary Elwes in glamorous international locations like Madrid, Morocco and Cannes during a high-speed chase for a world-ending MacGuffin. But it lacks stakes. Nothing feels at risk here. […]
The Family Plan Mark Wahlberg may have deserved a movie about spies mixed with everyday suburban life, like the classic “True Lies” or the slept on “Nobody,” in light of his solid comedic timing and action prowess. There’s something about an ordinary family man becoming a killing machine that taps into the part of our
Bob Marley: One Love “What is the point?” This is a question that I constantly asked myself during the hours and hours of watching “Bob Marley: One Love,” a flat biopic that has no perspective or originality. It’s just another one of those origin stories about music that seem more like they’re trying to sell
Babes The gulf that separates our belief that we can control our bodies, words, and relationships from the truth that they are uncontrollable messes most of the time is the foundation of comedy. “Babes” joyfully embraces this gulf with adorably vulnerable characters, performances full of heart and charisma and every bodily function and fluid imaginable.
All of Us Strangers The surreal, nearly otherworldly feeling of Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” starts with the first shots. The sunset light pouring through the windows of the new apartment building is a piercing gold, almost liquid. Something’s strange about this light it seems alive, like it reaches out to touch this specific
Coup! The movie begins with shots of a manual typewriter, and angry words being spelled out letter by letter. The time and place of this new movie, co-directed by Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman (who also wrote the script), becomes evident. It’s America in 1918, as the Spanish Flu is on its way to our
The Dead Don’t Hurt A of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and survived the Battle of Antietam. After his infantry was killed he hid under a pile of bodies As a child I’d think about somebody doing that and then just going on to live a normal life, or what passed
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Nonetheless a film about massive space robots hurling insults at each other, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is one of the better entries in this franchise. This latest summer extravaganza based on Hasbro toys doesn’t reach the heights of 2018’s unexpectedly delightful Bumblebee. But it beats any of the five
The Boys in the Boat This is the movie that people are referring to when they say “they don’t make movies like that anymore”. Based on Daniel James Brown’s book, “The Boys in the Boat” tells a true story about the University of Washington rowing team who won a gold medal during the Berlin Summer
The Creator It’s fitting in an unexpected way that “The Creator,” a movie about the possibilities and dangers of artificial intelligence, is only superficially profound as sci-fi. Gareth Edwards’ film he directed and co-wrote with Chris Weitz is richly atmospheric but ultimately insubstantial, recycling images and ideas from many films that have had more impact
