The "Transformers" movie franchise keeps marching along with the seventh installment just released. "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" has a bit more human drama to add to the crashing and dashing of metallic monstrosities featured in these films. Director Steven Caple Jr. ("Creed II" 2018) did [..]

Producer-director Jeff Radice has put together a documentary film on the life and times of baseball player Dock Ellis, who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1968-1979, mostly for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Ellis had a drug problem, for which he later recovered from after going through rehab. [..]

Conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza has come up with another documentary film called "America: Imagine the World Without Her." He examines leftist arguments that the U. S. system stole wealth from others to create the capitalist society we have now, and compares them to his view that America's [..]

"American Hustle" is probably the worst film of 2013, with a confusing plot, bad acting, and glorification of drug use and criminal activities. Despite all of these problems, the Columbia Pictures release garnered ten Oscar nominations (zero wins) and was successful at the box office. [..]

A behind-the-scenes peek into the lives and careers of backup singers is the subject of "20 Feet from Stardom." Director Morgan Neville and producers Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and the Grammy for Best Music Film. The [..]

Errol Morris, who won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2003 for his story on Robert McNamara, turns his cameras this time on another Defense Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld. Morris gently tries to hold him accountable for the disasters of the Iraq War; Rummy's responses were a [..]

New Zealand filmmaker Anthony B. Powell takes a look at life near the South Pole in "Antarctica: A Year on Ice." He features interviews with numerous workers including cooks, mechanics, store clerks, administration personnel, scientists, and others. This fascinating documentary is centered on two research bases: [..]

"The Book Thief" is the amazing story of a young girl in Nazi Germany who borrows books to read and then shares them with a Jewish man being sheltered by her parents. This pleasant and handsomely produced film has fantastic production values, outstanding performances, beautiful cinematography by [..]

Everyone loves to watch a slow-motion train wreck, and director-screenwriter Nicole Holofcener ("Friends With Money" 2006) has provided a dandy in "Enough Said." This romantic comedy tells the tale of a masseuse (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and her new boyfriend (James Gandolfini), only to find out that he is [..]

Robert Redford monopolizes the movie screen as he plays a man lost at sea in his damaged boat in "All is Lost." There is very little dialogue (51 words) for the veteran actor whose character spends most of his time and efforts keeping his small craft afloat. [..]