"Passengers" is an interesting science fiction movie featuring great chemistry between stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. A morality play comes into view when Pratt's character, who himself is awakened out of 120 years of hibernation 90 years early, decides to revive a beautiful young woman from [..]

Michael Keaton gives the definitive performance as Ray Kroc, "The Founder" of the wildly successful McDonalds Corporation. Kroc actually created the McDonald's fast food chain, and the film vividly depicts how he forced out the original founders, the McDonald brothers of San Bernardino, California. Director John [..]

Veteran Chinese movie director Zhang Yimou has created an exciting action-adventure film called "The Great Wall." It is the story of two European mercenaries in China in the Middle Ages who helps local soldiers defend the Great Wall and the Chinese homeland against vicious alien monsters. [..]

LucasFilm has come out with the first "stand alone" "Star Wars" movie and it is a big hit with critics and the general public alike. "Rogue One" is the story of the daughter of the designer of the Death Star and her search to find the plans [..]

One of the worst movies of 2016 is without a doubt "Collateral Beauty." What might be called an "absurdist fantasy drama" tells the story of a man who experiences the tragic death of his daughter and writes letters to Love, Time, and Death. The good [..]

Director Robert Zemeckis ("Forrest Gump" 1994) has released quite a dramatic World War II picture called "Allied." It tells the story of a Canadian intelligence officer who marries a member of the French resistance. One year into their marriage, his superiors tell him that she [..]

"Office Christmas Party" is a holiday comedy film from directors Will Speck and Josh Gordon ("Blades of Glory" 2007). The screenplay by Justin Malen, Laura Solon, and Dan Mazer does provide some genuine laughs, but is short on originality. This is stock storytelling and formulaic filmmaking. [..]

"Mechanic: Resurrection" is an exciting thrill-ride of a motion picture from German director Dennis Gansel and written by Philip Shelby and Tony Mosher. This sequel to 2011's "Mechanic" is tightly directed with a fast pace and a seamless storyline. After faking his own death [..]

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have produced an enormously entertaining 3D computer animated comedy called "The Secret Life of Pets." This family-friendly story of what goes on when pet owners go to work was capably directed by Chris Renaud ("Despicable Me" 2010) and Yarrow Cheney (his film [..]

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has come out with its most unusual superhero to date: "Doctor Strange." Actor Benedict Cumberbatch uses his considerable acting skills and offbeat persona to portray Dr. Stephen Strange, a neurosurgeon who loses the use of his hands in an automobile accident, only to [..]