Director Liza Johnson ("Return" 2011) and stars Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon pull off an unlikely entertaining movie based solely on a photograph featuring two prominent personalities well known to the general public. "Elvis & Nixon" is the result. Shannon and Spacey [..]

"Pete's Dragon" is typical Disney family fare, a live-action remake of the 1977 animated film of the same name. This story of a boy and his dragon friend was directed by David Lowery, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Toby Halbrooks. All they really had to [..]

"God's Not Dead 2" has been released into theaters and met with mixed reviews and moderate success at the box office. This sequel to 2014's "God's Not Dead" is equal in quality to the original but not nearly as "ambitious," meaning it did not have as many [..]

"Miracles from Heaven" is an excellent faith-based film about a young girl who has a near-death experience and a visit to Heaven, a true story based on the 2015 book of the same name by Christy Beam. Director Patricia Riggen ("Under the Same Moon" 2007) and [..]

An indication that Hollywood has run out of ideas may be that they have produced a film that pits two of the most popular superheroes of all time against each other. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" is that movie, and it suffers from a lack of [..]

Director Jon M. Chu ("G. I. Joe: Retaliation" 2013) has put together a decent sequel to "Now You See Me" (2013) called "Now You See Me 2." Chu and screenwriter Ed Solomon have continued the story from the original, with lots of activity in this one including [..]

"Hail, Caesar!" is a comedy salute to old Hollywood by Joel and Ethan Coen ("No Country For Old Men" 2007), who produced, directed, wrote the screenplay, and edited the film. This well-crafted motion picture also has elements of drama and a murder mystery and more. Worth [..]

"The 5th Wave" is a predictable science fiction movie about an alien invasion of earth. It is aimed at the youth market, with Chloe Grace Moretz as the protagonist teenager out to save the world from the aliens. She does deliver a top rate performance as [..]

"The Huntsman: Winter's War" is a sloppily made sequel to 2012's "Snow White and the Huntsman." The lack of focus by first-time director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan and screenwriters Evan Spiliotopoulos and Craig Mazin cost Universal Pictures at the box office, as movie-goers stayed away from this boring bomb. [..]

James Franco and Bryan Cranston do a great job of playing boyfriend vs. the future father-in-law in "Why Him?" Though much of the movie is stock humor and formulaic comedy we have seen before, the screenplay by John Hamburg and Ian Helfer and expert direction by Hamburg [..]