More action and adventure from a would-be Tom Cruise franchise pretty much describes "Jack Reacher: Never Go Back." Though the film is formulaic and really offers nothing new to differentiate itself from the original, the screenplay by Richard Wenk, Marshall Herskovitz, and Edward Zwick (also the director) [..]

"Deepwater Horizon" is an exciting disaster film based on the famous oil rig explosion and the subsequent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. This thriller was tightly directed by Peter Berg ("Battleship" 2012); there are few dull moments in the one hour and forty-seven [..]

"Hillsong: Let Hope Arise" is a documentary on Hillsong United, a contemporary Christian worship band from Australia. Director Michael John Warren ("Shrek the Musical" 2013) did a good job of balancing the live concert footage, behind the scenes interviews, and visits to band members' homes to form [..]

"The Magnificent Seven" is a decent remake of the 1960 film classic of the same name, which was itself based on the 1954 Japanese movie "Seven Samurai." Director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day" 2001) gave this version a different look, while preserving the basic premise and storyline, with [..]

The fascinating documentary film "Fastball" examines the details of the fastball pitch, how it works and has evolved over the decades, interviewing scientists, scouts, and baseball legends alike to get their perspective on this most essential part of the game of baseball. Some of the players interviewed [..]

Expert storytelling and great production values from director Clint Eastwood ("Play Misty For Me" 1971) tell the true story of airplane pilot Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's emergency landing of Flight 1549 on the Hudson River minutes after leaving LaGuardia Airport, in January, 2009. All 155 passengers [..]

"Race" is an excellent biopic about athlete Jesse Owens, who won a record four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic games in Belin. Among the subject matter probed in the film was the irony of his participation in the Olympics against Hitler's Germany when he and fellow [..]

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 [..]