"White Boy Rick" is the true story of Richard Wershe Jr., who, at the age of 14, became the youngest undercover informant in history for the FBI. This boring film never reaches it potential due to uneven direction by French director Yann Demange and a weak, poorly [..]

Tom Cruise returns as Impossible Missions Force agent Ethan Hunt for the sixth time in "Mission Impossible - Fallout." This film has non-stop action that makes this two-and-a-half hour movie move very quickly. Kudos to director-screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie ("Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation" 2015) and to [..]

"Crazy Rich Asians" is an amusing romantic comedy, Hollywood's first major film starring Asian-American actors since "The Joy Luck Club" of 1993. There is an abundance of laughs and drama, as the story is basically a conventional big screen romantic comedy. Director Jon M. [..]

"Hunter Killer" is an exciting action-adventure film about a U. S. submarine given the assignment of rescuing the Russian president from a military coup. Director Donovan Marsh ("Avenged" 2013) and screenwriters Arne Schmidt and Jamie Moss have crafted a fast moving two hour movie with and absorbing [..]

Sloppy direction, terrible writing, and bad acting all characterize one of 2018's biggest box office bombs "The Hurricane Heist." Director Rob Cohen ("The Fast and the Furious" 2001), screenwriters Jeff Dixon and Scott Windhauser, and a group of mostly unknown actors collaborated on this disastrous [..]

Director-screenwriter Andrew Hyatt ("The Frozen" 2012) has created a unique look at the life of one of the most influential leaders in the early Christian Church in "Paul, Apostle of Christ." The story has Luke, the author of the book of Acts and the gospel that bears [..]

"A Simple Favor" is an exciting mystery thriller about a young woman who searches for a missing friend, only to find out more than she bargained for. Producer-director Paul Feig ("Spy" 2015) and screenwriter Jessica Sharzer successfully adapted the story from Darcey Bell's 2017 novel. [..]

Alicia Vikander takes a stab at playing Lara Croft and comes out smelling like a rose in "Tomb Raider." She fits right into the action-adventure genre, and does well with the inevitable comparisons to Angelina Jolie, who also portrayed Croft in two films in 2001 and 2003. [..]

Liam Neeson has another one of his patented action thrillers out, called "The Commuter." In this one, he plays a man recruited into a murder conspiracy by a mysterious woman he meets while on his daily train commute. The big screen results are positive due to [..]

Director Eli Roth ("Cabin Fever" 2002) and screenwriter Joe Carnahan put together an outstanding remake of "Death Wish." This new version is very close to Charles Bronson's original 1974 picture, which in turn was adapted from the 1972 novel by Brian Garfield. A good story is [..]