Director Greta Gerwig ("Little Women" 2019) and her new film "Barbie" have taken the entertainment world by storm. Based on the Barbie fashion dolls by Mattel, this first live-action Barbie movie (after several animated features) tells the story of Barbie and Ken as they leave Barbieland to [..]

Director Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" 2000) won the Oscar for Best Director for his job at the helm of "The Life Of Pi." The story is about two survivors of a shipwreck, a 16-year-old Indian boy and a ferocious Bengal tiger, sharing a lifeboat for [..]

Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star in the hilarious comedy "Parental Guidance," where he plays a man who gets laid off from his job, and they then goes to visit their daughter, played by Marisa Tomei. Tomei and her husband are suddenly called out of town, and [..]

"Flight" is a superior action movie from veteran producer-director Robert Zemeckis ("Romancing the Stone" 1984). The story features Denzel Washington in good acting form as an airline pilot who saves his mechanically-disabled plane from crashing. He is a big hero until it is discovered that he [..]

Conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza put together a documentary that opines on the life and policies of former President Barack Obama, who was in office when the film was released in July, 2012. "2016: Obama's America" is based on D'Souza's 2010 book "The Roots of Obama's Rage." [..]

"Taken 2" features Liam Neeson returning as Brian Mills, this time on holiday with his family only to be kidnapped by the father of one of the men he killed in "Taken" (2008) when he saved his daughter. Director Olivier Megaton ("Columbiana" 2011) and screenwriters Luc Besson and [..]

"Cloud Atlas" is an extremely ambitious project from directors-screenwriters Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, and Andy Wachowski. With six storylines proceeding all at once in six eras, the group may have bitten off more than they could chew. The confusing and hard-to-follow film was adapted from the [..]

A good story performed by an outstanding ensemble cast accurately describes "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel." This film from director John Madden ("Shakespeare in Love" 1998) tells the story of seven retirees from England who move to India to escape the high cost of living in their [..]

"Trouble with the Curve" is a pleasant baseball picture starring Clint Eastwood as an aging Atlanta Braves scout who relies on old methods and has trouble adapting to changes in Major League Baseball. This project is a perfect opportunity for Eastwood to put his talent and charisma [..]

"Arbitrage" is an absorbing crime drama movie about a hedge fund manager who has been "cooking the books" of his company as he nears retirement. People at the firm begin to get suspicious, including his daughter, who is employed there. To complicate matters, he crashes his [..]