A convoluted plot and a worn-out story line with mediocre performances pretty much describes "Criminal." Director Ariel Vromen ("The Iceman" 2012) and screenwriters Douglas Cook and David Weisberg weave a tale of a convict who is implanted with the memories of a deceased CIA agent, the objective [..]

Walt Disney Pictures has another winner out this year called "The Jungle Book." This is the third version by Disney, after the initial 1967 animated film and the 1994 live action product. Producer-director Jon Favreau employed the latest technologies in computer-generated imagery, photorealistic rendering, and motion [..]

Matt Damon is back and better than ever as "Jason Bourne." Producer-director Paul Greengrass ("The Bourne Supremacy" 2004 and "The Bourne Ultimatum" 2007), who also wrote the screenplay with Christopher Rouse, has given us an exciting story about an "out in the cold" Bourne trying to uncover [..]

Disagreement among the superheroes about government oversight of their is the big topic of "Captain America: Civil War." The top-rate screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely has them split into two factions: The limited government group led by Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and the big [..]

"Zootopia" is the latest colorful and imaginative computer-animated movie to come out of Walt Disney Animation Studios. The screenplay by Jared Bush and Phil Johnston portrays a partnership between a rabbit police office and a fox con artist as they discover a plot involving the disappearances of [..]

George Clooney and Julia Roberts star in the thrilling crime drama "Money Monster." Clooney plays a financial talk show host, and Roberts is his producer, whose live program is taken hostage by an angry investor who lost his inheritance after investing in stock on advise from Clooney's [..]

Ho-hum formulaic comedy sums up the film "Central Intelligence." Director Rawson Marshall Thurber is responsible for stupid nonsense like this movie and others including "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" (2004). Thurber also co-wrote the screenplay with Ike Barinholtz and David Stassen. Stars [..]

The only positive aspect of "Independence Day: Resurgence" is the excellent special effects. All other particulars of this sequel to 1996's "Independence Day" is a boring and predictable plot, silly dialogue, and terrible performances, mostly thanks to Roland Emmerich's lackluster direction and the terrible screenplay he co-wrote [..]

"Hacksaw Ridge" is the true story of World War II combat medic Desmond Doss, a pacifist and a Seventh Day Adventist Christian who refused to carry a firearm of any kind. He was the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor, by President Harry [..]

"Live by Night" is a crime drama about an Irish-American gangster who makes loads of money during the Prohibition Era and problems he gets into along the way. Producer-director-screenwriter-star Ben Affleck adapted this project from Dennis Lehane's 2012 novel of the same name. [..]