Cate Blanchett turns in another sterling performance, this time as an anti-social architect who mysteriously leaves her husband and daughter in Seattle and flees to Antarctica. The director and writer of "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," Richard Linklater ("Bernie" 2011), gave Blanchett the room and the material to [..]

John Travolta has another terrible film out called "The Poison Rose." This crime drama was sloppily directed by George Gallo and Francesco Cinquemani, who also co-wrote the terrible screenplay with Richard Salvatore and Luca Gilberto, adapted from Salvatore's novel of the same name published in 2018. [..]

"Breakthrough" is an engrossing faith-based motion picture based on the true story of a teenager who falls into a coma and his family's efforts to heal him through faith and prayer. Director Roxann Dawson did quite well here in her big screen debut, with the watchable film [..]

Renee Zellweger delivered a memorable performance as legendary entertainer Judy Garland in the biopic "Judy." She was so convincing in the role that it was easy to forget that this was indeed Zellweger acting and not Garland herself. Rene Zellweger was awarded the Best Actress Oscar [..]

Director Sam Mendes ("Skyfall" 2012) put a lot of attention to detail in the World War I drama "1917," which he also produced and co-wrote with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. It is the story of two British soldiers deployed to deliver an important message to another battalion that an [..]

Will Smith plays a government agent who finds he is fighting a younger clone of himself in "Gemini Man." On the positive side, director Ang Lee ("Life of Pi" 2012) and producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("Top Gun" 1986) installed good production values, outstanding special effects, and a generous [..]

"Jumanji" is the tale of a supernatural board game that releases wild animals from the jungle upon anyone and everyone that comes into contact with it. This strange story seems to translate well to the big screen with major stars like Robin Williams and Bonnie Hunt and [..]

Director Jon Favreau ("Elf" 2003) took on the project of adapting Chris Van Allsburg's 2002 children's book "Zuthura" to a major motion picture, with some success. "Zuthura: A Space Adventure" is a well crafted film with great special effects mixed with comedic, dramatic, and science fiction elements [..]

"Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" is an entertaining sequel to 1995's "Jumanji," a fantasy action-adventure film based on the 1981 book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg. Director Jake Kasdan ("Sex Tape" 2014) and the screenwriters (Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Scott Rosenberg, Jeff Pinkner) updated [..]

"Jumanji: The Next Level" is director Jake Kasdan's sequel to his 2017 picture "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle." He managed to keep the entertaining elements of the previous film, such as the banter between the main characters and loads of action sequences, while adding new features. [..]