Producer-director Ridley Scott ("Thelma & Louise" 1991) returns with an excellent sequel to the 2012 film "Prometheus" called "Alien: Covenant." This second in the "Alien" prequel series returns to the high quality science fiction horror of the first "Alien" movie of 1979; all three were directed by [..]

Producer-director Guy Ritchie has turned out another dud with "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword." As he has with other films such as "Sherlock Holmes" (2009), Ritchie takes most of the excitement out of a tried-and-true story and installs his own mediocre version. This makes for [..]

Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel Studios, and director-screenwriter James Gunn have come out with "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," a superior product to the original that he directed back in 2014. This sequel to "Guardians of the Galaxy" has more complex action sequences, a larger cast, and [..]

Producer and star Vin Diesel has kept up the quality in "The Fate of the Furious," movie number eight in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise. The excellent screenplay by Chris Morgan has Dominic Toretto going rogue against his own team due to pressure from a cyberterrorist, [..]

Walt Disney Pictures has another one billion dollar movie on its hands with "Beauty and the Beast." This is a live-action remake of the studio's 1991 animated film of the same name. The music by Alan Menken and the 18th century French fairy tale are all [..]

Vin Diesel returns for the third time as Xander Cage in "XXX: Return of Xander Cage." The Paramount Pictures film is long on action and short on original story line, as designed by producer Diesel, director D. J. Caruso ("Eagle Eye" 2008), and screenwriter F. Scott Frazier. [..]

Producer Margot Robbie, director Craig Gillespie ("Million Dollar Arm" 2014), and screenwriter Steven Rogers have put together a dark comedy-drama film about skater Tony Harding called "I, Tonya." It takes a look at her complex relationship with her mother, skating career, and the tragedy of her boyfriend's [..]

"The Wizard of Lies" is a riveting biopic about businessman Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme where he bilked investors out of some $65 billion dollars. This HBO film has solid direction by Barry Levinson ("Rain Man" 1988) and a high quality teleplay by Levinson, Sam Baum, and John [..]

"Blade Runner 2049" is, to put it bluntly, boring as heck. This sequel to 1982's "Blade Runner" suffers from a slow-moving storyline that makes this nearly two-and-a-half hour movie seem to last forever. We have Denis Villeneuve to thank for this; he is a very cerebral [..]

"The Greatest Showman" is a very entertaining salute to Phineas Taylor Barnum and his Barnum and Bailey Circus, which was in business from 1871 to 2017. The multi-talented Hugh Jackman took over the title role in an exceptional way, acting, singing, and dancing, even as the storyline [..]