The Gambler and His Cowboys” is so similar to the hit ESPN series “The Last Dance” that they could have called it “The Last Hoedown.” As entertaining as that series (about the Michael Jordan-era ...

The Rainmaker” is true to type, and that’s not a bad thing. Yes, it seems the casting equally values sharp jawlines and acting ability. But the worst performance sin is a certain flatness from our two ...

It’s been nine years since he’s seen his daughter, and he can’t walk away, making “Butterfly” a show about parents and their grown children in a complicated, clandestine game. The first pair is David ...

I’m a big Eisenberg-head. I also love Joaquin Phoenix, Willem Dafoe, Denzel Washington, Donald Sutherland, Sam Jackson, Robert Pattinson, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Jamie Foxx is underrated, and ...

Worst of all, it’s only rarely even “stupid fun,” which was the hope of this critic who has seen every “Sharknado” movie and ...

Alien: Earth” alternates the deeply philosophical undercurrents one would expect from Hawley with intense action and gore that may not be seen coming. Let’s just say that you’ll get more actual ...

An Officer and a Spy” is one of Polanski’s finest pictures, which means it’s very fine indeed. The film treats the infamous ...

Ebony and Ivory” is one of the dumbest movies I’ve ever seen. Taking inspiration from Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder’s ...

Without ordinary life, there is no art,” says Jeff Buckley in the great new documentary about him from Amy Berg, “It’s Never ...

“The Occupant” is a strangely frustrating movie. It stays engaging through the sheer force of a committed performance that ...

Lohan, on the other hand, is a 39-year old whose celebrity has been defined by an arc that took her from Disney Channel star to music and movie star to self-inflicted disaster to recovering, ...

In “My Mother’s Wedding,” three sisters are devoted and supportive, but just one was old enough to remember and miss her father. The middle sister was not, so their stepfather was the only one she ...