When news first began trickling out of the Disney/Lucasfilm camp about a series of stand-alone Star Wars films whose stories would play out at the edges of the core saga, …
Kenneth Lonergan Upends Hollywood Clichés in the Heartbreaking—and Funny—’Manchester by the Sea’
When life hands you lemons, you should get yourself an orphan. That’s the saying, right? Or at least it’s the Hollywood convention. It helps if you’re completely unprepared for the …
First-Contact Thriller ‘Arrival’ Emphasizes the Science in Science Fiction
For all our preoccupation with space travel and intergalactic showdowns, it’s remarkable how few science-fiction movies we make. You can’t swing a dead extraterrestrial at a multiplex these days without …
Emily Blunt Drives ‘The Girl on the Train’ Into Satisfyingly Melodramatic Territory
Where have all the good girls gone? They certainly aren’t on my bookshelves, which have buckled under the weight of Amy Dunne’s heiresses apparent. Gone Girl’s central character is in …
Tom Hanks’ Charisma Overcomes Clint Eastwood’s Government Straw Men in ‘Sully’
If you could somehow overlook the crazy-grandpa political asides that pop up so frequently during Clint Eastwood’s interviews and public appearances, Sully might make you wonder if he has gone …