Furiosa (3 ½ stars out of 4)



As I approached the end of “Furiosa’s” two and a half hour run time, I recalled one of the few complaints about 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road,” that it was little more than a 120-minute there-and-back road chase. In some ways, George Miller’s fifth entry into the “Mad Max” universe feels like a direct

IF (2 ½ stars out of 4)



The best family movies usually find a way to appeal to both kids and the adults taking them to the theater. In the case of John Krasinski’s “IF,” you could almost make the argument that in this case, the movie’s primary audience is actually the adults. It’s hard to say if that’s a good

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (3 stars out of 4)



“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” is perfectly good B-list movie filler. It isn’t “turn off your brain” shlock, like a lot of recent franchise offerings, but it isn’t the kind of film that’s going to stick with you, either. It’s not the kind of movie that will

The Fall Guy (3 stars out of 4)



“The Fall Guy” is the early front-runner for “Most Meta Movie Experience of 2024.” There’ssomething odd about watching a movie about stuntmen, knowing the stunts you are seeing arebeing performed by stuntmen who are protecting actors who are playing stuntmen. Also, thedirector is a former stuntman himself.



David Leitch’s love letter to his former

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (3 stars out of 4)



“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” is fun and stylish, but it feels like it should have been more fun and stylish.



Based on a 2014 account of declassified British intelligence archives, director Guy Ritchie’s film follows a kind of “Dirty Half-Dozen” on a secret mission to cripple the German U-Boat offensive during

Hard Miles (3 stars out of 4)



As spring bridges the gap into the summer, R.J. Daniel Hanna’s “Hard Miles” may be just the thing to get you geared up for the great outdoors.



Inspired by the true story of a man named Greg Townsend, who founded the successful Ridgeview Academy cycling team, “Hard Miles” follows a group of troubled teens on

Civil War (3 stars out of 4)



When I saw the trailer for “Civil War” earlier this year, I wondered if it might be one of the worst movies of 2024. With the presidential election coming up, our extremely divisive culture was already set to be even more divisive than usual, and though the premise of a modern cinematic civil war

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: 3 stars out of 4



I genuinely enjoyed “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” back in 2021, both as a continuation of the franchise and as a tribute to original cast member Harold Ramis. At the same time, the film made it clear that another key cast member was MIA: New York City.



The Oklahoma setting for “Afterlife” was fun, but it also

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: 1 1/2 stars out of 4



My expectations were pretty low going into the second (and final) Aquaman film, but I hoped that at least maybe Jason Momoa could inject some energy into “Lost Kingdom” the way he did with “Fast X” earlier this year. Sadly, there was no underwater equivalent to his flowing purple Fast

"Dream Scenario" - 3 stars out of 4



One of 2022’s more memorable films was, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” which cast Nicholas Cage as himself in a fun and at times surreal comedy-adventure about a late-career actor who gets in over his head when a wealthy fan pays him to make an appearance at his birthday party.



2023’s “Dream Scenario”