Tag Archives: movies

'Get Out' (3.5 stars) genuinely surprises today’s dynamic and demanding movie audiences. Visual effects, music, cinematography, editing, and set design elevate this thriller to a very high level. Free President's Day show on Monday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. (55 theaters).

This year's Oscar nominations reflect societal shifts that reach beyond quickly passing trends, as social movements and real-life events take the stage over the usual fanfare and escapism.

This film season has largely been a “hot or cold” experience. Hopefully the remaining U.S. film releases will evenly heat up the cinemas to a warm, stable blend.

Great novelists are artists, floating above the earth like butterflies. Writers of non-fiction are common laborers stumping along in steel-toed work boots, looking to raise a scaffold.

'Lego: Marvel's Avengers' doesn't break much new ground, but if you’re looking for a game to keep your kids busy for quite a while, this is a good candidate.

For anyone who forgot someone on their holiday shopping list and needs to make it up fast, this collection of Tim Burton nostalgia,"Things You Think About in a Bar: The Napkin Art of Tim Burton" is worth the price of every drink these napkins came from.

Perfect for the Halloween season, The Criterion Collection has released a gorgeous DVD version of the classic ghost film, "The Innocents."

Khumba may at first seem eerily reminiscent of other animated films like Madagascar, but it also has its own quirky style and message.

A great actress deserved a more critical, and concise, biography.

The film is a sequel to 2010's Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.