James McAvoy

Though Twelve Minutes purports to deal with the consequences of one’s actions, its technical limitations prevent players from experimenting in any meaningful way.

“It Chapter Two” straddles a thin line of comedy and horror, its scares almost always supplemented by a sheer laughability.

In the world of the multitude of on-screen X-Men, “Dark Phoenix” comes in as possibly the worst entry into this universe yet.

At this point, it’s become apparent that Shyamalan feels obligated to stick some kind of sneaky twist into every movie he directs, whether or not such a twist is warranted. “Glass” boasts more than a couple of twists, turns and revelations, but they aren’t earned and only inspire indifference.

“Atomic Blonde” ‒ based on the graphic novel “The Coldest City” by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart — follows the inhumanly fierce Broughton as she is set out on a complicated mission that, unfortunately, the film never fully explains.

Spring, in any year, is actually host to plenty of gems, both hidden and right in front of our faces.