John Boyega

Where “Dog Day Afternoon” garners sympathy for its characters organically and in postscript, “892” endeavors to emotionally control viewers from start to finish.

"Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" confuses Rey’s narrative in multiple instances, making her character feel inconsistent and poorly handled.

Sporadic incident can make for great pulp, but “Pacific Rim: Uprising” is too characterless to find worth in such wonkiness.

This week, catch a film about the brain. Amid the escapism of film, take time to learn more about the Berkeley community.

“Detroit,” a narrativized account of the Algiers Motel incident, would like us to recognize that violence does not happen in a vacuum — neither does history, neither does the present.

The films released between May and August are some of the most exciting of the year as blockbusting CGI-fests and Oscar contenders alike convene at the multiplex.