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Nobody asked for a sequel to the surprise semi-hit “Sicario” when it was released in 2015, but “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” has arrived nonetheless.
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Two years later, “Deadpool 2” doesn’t clear the bar set by its predecessor — it runs right smack into it, colliding with an inglorious thud.
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Major spoilers follow for “Avengers: Infinity War.” But let’s face it, you’ve probably already seen the latest Marvel installment.
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Ten years into its chokehold on blockbuster culture, Marvel Studios is finally reaching the ostensible end of a rainbow with “Avengers: Infinity War.”
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“Hail, Caesar!” is not so much a film as it is a tapestry, woven with the golden thread of 1950s cinema. It’s not quite a film about films; rather, it’s a film about the things that films are about. It is a kaleidoscope of the surfaces in films, of everything
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Denis Villeneuve’s “Sicario” is a tale wrought in blood. Not for the squeamish or the faint of heart, the film follows Kate Macer (played by Emily Blunt), a hardened FBI agent hand-selected to work on an elite task force combating drug trafficking into the United States. In “Sicario,” Villeneuve has
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Draped in translucent lights and pot-smoking subversions, “Inherent Vice” takes the infinitely rich imagination that can be found in a novel and brings its energy to the screens. Based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon, Paul Thomas Anderson writes and directs the crime comedy-drama adaptation, breathing life into the
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To say that no one was clamoring for a “Men in Black 3” would be an understatement. The announcement of the franchise’s third installment came with a sense of impending flop. Director Barry Sonnefeld and writer Etan Cohen were handed the difficult task of finding a new, smart way to
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