Brad Pitt's performance, the deliberate pacing, the uniformly gorgeous visuals, and the attention given to everything seen and heard rank "Ad Astra" as one of the great modern space operas.

By now we should all know the phrase (credited to Ben Parker) which governs Spider-Man’s existence. In the five movies in which this current version of Ben’s nephew has appeared, the MCU has wisely avoided giving us yet another utterance of this ubiquitous phrase. As the first film following the …

As we watch Woody pondering the next step after fulfilling his initial purpose, we see Pixar doing the same with 'Toy Story 4.'

[*No spoiler review*] As the credits rolled to close Dark Phoenix I looked over to the friend who foolishly accompanied me and remarked, “So when does the movie start?” We then waited a moment trying to put together the words to properly describe the images and noises we had previously …

There are fourteen million six hundred and five ways in which "Avengers: Endgame" could have been made, but none in which it could have been better.

To put it quite simply: Despite wanting to like it, I didn't buy "Shazam!" because the film didn't sell itself, unfortunately.

During one particularly poignant sequence, I imagined my friend in the seat next to me showing 'Captain Marvel' to his two-year-old daughter and the broad smile on her face upon realizing that she too can stand up every time she's knocked down.

'Alita: Battle Angel' is Robert Rodriguez's best film in years, James Cameron's best film in years, the best American manga adaptation ever, and one of the most entertaining new worlds in a long, long time.

The real test of quality is whether the material holds up once the surprise fades. For 'The Lego Movie 2,' the answer, delivered with more tepidity than enthusiasm, is yes.

For 2018 one of the most dominant statements has been that great cinema is not limited by genre, personnel, distribution, or any other such qualifier.

Despite feeling rushed and disjointed, one thing that can be said about 'Glass' is that no matter how many superhero movies are made, no one but M. Night Shyamalan would make a superhero movie quite like this one.

There is already enough inherited cheese in a man wearing glowing underwater armor firing a plasma rifle while riding on the back of giant shrimp. We don't need more.

What's clear is that 'Into the Spider-Verse' isn't limited by being an animated feature. No. For this Spider-Man - Miles Morales Spider-Man - animation is the feature which removes all limits.

"Venom" has no identity to wrap itself around. It's not scary enough to be horror and not funny enough to be comedy. If it weren't for the comic books, it would barely be a superhero movie.

I’ve never made a movie. I’ve always wanted to, I’ve written a couple on my own, co-written a couple more, and even arranged a cast and crew and scheduled a shoot only to have it all collapse, twice, but I have yet to actually make a movie. The excuses are …