Directed by first-time filmmaker and veteran editor William Goldenberg (Zero Dark Thirty, Air, an Oscar winner for Argo, Heat), Unstoppable is the story of real-life wrestler Anthony Robles (played by […]

The 60th Chicago International Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday, October 16, with a gala screening of the new film adaptation of The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson’s play. […]

It’s interesting that the new sci-fi/action work starring Jennifer Lopez, Atlas, opens the same day as Furiosa, since the two share exactly one thing in common: both are about women […]

From director Niki Caro (Whale Rider, North Country, the live-action Mulan—all better movies than this one) comes The Mother, the story of a deadly, nameless female assassin (Jennifer Lopez) whom […]

Sometimes film reviews are hard to write. Especially, at least for me, reviews for films I don’t have strong feelings about one way or another. Finding ways to say, “Meh, […]

In more films than I care to count, the role of stripper or exotic dancer is often relegated to the background of a scene that otherwise centers on men being […]

In a true Christmas miracle, everything about Second Act, the new Jennifer Lopez film, manages to scream that it’s both trying too hard and not trying hard enough. Foregoing any real […]