Movie Reviews

Rosamund Pike plays a U.S. operative who helps Jon Hamm's diplomat in the political thriller Beirut.

Factions, And Hidden Agendas, Clash In 'Beirut'

by Mark Jenkins

In this controversial, "involving if somewhat predictable" political thriller, Jon Hamm plays a diplomat who returns to Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War to negotiate the release of an old friend.

Movie Review: 'A Quiet Place'

David Greene talks with Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang about the new horror movie A Quiet Place. Silence figures prominently in the creepy plot.
Quiet On The Set Piece: John Krasinski directs, co-stars, and co-writes A Quiet Place, a thriller that leverages silence for scares.

'A Quiet Place' Will Leave You Shhhhhhaken

by Scott Tobias

Director John Krasinki's tense, well-acted horror film is about a family attempting to survive an invasion by terrifying creatures who hunt via sound.
Against Prom-iscuity: Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz and John Cena take it upon themselves to prevent their daughters from having sex on Prom Night in Blockers.

Worried Parents Go Off Half-Cocked In 'Blockers'

by Andrew Lapin

A teen sex comedy from the worried parents' point of view, Blockers smartly skewers, in a raunchy, silly and strangely empathetic way, the neediness of the helicopter parent.