Great Actors Spend 'Five Nights In Maine' But It Feels More Like A Fortnight
Dianne Wiest and David Oyewolo work through grief and resentment in a plodding film our critic calls "an agonizing dirge."
Movie Reviews
'Jason Bourne' Returns, In A Dizzying And Frenetic Thriller
Actor Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass pair up again for another chapter in the series about a rogue CIA assassin. Critic David Edelstein says Jason Bourne is very flashy — but not much fun.
Movie Review: 'Jason Bourne,' A Thriller For Our Times
In Jason Bourne, the latest in the secret agent series starring Matt Damon, director Paul Greengrass presents a thriller relevant to today's world, says Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times.
This Time Out, Matt Damon's Not Feeling The 'Bourne'
Jason Bourne is back — still, again, some more — in a new film critic Chris Klimek calls an "idea-starved vestigial tail" on the Bourne series.
'Indignation,' Based On Philp Roth's Autobiographical Novel, Marred By Miscasting
Roth's mercurial 2008 coming-of-age novel gets a dutiful, sober-minded adaptation undercut by a miscast Logan Lerman in the film's lead role.
In 'Tallulah,' An Aimless Young Woman Stumbles Across A Purpose: Kidnapping
The plot's overstuffed, but whenever Ellen Page and Allison Janney share the screen, Tallulah finds its palpably human center.
In 'Equity,' Wall Street's Glass Towers Have Glass Ceilings
Anna Gunn plays a Manhattan investment banker determined to succeed, but powerful men — and slack film-making — let her down.
'Sunlight Pilgrims' Is More Than Just A Chilling Tale Of Climate Change
Jenni Fagan's latest follows a transgender girl and her mother in a near-future world that's slowly freezing to death. Fagan makes potent but subtle links between climate change and personal change.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Ghostbusters' And 'Mr. Robot'
On this week's show, we bust some ghosts — well, we don't, but we watch those who do — and we address the beginning of the second season of USA's Emmy-nominated conspiracy thriller.
'Star Trek Beyond' Is An Unapologetically Wild Ride, Steeped In Human Drama
The Enterprise has been destroyed and its inhabitants have been thrown to the winds in the latest of the Star Trek series. Critic David Edelstein calls it a well-made action-adventure film.