Matt Bomer Musters a Poignant Mix of Pain and Tenderness in ‘Anything’
I dreaded the sight of Matt Bomer following in the platform-heel footsteps of Jared Leto and Eddie Redmayne, but he acquits himself astonishingly.
View ArticleIn ‘Always at the Carlyle’ Celebs Wax Ecstatic Over a Long-Lost NY Era
The uniqueness is gone, the taste has tarnished, and the Carlyle ain't what it used to be.
View ArticleSaoirse Ronan Is Properly Tragic in Tedious, Soul-Searching ‘The Seagull’
Only masochists try to make movies out of Chekhov.
View Article‘Dark Crimes’ Backfires Like a Meal of Refried Beans
Lots of naked women hang from the ceiling and engage in orgies while the customers applaud.
View Article‘Book Club’ Is a Mediocre Movie Carried by A-List Chemistry
The four stars make meandering hilarious to watch.
View ArticleBring Caffeine Pills to Saoirse Ronan’s Snoozy ‘On Chesil Beach’
There's almost a total absence of energy.
View ArticleA Decent Jim Belushi Is the Only Thing Going for ‘Sollers Point’
Eventually, there's a gun, and drugs, accompanied by the usual cliches.
View Article‘Peace for Mary Frances’ Is So Good It Will Shatter You
'Peace for Mary Frances' is so beautifully written that it is impossible to believe it's the playwright's first play.
View ArticleGo See ‘Mary Shelley’ If You Take Your Sex and Drugs Really Boring
Great expectations do not always lead to memorable conclusions.
View Article‘Breath’ Is Surfer Flick With Less Sex Than a Peanut Butter Sandwich
Nothing ever happens.
View Article‘The Boys in the Band’ Is Sad, Hilarious, and Gratifying
Nothing shocks anyone anymore, but 'The Boys in the Band' still resonates with a sound of fury Faulkner never dreamed of.
View ArticleSmart-Aleck Script Saves ‘American Animals’ From Total Predictability
They're such delusional amateurs that the simplest tactics backfire.
View ArticleFour Stars: Shailene Woodley (and Everything Else) Is Perfect in ‘Adrift’
For someone so terrified of water that I won't set foot on anything smaller than the QE2, it's an honor to lead the applause on this crossing.
View ArticleWhat Made Jodie Foster Agree to Star in the Worst Movie of the Year?
Amateurish moviemaking aimed at audiences with no taste sinks to an alarming new low.
View Article‘Ocean’s 8’ Is Fluff, Obviously—But Some of the Better, 3-Star Fluff You’ll Find
Fret not Clooney-Pitt, women can also make movies that are self-indulgent and preposterous.
View ArticleThe Summer’s Big Horror Flick ‘Hereditary’ Is Weird. And Not Scary.
Begged by the distributor not to reveal the banal surprises that await you, I will only say that Toni Collette has never appeared more deranged.
View ArticleJessica Walker Dominates as Suzy Solidor in ‘All I Want is One Night’
'The most famous woman you've never heard of.'
View ArticleThere Is Nothing Good to Say About Off-Broadway’s ‘First Love’
It's embarrassing to watch two distinguished artists playing meatheads beyond their prime, stripping down to their underwear and dancing in semi-nude pulchritude around a barbecue grill.
View Article‘The Yellow Birds’ Is Hard to Watch, but Well Worth Seeing
As 'war is hell' movies go, this one is better than usual.
View ArticleFor the Love of God, Will Someone Put ‘Jurassic World’ Out of Its Misery?
As brainless summer-escapism movies go, this one can't go fast enough.
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