
In the spirit of inclusion, this worn but warm film makes a welcome entry into the superhero saturated scene.

In the spirit of inclusion, this worn but warm film makes a welcome entry into the superhero saturated scene.
It’s gigantic heart and winning intentions can’t disguise the fact that Ava DuVernay’s modern adaptation of the Madeleine L’Engle 1962 classic is a bit of a mess.

Game Night is a frantically funny, self aware caper that’s got no real agenda except to make you have a good time.

There’s a whole lot going on in this latest Marvel chapter. And boy, are we all the better for it.

There are more than a dozen big names attached to this purposeful and often powerful war story, but perhaps the one with the biggest impact is behind the scenes, Jerry Bruckheimer. Because for all of its big star, big budget verve, this adaptation of the first Marines’ revenge for the 9/11 attacks is also a procedural drama, melding a few of the producer’s other hits, not just Black Hawk Down, but CSI, this time: Afghanistan.