Best Comeback Oprah Winfrey, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” marked Oprah’s first major film role since “Beloved” in 1998, an absence of fifteen years.  It was easy to forget in the interim that Oprah can do more than conduct cele …Read more

Best Sequel To A Great Film “Star Trek Into Darkness” The summer’s best blockbuster is also the summer’s best sequel, somehow escaping the bloat and bombast of 2013’s other sequels.  With 2009’s “Star Trek”, director J.J. Abrams revitalized a much-lo …Read more

Another summer has come to an end, which means we’ve now seen most of the year’s big-budget films (with some notable exceptions that are being held for winter, like “Thor: The Dark World”, “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and “The Hobbit: The Desola …Read more

The summer movie season has come to an end, with big-budget blockbusters giving way to more prestigious Oscar-baiting dramas.  Given the vague title, classical soundtrack, and superb lead actresses, you’d be forgiven for thinking that “Adore” is one …Read more

Last week, Warner Bros. shocked the world by unexpectedly announcing who would next be putting on the cowl of the Caped Crusader in the upcoming untitled Superman Vs. Batman film.  Contrary to previous reports that speculated they would go with a rel …Read more

Adam Wingard’s “You’re Next” is about a dysfunctional family gathering for their parents’ anniversary in their isolated country house.  Within a matter of hours, they’re being picked off by a gang of animal-masked murderers.  It’s like what would hap …Read more

This Friday will see the wide release of “You’re Next”, a home invasion thriller/comedy that has been garnering rave reviews on the festival circuit.  Home invasion movies are a very specific sub-category of the horror genre that derive their scares …Read more

Billed as “a new madcap musical for revolutionaries of all ages,” and directed by Julie Arenal and Jay Binder, “Timmy the Great” is a fun, if slightly muddled, good time — especially if you’re a contemporary of the 9-year-old protagonist.  Running n …Read more

This weekend you’ll have the chance to see not just one but two films based on the lives of real people.  The first, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”, takes the life of White House butler Eugene Allen and liberally fictionalizes his story to craft a compell …Read more

The real star of “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” isn’t the mild-mannered manservant of the title, but his alcoholic wife, played by Oprah Winfrey in her first major acting role since “Beloved” fifteen years ago.  It’s easy to forget that Oprah is an actres …Read more