In Theaters and Digital

The seemingly impossible rise of the man who played Mr. Sulu in Star Trek many, many moons ago as a modern day cultural icon and gay rights activist is, in itself, worthy of attention. It’s a story that has its beginnings here in America inside bleak internment camps   ...

Like the movie industry, video games and the people who design them have had their fair share of ups and downs. There is a landfill full of E.T. Atari cartridges to remind folks of the low period if you are in doubt. Unlike the movie industry, they’ve always had a target on  ...

Roger Ebert might have been robbed of his ability to talk but he was never robbed of his voice. That’s the point of director Steve James’ documentary about this recently passed true American icon. That and to make you cry. This touching portrait of a critic  ...

The modern technology of iPads, camcorders, and cloud computing clashes with the age-old challenges of how to keep marriage fresh in Sex Tape, a big wild comedy that begins with a promising idea but ultimately falls on its unfunny face. That promising idea comes   ...

Kill or be killed. That’s the thematic thrust behind The Purge mythos as the real America totters on the ever increasing gulf between the rich and the poor. The surprise hit of last year’s The Purge meant a sequel would follow soon. Well, here it is. Writer/director ...

From its owl-eyed main character resembling an aluminum-girded Furby doll, to a nauseatingly unrelenting camera technique (you just THOUGHT the shaky-cam had claimed its last victim), there’s an aura of garish cheapness that permeates nearly every frame of  ...

Tammy means well. She really does but this road trip comedy is as unfunny as its trailers suggest. Co-written and directed by Melissa McCarthy’s husband, actor Ben Falcone, the film suffers from lack of vision; there is a better movie here just dying to come out. McCarthy’s  ...

The good news is that Steven Spielberg’s favorite bad boy Shia LaBouf isn’t involved with Transformers: Age of Extinction ... The bad news is that director Michael Bay still is which means Transformers: Age of Extinction is still PT-inducing entertainment, if it can be ...

The stage has gone dark, Mr. Eastwood. Lights out.  Time to go home.  There’s really no explanation for this bizarrely grueling adaptation of what has been described as a fun and lively Broadway play. Nominated for several Tony Awards and still running strong, Jersey ...

The genre of book to movie interpretation has worked well for Hollywood in the past, with such titles as The Lord of the Rings, The Silence of the Lambs, and True Grit, the industry has shown, with the right director, correct cast, and duly constructed screenplay, that book films can ...