In James Gunn’s sequel to his swashbuckling space Western, the Guardians of the Galaxy do their version of “The Empire Strikes Back,” complete with daddy issues...
The shootout, often a ballet, is a battle royale in Ben Wheatley’s “Free Fire.” When the bullets start flying, Wheatley’s arms-deal-gone-wrong 1970s shoot-up comes to a...
When the first trailer for The Fate of the Furious was released back in December, I thought it looked like the most pointless, ridiculous movie of...
To be completely honest, whenever I attend a film festival, I usually don’t have the highest of expectations when walking into some of the movies being...
The Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo makes funny, fantastical, Frankenstein-like films that playfully combine small-scale with big-concept. His 2011 film “Extraterrestrial” is a romantic comedy centered on...
“I’ve been having glitches,” Scarlett Johansson’s part-human, mostly cyborg robot says in “The Ghost in the Shell.” “It will pass.” Rupert Sanders’ remake of Mamoru Oshii’s...
There are two things Hollywood loves more than sequels: reboots and superhero franchises. With that being said, it should come as no surprise that one of...