Break Point
Perhaps the most ill-timed movie title of the year (coming out within months of the “Point Break” remake), “Break Point” couldn’t be a more…
The Transporter Refueled
Typically when an action franchise starts over with a new lead actor, it’s because the original star has tired of playing the character…
No Escape
Oh, Owen Wilson, why do you do this to yourself? The funnyman trying to be an action star if the movie title doesn’t have…
We Are Your Friends
Maybe Zac Efron is a major tool. He certainly could be. He has the pedigree: frat boy looks, childhood stardom. But for whatever reason…
American Ultra
You’ve gotta give it up for Jesse Eisenberg, star of “American Ultra.” He has managed to avoid pigeonholing himself into one type of…
Sinister 2
One of the creepier mainstream horror films of the past several years, “Sinister” succeeded, up until its lackluster, predictable climax, in being what…
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
In a summer that has, thus far, been dodgy at best (“Mad Max: Fury Road” is still the pinnacle, with “Avengers: Age of Ultron,”…
Straight Outta Compton
Musical biopics are a dime a dozen in Hollywood. Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, The Notiorious B.I.G., Edith Piaf, Bobby…
The Gift
A chance encounter brings a man’s sordid past back to screaming life, threatening all he has built. Sound familiar? Of course, it’s a common…
Fantastic Four
The group of pop culture lovers known as “fanboys” are quite the community. Giddily lapping up the next superhero property, TV adaptation, and…