It’s rare to get 40 minutes into a film and realize you are watching the worst movie of the year with zero chance at redemption in the remaining hour. Equally appalling is how the multidimensional talent of Toni Collette (“Hereditary,” “The Sixth Sense”) and risk-taking director Catherine Hardwicke (“Twilight,” “Miss Bala“) could produce something at […]
A Syrian man on a train impulsively stands up yelling about “Revolution”—but it’s not political; Sam (Mahayni) just wants a woman to marry him against her family’s wishes. But such shouts are dangerous in Syria, the man is arrested, jailed, and cannot travel anywhere. Except…he escapes prison and gets to Lebanon. Meanwhile, his love has been married
Daniel Craig’s fourth round as James Bond opens with a wild helicopter sequence in Mexico City during The Day of the Dead. But we might as well be celebrating the death of the Craig collaboration with Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition) because for its expansive budget, Spectre doesn’t have much