Kung Fu Panda 3
Kung Fu Panda 3 has the qualities we hope for in animated children’s movies:
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The Danish Girl
2015 has been a watershed year when it comes to transgender equality, and the motion picture industry has played its part with a number of important films this year exploring the issue.
(T)Error
(T)ERROR is a troubling documentary about the FBI’s use of paid informants to identify individuals who might be terrorists. Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe writers and directors, follow an informant during his work with three “persons of interest” (POI). Lyric had known Saeed (aka “Shariff”) since her childhood, when he suddenly disappeared from
The Walk
Oscar winning director Robert Zemeckis (Contact, Forrest Gump, Cast Away) has done it again, blown my mind. Ever the homme de génie, Zemeckis understands that pressing all the buttons at once can sometimes can make a story come alive. The casting is equally as mind-blowing. What does it take for a true story about
Sicario
French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve caught my undivided attention with his thriller “Prisoners” (2013), portraying one of the darkest kidnapping scenarios in recent memory. Villeneuve explores even darker subject matter in his latest suspense thriller “Sicario” (meaning hitman in Mexico), that will make pudding out of any 2015 horror film. Its closest companion would
Captive
Captive, a really tight, tense thriller, portrays the desperation of an inmate frustrated about being locked up for so long for something he did not do. (The film leaves unclear whether he is right or not, but seems to imply that he is correct.) Brian Nichols (Oyelowo) decides to take matters into his own
Phoenix
A story of betrayal, blind trust and denouement, Phoenix will pull you in and keep you engaged throughout. It starts out mysteriously with two women in a car, one driving and the other in head bandages so only her eyes show.
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Writers/directors Mark Burton and Richard Starzak are masters at storytelling—even with no dialog to speak of! Shaun the Sheep plays on the numerous connotations of sheep (being easily led, counting sheep to go to sleep, and fluffy wool, for instance) for chuckles. But the theme running through this feature is weighty, such as how boring
Dope
Up-and-coming filmmaker Rick Famuyiwa’s Dope is a clever, well written, and directed picture with a fine cast and a plot that is complex and engaging enough to keep the audience pulled right in. Television and film (Joyful Noise) star Shameik Moore as Malcolm nails his character, a young black high school nerd with a high crew cut (I