Reviews
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‘LBJ’ Review: Woody Harrelson Shines in Rob Reiner’s No-Frills Biopic
The Texas-born president’s journey from Camelot outlier to civil rights champion is otherwise efficiently entertaining, if unremarkable
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‘A Bad Moms Christmas’ Film Review: Holiday Sequel Adds Moms, Loses Laughs
Despite a great cast, the first movie’s bawdy paean to mom freedom becomes just another unoriginal mother-daughter dysfunction comedy
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All 8 ‘Saw’ Movies, Ranked From Worst to Best (Photos)
Where does “Jigsaw” rank in the popular horror franchise?
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‘Jigsaw’ Review: Seven Years Later, the Horror Franchise Offers Nothing New
The scares, the traps, the philosophy and the gore all feel familiar and played-out
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‘Crash Pad’ Review: Domhnall Gleeson and Thomas Haden Church Make a Crackling Odd Couple
They’re both in love with Christina Applegate in a comedy that’s much smarter than its high concept suggests
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‘Novitiate’ Review: Melissa Leo Grounds a Visually Striking Study in Faith
Leo’s ferocious Reverend Mother anchors the film when it strays into stylization or an excess of repressed sexuality
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‘All I See Is You’ Review: Blake Lively Marriage Drama Is Blind to Its Own Shortcomings
There’s an intrigue to the dynamic between Lively and Jason Clarke, but Marc Forster’s POV excursions doom it
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‘The Work’ Review: Outsiders Meet Inmates in Prison for Intensive Group Therapy
A four-day Folsom Prison program bringing cons and civilians together makes for a bracing documentary
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‘Thank You for Your Service’ Review: No Thanks for This Flat Take on Veterans
Miles Teller and Beulah Koale star as PTSD-afflicted Iraq War survivors in a film with little to say about their struggles
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‘Geostorm’ Review: Gerard Butler Punching Weather in the Face Would Make a Better Movie
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of idiocy stays this terrible disaster epic from the swift completion of its laughable rounds
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‘Same Kind of Different as Me’ Review: Renee Zellweger Brings Grace to Faith-Based True Story
Greg Kinnear and Djimon Hounsou round out the cast of occasionally affecting homelessness drama
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‘One of Us’ Review: Breaking up With G-d Is Hard to Do
Toronto: The directors of “Jesus Camp” focus, with empathy and understanding, on three people leaving Hasidic Judaism
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‘The Snowman’ Review: Michael Fassbender Thriller Melts in a Pool of Slushy Writing
Jo Nesbø’s best-selling serial-killer mystery becomes all coal and no carrot, despite a sterling cast and crew
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‘1922’ Review: Thomas Jane Haunted by Guilt in Stephen King Adaptation
This Netflix feature takes 101 minutes to tell an hour-long story, but there are vivid performances and visuals
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‘Leatherface’ Review: Umpteenth ‘Texas Chainsaw’ Origin Story Is a Bloody Bore
Grimy and mean-spirited, this prequel brings nothing to the legendary cannibal’s table
