Movies

F9 is the latest installment in the long-running franchise of The Fast and the Furious films. Happily retired from racing and all criminal activity, Dom has settled down to become a family man with Letty and their son Roman. Unfortunately, the airplane transporting their former enemy Cipher has been hijacked and she’s gone missing, which...

Director Patrick Hughes (The Expendables 3) returns for The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, the sequel to his 2017 hit action-comedy. Bringing the original cast and much of the crew together again, he and screenwriter Tom O’Connor (The Courier) prove that lightning can strike the same spot twice, given the right conditions. Bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds)...

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is a crass, snarky take on the beloved children’s classic book series by Beatrix Potter. Set shortly after the events of the first film, the humans who made friends with the rabbits, Bea and Thomas are now married, and she’s published a book about the adventures of Peter rabbit and...

Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directs In the Heights, the musical based on the Broadway play by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton). Through song, dance, and some very realistic acting, the story of struggling to reach one’s dreams while living in poverty is timely, poignant, and incredibly well-rendered. Usnavi (Anthony Ramos). Benny...

There is nothing truly special about Spirit Untamed, but that might not even matter. The film’s target audience will likely eat this up, as co-directors Elaine Bogan and Ennio Torresan attempt to bring the old western frontier to life. Full of bright colors, horses and adventure, young children will be glued to the screen, it’s...

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is the latest installment in The Conjuring supernatural horror film franchise, which is loosely based on true stories. In this iteration, the first-ever possession case makes its way into the US courts when a young man claims that the devil made him commit a gruesome act. Two...

Picking up right where the original film ended, A Quiet Place Part II delivers in a way that few sequels do. Director John Krasinski masterfully navigates through the silent wasteland, using all our relevant senses to tell a gripping story. As Krasinski weaves together simultaneous plot lines, the audience is treated to excruciatingly tense and...

Director Craig Gillespie takes a story and screenplay by five scribes (including The Devil Wears Prada’s Aline Brosh McKenna) and brings the latest Disney villain backstory to the screen with Cruella. With great skill, he molds the tale, the actors, and the impressive sets into an exceptional entry into the Disney live-action family. After witnessing...

Categorized as a neo-Western and an action thriller, director Taylor Sheridan describes his film Those Who Wish Me Dead as a combination of three storylines: a survival story, a coming-of-age story, and a redemption story. The film starts off with dramatic score that draws viewers into the film in its first seconds. Then, frantic cuts....

Dream Horse tells the true-life underdog story about a group of Welsh villagers who collectively bank a very small, weekly sum of money to try to raise a racehorse for profit. Helmed by an ambitious bartender, this unlikely team of humans and animal make a surprisingly splash in a difficult industry, despite their lack of...