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No matter how hard I try, I'm finding it difficult to write anything positive about License to Wed. This movie is bad from top to bottom, front to back, and start to finish. Many romantic comedies sacrifice humor in favor of romance; this one is...

The Lighthouse is an unconventional thriller that combines claustrophobic elements such as those found in submarine movies with the isolation aspects of productions like Cast Away. While exploring the strained interpersonal relationship betwee...

The best animated films are the ones that work on multiple levels, allowing children and adults to engage, often in different ways, with the characters and story. Throughout its history, Walt Disney Pictures has excelled in making those kinds of f...

The Limits of Control is a modern fable set within the approximation of a thriller. The slow, repetitious nature of the film, as well as the lack of a strong narrative, limits the level of suspense writer/director Jim Jarmusch is capable of genera...

Little White Lies replicates the experience of going on a two week summer vacation with a group of self-absorbed Parisians. At times, it's amusing. At times, it's tragic. At times, it's romantic. But, like many vacations, it's way, way too long. Al...

It would be impossible to write a review of this film without discussing the title. How many viewers will see Julianna Lavin's feature debut because it's called Live Nude Girls? And how many will avoid it for the same reason? There's little doub...

2013’s Olympus Has Fallen was a surprisingly entertaining Die Hard knock-off set in Washington D.C. with intrepid Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) out to rescue President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) from the hands of terrorists....

"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues." Considering the brevity of the average Dr. Seuss book, it's no surprise that many of his best-known stories have been satisfactorily adapted into half-...

The Lost City of Z is an adaptation of David Grann’s non-fiction book of the same name. Expanded from the author’s 2005 New Yorker article, the 2009 hardcover became a New York Times bestseller and garnered over a half-dozen major awards ...

Lost in Paris is a flight of whimsical fancy; a comedy fueled by meticulously choreographed humor. If old-fashioned slapstick isn’t your thing, this may not be for you. Some of the jokes are brilliant, such as one in which lead actress Fiona...