The slick production values suggest there’s some entertainment value here, but the mind-numbing script might lower your IQ the longer you longer you keep watching.
Damon plays the Nike exec who fought to sign Michael Jordan in this engaging story directed by co-star Affleck.
John Cena and Idris Elba breathe some comic book life into this second take on Suicide Squad from Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn
Margot Robbie steals the show as Harley Quinn in this guilty pleasure expansion of the DC cinematic universe
Blackhat is an exhilarating Johnnie To-like procedural ripped straight from the headlines yet unceremoniously dumped in mid-January
Chadwick Boseman is so committed to the role of James Brown, so enigmatic, that you can’t take your eyes off of him
Ender’s Game takes place in the not-so-distant future, years after an alien race called the Formics has attacked Earth
Prisoners is at its best when challenging its audience: the lines between right and wrong are continuously blurred
Beautiful Creatures is mostly well done from a technical standpoint, with terrific widescreen lensing, sets and costumes
The Help, based on the popular novel by Kathryn Stockett, is a “nice”, entertaining, enjoyable film with one major storytelling concern
Eat Pray Love is one of the most excruciatingly torturous cinematic experience in recent memory
Knight and Day is the latest entry in this year’s popular buddy-action-romantic-comedy genre: a curious hodgepodge of stale plot points
Law Abiding Citizen is a taut, suspenseful thriller that delivers levels of moral complexity to boot
There’s a fascinating story about the death of print journalism inside Kevin Macdonald’s State of Play
John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt is thought-provoking and refreshingly ambiguous
Nights in Rodanthe breaks no new ground but should please lonely hearts and fans of the star duo
A middling teen rehash of Rear Window, Disturbia starts off well but loses its way