The Strangers: Prey at Night THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT (2018) Starring Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Emma Bellomy, Damian Maffei, Lea Enslin, Preston Sadleir, Gabriel A. Byrne and Sunny Dixit. Screenplay by Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Distributed by Aviron Pictures. 85 minutes. Rated R. Just the fact that The Strangers: Prey at Night was made at all is really kind of shocking. After all, it’s a sequel t

She Rises SHE RISES (2016) Starring Angus Macfadyen, Jennifer Blanc, Daisy McCrackin, Michael Biehn, Lorraine Ziff, Larry Wade Carrell, Nick W. Nicholson, Hallie Jordan, Jenise Blanc, Jason Aaron Moran, Danielle Artigo, Randy Chance, Jay Lobit and Christopher Jiminez. Screenplay by Angus Macfadyen. Directed by Larry Wade Carrell. Distributed by Blanc/Biehn Productions. 90 minutes. Not Rated. She Rises is an exceedingly odd mind-fuck of a horror film, but you have to give the

Abacus: Smaill Enough to Jail ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL (2016) Featuring Thomas Sung, Vera Sung, Jill Sung, Chanterelle Sung, Heather Sung, Hwei Lin Sung, Matt Taibbi, Cyrus Vance Jr., Neil Barofsky, Ti-Hua Chang, Millie DiPentima, Jiayang Fan, Roman Fuzaylov, Polly Greenberg, Linda Hall, Mohammad Kahn, Don Lee, David Lindorf, Kevin Puvalowski, Jeannie Rose Rubin, Sam Talkin, Rusty Wing, Yiu Wah Wong and Jessica Woodby-Denema. Directed by Steve James. Distributed by Kartem

Unforgettable UNFORGETTABLE (2017) Starring Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults, Cheryl Ladd, Sarah Burns, Whitney Cummings, Simon Kassianides, Isabella Kai Rice, Robert Ray Wisdom, Jayson Blair, Alex Quijano, Marissa D’Onofrio, Aline Elasmar, Kincaid Walker, Leslie A. Hughes, Lauren Rose Lewis and Mitch Silpa. Screenplay by Christina Hodson. Directed by Denise Di Novi. Distributed by Warner Bros. 100 minutes. Rated R. Sometimes a movie’s title is just so blatantly

Rings RINGS (2017) Starring Matilda Lutz, Alex Roe, Johnny Galecki, Vincent D’Onofrio, Aimee Teegarden, Bonnie Morgan, Chuck Willis, Patrick Walker, Zach Roerig, Laura Wiggins, Lizzie Brocheré, Ricky Muse, Randall Taylor, Jill Jane Clements and Kayli Carter. Screenplay by Jacob Aaron Estes & David Loucka and Akiva Goldsman. Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  107 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Here comes the latest in the long list of series reboots f

Trespass Against Us TRESPASS AGAINST US (2016) Starring Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Lyndsey Marshal, Rory Kinnear, Sean Harris, Killian Scott, Tony Way, Alan Williams, Georgie Smith, Kacie Anderson, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Gerard Kearns, Barry Keoghan, Ezra Khan, Anastasia Hille, Peter Wright, Mark Lewis Jones, Anna Calder-Marshall, George Russo and Barry McCormick. Screenplay by Alastair Siddons. Directed by Adam Smith. Distributed by A24.  99 minutes.  Rated R. You can

La La Land LA LA LAND (2016) Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Meagan Fay, Callie Hernandez, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe, Tom Everett Scott, Josh Pence, Valarie Ray Miller, Amiée Conn, Terry Walters, Thom Shelton, Cinda Adams, Claudine Claudio and Jason Fuchs. Screenplay by Damien Chazelle. Directed by Damien Chazelle. Distributed by Lionsgate.  128 minutes.  Rated PG-13. Even before it was released to theaters, La

The Intervention THE INTERVENTION (2016) Starring Clea DuVall, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Vincent Piazza, Jason Ritter, Ben Schwartz, Alia Shawkat, Cobie Smulders, Skylar Bernon, David Bernon and Kira Pozehl. Screenplay by Clea DuVall. Directed by Clea DuVall. Distributed by Paramount Home Video.  89 minutes.  Rated R. It’s kind of hard to believe that for a relatively young movie-making style that is trying to be so revolutionary and different, mumblecore films have pr

Star Trek Beyond STAR TREK BEYOND (2016) Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Joe Taslim, Lydia Wilson, Deep Roy, Harpreet Sandhu, Melissa Roxburgh, Anita Brown, Doug Jung, Danny Pudi, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Greg Grunberg and Jeff Bezos. Screenplay by Simon Pegg and Doug Jung. Directed by Justin Lin. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.  120 minutes.  Rated PG. “Space: the final frontier.  Th

Bridget Jones’s Baby BRIDGET JONES’S BABY (2016) Starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Sarah Solemani, Celia Imrie, Shirley Henderson, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Kate O’Flynn, Ben Willbond, Agni Scott, Enzo Cilenti, Emma Thompson and Ed Sheeran. Screenplay by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer and Emma Thompson. Directed by Sharon Maguire. Distributed by Universal Pictures.  122 minutes.  Rated R. Renée Zellweger is back in Bridget Jone

Dark Horse DARK HORSE (2016) Featuring Jan Vokes, Howard Davies, Brian “Daisy” Vokes, Angela Davies, Tony Kerby, Maureen Jones, Eira Williams, Derek Williams, Johnson White, Andy Smith, Eddie Thomas, Wendy Adams, Neal Ellstone, Peter Williams, Joan Humphries, Tina Chinnick, Andrea Miskelly, Minnie Maude, Ida Faircloth, Clive Morgan, Craig Price, Martin Beecham, Peter Beecham, Bob Hodson, David Gwynne, Bruce Williams, Paul Hands, Gareth Morgan, Anthony Watkins, Tony Williams,

The Witch THE WITCH (2016) Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger, Lucas Dawson, Bathsheba Garnett, Sarah Stephens, Julian Richings and Wahab Chaudhry. Screenplay by Robert Eggers. Directed by Robert Eggers. Distributed by Lionsgate Films.  87 minutes.  Rated R. Robert Eggers’ period supernatural drama The Witch is subtitled “A New England Folk Tale,” which is an interesting way to look at itself – and one that is oddly right on

The Boss THE BOSS (2016) Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Kathy Bates, Tyler Labine, Timothy Simons, Peter Dinklage, Ella Anderson, Annie Mumolo, Cecily Strong, Cedric Yarbrough, Kristen Schaal, Kathy Bates, Mary Sohn, Michael McDonald, Margo Martindale, Ben Falcone, Eva Peterson, Timothy Simons, Steve Mallory, Presley Coley and Gayle King. Screenplay by Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, Steve Mallory. Directed by Ben Falcone. Distributed by Universal Pictures.  98 minut

Sleeping With Other People SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE (2015) Starring Alison Brie, Jason Sudeikis, Amanda Peet, Adam Scott, Adam Brody, Katherine Waterston, Jason Mantzoukas, Andrea Savage, Jordan Carlos, Margarita Levieva, Remy Nozik and Natasha Lyonne. Screenplay by Leslye Headland. Directed by Leslye Headland. Distributed by IFC Films.  95 minutes.  Rated R. Romantic comedies have been going through a bit of a dry streak for the last… oh, decade or so… so you always want f

Ant-Man ANT-MAN (2015) Starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Anthony Mackie, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Wood Harris, David Dastmalchian, Abby Ryder Fortson, Martin Donovan, Hayley Atwell, John Slattery, Garrett Morris, Gregg Turkington, Jean Louisa Kelly, Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan and Stan Lee. Screenplay by Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd. Directed by Peyton Reed. Distributed by Walt Dis

Earthfall EARTHFALL (2015) Starring Joe Lando, Michelle Stafford, Denyse Tontz, Diana Hopper, Pressly Coker, Raffaello Degruttola, Jeff Doucette, Evan Gamble, Ben Levin, Brendan McCarthy, Andrew Elvis Miller, Perry Laylon Ojeda, Henderson Wade, Ben Gavin and Lou Ferrigno, Jr. Screenplay by Colin Reese. Directed by Steven Daniels. Distributed by Anchor Bay Home Video.  89 minutes.  Not Rated. You know a film is kind of bottom of the barrel when it’s lead star is some dude from

The Diary of a Teenage Girl THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL (2015) Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni, Margarita Levieva, Madeleine Waters, Abby Wait, Quinn Nagle, Austin Lyon, Miranda Bailey, Carson Mell, John Parsons, Davy Clements, Charles Lewis III and David Fine. Screenplay by Marielle Heller. Directed by Marielle Heller. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.  102 minutes.  Rated R. The film version of Phoebe Gloeckner ‘s graphic nove

When Marnie Was There WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (2015) The Japanese-language cast features the voices of Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi,Ryôko Moriyama, Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Kazuko Yoshiyuki. The English-language cast features the voices of Hailee Steinfeld, Kiernan Shipka, Geena Davis, John C. Reilly, Grey Griffin, Catherine O’Hara, Ellen Burstyn, Vanessa Williams and Kathy Bates. Screenplay by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Keiko Niwa a

Mood Indigo MOOD INDIGO (2014) Starring Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Omar Sy, Aïssa Maïga, Charlotte Le Bon, Sacha Bourdo, Vincent Rottiers, Philippe Torreton, Laurent Lafitte, Alain Chabat, Zinedine Soualem, Natacha Régnier, Marina Rozenman, Matthieu Paulus, Paul Gondry, Michel Gondry and August Darnell. Screenplay by Michel Gondry and Luc Bossi. Directed by Michel Gondry. Distributed by Drafthouse Films.  94 minutes.  Not Rated. There is a fine line between whi

Gimme Shelter GIMME SHELTER (2014) Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Rosario Dawson, Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones, Ann Dowd, Stephanie Szostak, Dascha Polanco, Emily Meade, Candace Smith, Tashiana Washington, Laneya Wiles, Rachel Mattila, Rufus Dorsey, Eddie Schweighardt, Sheila Tapia and Peter Epstein. Screenplay by Ron Krauss. Directed by Ron Krauss. Distributed by Roadside Attractions. 106 minutes. Rated PG-13. A few months ago I was reading about the fact that Rick Santorum –