Pete's Place

Denzel Washington is one of the great actors of his generation so how he got involved in this muddled film, with its grandiose dialogue a...

T There was a time when the viewing of a new Woody Allen movie was considered (at least in serious cinema circles) as an event. Over the...

It appears that Marvel has given up trying to broaden the tent. Although Thor: Ragnarok , the third film to focus on the exploits of the ...

Despite a seemingly straightforward slice-of-life storyline, The Florida Project achieves something rare and magical: presenting existenc...

Wow. Just wow. Every year, home viewing releases bring us their share of surprises — both good and bad. Suburbicon goes immediately to t...

It’s not entirely clear when All I See Is You slides into a fog but it definitely happens. Is it because of all the hyper-stylized camer...

When it comes to the pantheon of the Worst Movies Ever Made, there are only a few challengers to the title claimed by Plan Nine from Oute...

You know an animated film is doing something right when it brings tears to the eyes. Coco may not represent Disney/Pixar at its pinnacle ...

At the risk of being called a curmudgeon, let me voice a dissenting opinion about Wonder , a "family drama" that veers too far ...

The Man Who Invented Christmas conflates the biography of Charles Dickens (at least until 1843) with the events of one of his seminal wor...

A word about spoilers in this review: For the most part, I have tried to avoid them. However, there is one development that I will openly...

All movie trailers are meant to be enticing — vehicles to encourage you to spend money to see the entire film. Some work better, for me, th...

Although Guillermo del Toro was never given the opportunity to bring his vision of The Hobbit to the screen, movie-goers over the years ha...