The Phoenician Scheme
After surviving multiple assassination attempts, industrialist Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro) makes peace with his daughter (Mia Threapleton); together they intend to save the business empire. You always get what…
Argylle
Successful spy novelist Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) goes on a train journey to see her mother, but is thrown into an adventure with actual spies and assassins. It starts…
Godzilla
15 years after the death of his mother in a mysterious accident at a nuclear power plant in Japan, bomb technician Ford Brody (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is told by his father…
Argo: The Great Escape
Photo: Warner In my reviews of Persepolis (2007) and A Separation (2011), I wrote that those films offer a well-needed opportunity to understand Iran. Argo, however, is not that type…
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
In a desperate attempt to get back to New York City, runaway zoo lion Alex and his friends leave Africa… and end up joining the circus. Not many franchises keep…
North and South: Book II
When we meet the Mains and Hazards again, the Northern and Southern families are pitted against each other as the Civil War unfolds; the miniseries takes us through it. Elaborate,…
Saving Private Ryan: Spielberg in Combat
Tom Sizemore and Tom Hanks. Photo: DreamWorks Steven Spielberg directed several masterpieces over the years, but this one might be the most controversial. The general sentiment expressed by snobs is…