Jay Kelly
When Jay Kelly’s (George Clooney) 18-year-old daughter (Grace Edwards) goes to Europe, he decides to follow her whether she likes it or not; a potential problem is that he’s one…
Ticket to Paradise
When Lily Cotton (Kaitlyn Dever) tells her divorced parents (George Clooney, Julia Roberts) that she’s getting married in Bali, they make peace (for now) in order to stop the wedding.…
Wolfs
Two aging professional fixers (George Clooney, Brad Pitt), who are used to working alone, are forced to collaborate as they try to remove a dead body from a swank hotel.…
The Boys in the Boat
In 1936, a poor engineering student (Callum Turner) joins the rowing team at the University of Washington; coach Al Ulbrickson (Joel Edgerton) is aiming for the impossible, the Olympics in…
The Flash
In an attempt to save his mother’s life, Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) lands in a different dimension where he enlists help from his 18-year old self, a semi-retired Batman (Michael…
Far from Heaven
Rainer Werner Fassbinder wasn’t the only one in awe of Douglas Sirk. In this drama, Todd Haynes recreated everything from Sirk's films to perfection. One in particular in fact, All…
Gravity: More Science, Less Hollywood
Sandra Bullock. Photo: Warner Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and the most famous person working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, was surprised the other day to…
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…
Solaris
Psychiatrist Chris Kelvin (George Clooney) goes to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris where the crew have had strange encounters; soon Chris's dead wife (Natascha McElhone) appears to him.…
Batman & Robin
This time, Batman comes with a personal credit card. Opus #4 threw in too many stupid one-liners and ridiculous gadgets. This is essentially a (less than hilarious) comedy that doesn’t…