‘The Patient’ premiere review: A promising start to another much-anticipated FX drama

The Patient stars Steve Carrell as Alan Strauss, a Jewish therapist and recent widow, and Domhnall Gleeson as Sam Fortner, a serial killer who is a patient of Strauss.  With creators and frequent collaborators Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields running…

Movie Review: Goodbye Christopher Robin

The intense emotion that Goodbye Christopher Robin evokes is hard to capture in words. There is sentimentality within the material, nostalgia for the immensely recognizable Winnie the Pooh and his friends from the 100-acre woods. But Goodbye Christopher Robin is…

Movie Review: American Made

If there is anything worthwhile left to be said about Tom Cruise, it would have to be how how consistent he has been, at the very least, of making his performance one of the more entertaining aspects of any film…

Trailer for A. A Milne biopic, ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’

For those of us who grew up reading the adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and friends, Fox Searchlight has a very special treat for us this fall with the release of Goodbye Christopher Robin, upcoming biopic of A. A. Milne, English author and…

Review: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

We can’t let the dark side win, so this review is completely spoiler free. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a complete fan-service that combines the exciting storytelling and use of practical effects from the original trilogy with the crisp, vibrant…

Movie Review: ‘The Revenant’

After directing Birdman, last year’s Best Picture winner, Alejandro Gonzales Iñárritu returns with a survival tale set against the backdrop of American colonialism as settlers try to claim the land and civilize the “savages” that inhabit it. Leonardo DiCaprio, who does not…

Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Brooklyn’

This film shows a Brooklyn that’s unrecognizable to us except in a vague architectural structure, but whose every moment feels completely relatable and still culturally relevant. My mother came to the US as an immigrant when she was young. Listening…