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There are few things a microbudget Canadian thriller director loves more than a judiciously-placed woodland setting. That’s certainly true of actor-director Adam MacDonald, who previously crafted wilderness chillers “Backcountry” and “Pyewacket,” both of which use Canada’s voluminous forests to spine-tingling effect. In his latest, “Out Come the Wolves,” he dips back into the woodsy well […]

When one thinks of the concept of the celebrity persona, it can range from the handcrafted (a la early Lady Gaga) to the authentically alluring (a la always Rihanna) or highly contentious (the late Joan Rivers). Magnetic figures often have a pronounced degree of accessibility or pointed refusal of it (that’s why “I’m Still Here”

Our 40th President remains something of a cipher: Ronald Reagan was a small-town boy turned movie star, union leader, and a politician whose folksy demeanor in the Oval Office contrasted with the furthest-right economic and national security policies in decades. It’s still unclear whether the man nicknamed “The Great Communicator” was good at making complicated

By now, most reasonably savvy moviegoers are well aware that Labor Day weekend tends to be an especially dire period for anyone looking to painlessly kill a couple of hours in the multiplex. The only things that seem to open (“escape” is probably a more suitable term) then are misbegotten messes that are dumped out

With the speed of multiverse movies coming up, it is quite confusing as to why the multiverse is persistently an issue. Quite bluntly, when Spider-Ham was brought in, he was a random weird character that viewers got to watch, with a single eye catchy first screen appearance, an impression which is hard to shake off.

Revenge is a dish best served cold, and the revenge dished up in “The Wasp” has been in the freezer for 15 years. The revenge is so cold that it’s camouflaged as something else. The film leads you to think it’s about one thing, but what we are watching is not, actually, what we think

The generally underrated Liev Schreiber anchors Paula Ortiz’s subtle and graceful adaptation of one of Ernest Hemingway’s final novels, “Across the River and Into the Trees.” Schreiber is a consistently engaging performer I became very attuned to his approach by recapping years of episodes of “Ray Donovan” and he shines here by virtue of what

To start off, I extend my deepest gratitude to Floating Eye Films and Drew Marvick, the writer and director of the movie, for granting me early access to the internet screener of the movie Pool Party Massacre. In the film ‘Pool Party Massacre’ Kristin Noel McKusick, who makes her acting debut, plays the character Blair

There are those moments when all I wish is to obliterate the recollection of the despicable American Society of Magical Negros. Because nearly magic will not aid in such an undertaking in any case. Were able to make the content of the film comprehensible and the main character Terrance Long, senator muddled and far away

Count “1992” as one of those films with its heart in the right place but its execution in the wrong space. Set on April 29, 1992, the day of the Rodney King verdict, this is a surprisingly uncomplicated film, one that attempts to balance its heist-thriller elements with its combustible racial milieu. It features Tyrese