In director Gavin O’Connor’s The Way Back, Ben Affleck stars as Jack Cunningham, a construction worker who’s been an isolated alcoholic since a personal tragedy crippled his personal life. A figure from Cunningham’s past reappears and asks him to coach the basketball team of his alma mater, which hasn’t won a game since Jack himself was the all-star player. Will Jack get his … [Read more...] about ‘The Way Back’ New Movie Review: It’s a predictable, but moving, sports movie
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JUSTICE LEAGUE New Movie Review
The Super Bowl of comic book movies for the DC Comics universe has finally arrived and it's a major bust. Years of laying down the narrative groundwork, establishing the classic comic book characters in their film forms and finding a way to wrap them all together in one big cinematic tamale has led to an event that isn't so special, after all. At the start of Justice League, … [Read more...] about JUSTICE LEAGUE New Movie Review
LIVE BY NIGHT New Movie Review
Ben Affleck's fourth film as a director is an adaptation of Dennis Lehane's 2012 novel Live By Night, a Prohibition-era gangster drama. Considering that Affleck's 2007 directorial debut was the extraordinary Gone Baby Gone (also based on a Lehane novel) and that his previous film was the Best Picture winner Argo, my expectations were high for his return behind the camera. … [Read more...] about LIVE BY NIGHT New Movie Review
SUICIDE SQUAD New Movie Review
In the DC Comics movie universe, a world where Superman is dead and Batman is on the prowl, a cluster of incarcerated villains has been sent on a mission. The motley crew of super-powered criminals includes Deadshot (Will Smith) and the disturbed Harley Quinn (Margot Robie), whose romance with The Joker (Jared Leto) is her motivation and downfall. Allegedly written and … [Read more...] about SUICIDE SQUAD New Movie Review
BATMAN V SUPERMAN–DAWN OF JUSTICE New Movie Review
The absurd amounts of destruction in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel didn't just anger comic fans but it seems Bruce Wayne is plenty mad as well. In the beginning of Batman v Superman–Dawn of Justice, we're introduced to Ben Affleck as Wayne, older but agile, and filled with rage over Superman's previous exploits. Also wanting Superman dead is the devious Lex Luthor (Jesse … [Read more...] about BATMAN V SUPERMAN–DAWN OF JUSTICE New Movie Review