This is not your father's Spider-Man. Literally: Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse stars not the familiar Peter Parker but rather Miles Morales, a black and Latino high-schooler introduced in one of Marvel Comics' alternate-universe imprints. Peter Parker does co-star in this new 3D...
Quirky, whip-smart documentary posits "Gilligan's Island" as societal satire that addressed nuclear jitters and subconscious fears of having to rebuild after the apocalypse. Sound silly? It's not.
Convoluted and overstuffed with major characters, this second prequel to the Harry Potter canon nonetheless creates an encompassing, believable and highly grownup world whose most frightening aspect is how much it mirrors ours.
For tiny tots only, and their long-suffering adults. A predestined hit based on the strong brand and property, this animated adaptation of the classic children's book turns the Grinch from a menace to pathetic.
A triumph. Deftly tweaking the tropes of rock biopics, this drama of singer Freddie Mercury and British hitmakers Queen dazzlingly captures an era, a man and the universal quest for identity.
A lively look at TVTV, the 1970s video collective that grasped the promise of lightweight portapaks that put television news and documentary into the hands of the people—particularly the young people who grew up on TV.
With a masterful blend of comedic mayhem, witty wordplay, inventive sight gags and great use of an exotic world, this hilarious animated feature distinguishes itself with a powerful theme about questioning orthodoxy.
Independent comedy-drama about a fateful career day at a Los Angeles private school strands a high-profile cast in a pointless intermingling of stories leading nowhere.
What starts as a fascinating study of two people coping emotionally with humanity's near-extinction in an otherwise mostly intact world devolves into the third-act morass of an inexplicable plot turn.
