Entertainment

"TWIST" MOVIE REVIEW A perennial favorite with film producers, Charles Dickens’ second classic novel “Oliver Twist,” published back in 1838, serves as the source material for director Martin Owen’s...

"NAKED SINGULARITY" MOVIE REVIEW An idealistic public defense attorney grapples with the shortcomings of the criminal justice system in freshman helmer Chase Palmer’s quirky but charming...

MOVIE REVIEW OF"LAST MAN DOWN" Swedish film director Fansu Njie must have been weaned on a steady diet of larger-than-life, 1980s, macho thrillers with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude...

"THE POWER" HORROR MOVIE REVIEW The best horror movies either scare the living daylights out of you with ghouls and gore or use suspense and subtlety to make your skin crawl. Freshman British writer...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''CANDYMAN" “Little Woods” director Nia DaCosta’s lackluster “soul sequel” to Bernard Rose’s seminal Gothic masterpiece “Candyman” (1992) qualifies as an anemic...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''MASQUERADE" There is more than meets the eye to writer & director Shane Dax Taylor’s fourth film “Masquerade” (*** OUT OF ****), an implausible pastiche of suspense and...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''COPSHOP" Writer & director Joe Carnahan knows how to make ultra-violent action epics with gun-toting tough guys who wade into blood, gore, and profanity galore. Embarking...

MOVE REVIEW OF ''THE PROTEGE" If you crave slam-bang action thrillers that seize you by the throat and sucker punch you from one scene to the next, then “Casino Royale” director Martin...

"DON'T BREATHE 2 MOVIE REVIEW" The message in co-writer & director Rodo Sayagues’ above-average sequel “Don’t Breathe 2” (**1/2 OUT OF ****) is don’t mess with a blind man. Stephen...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''THE SUICIDE SQUAD" Calling James Gunn’s overwrought, R-rated, sci-fi saga “The Suicide Squad” (**** OUT OF ****) a sequel to David Ayer’s PG-13 rated original “Suicide Squad”...