Ma turns out to be a mildly-diverting thriller, a base hit that could’ve cleared the fences.

As it is, Dark Phoenix feels like a bland, listless finale to a host of iconic truly iconic characters.  

As it is, this Godzilla sets a new standard for being epically underwhelming.

Brightburn has some sturdy performances and a few scares, but mostly this is a paper airplane that spends 90 minutes flittering slowly to the ground.

Rocketman depicts a star who seemed destined to burn bright and brief, only to defy the odds and endure for the ages.  

Director David Palamaro and his skilled troop of actors deliver a fun, tautly-constructed little murder mystery, one that might keep you guessing all the way through.

The production is sumptuous and the actors are game, but even the best leftovers get old after a while.

On a superficial level, A Dog’s Journey plucks the heartstrings of dog-lovers like a skilled harpist.   It’s well-acted, perfectly-adequate hokum.

Third movies in the franchise are usually where all the air finally goes out of the balloon, but John Wick 3 does a great job of clearing the same bar set by its predecessors.