“Action Point” Movie Review by Van Roberts
If the disposable Johnny Knoxville prankster comedy “Action Point” (No Stars OUT OF ****) had been one-tenth as sidesplitting as its real-life counterpart: Action Park, a notoriously unsafe New read more...
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“Deadpool 2” Movie Review by Van Roberts
Not only must good sequels live up to the original, but they must also transcend it. “Atomic Blonde” director David Leitch’s “Deadpool 2” (**** OUT OF ****) makes Tim Miller’s read more...
“Solo: A Star Wars Story” Movie Review by Van Roberts
“Apollo 13” director Ron Howard’s “Solo, A Star Wars Story” (* OUT OF ****) qualifies as an exercise in trivial pursuit rather than a sensational space odyssey in the thriving “Star read more...
“Avengers: Infinity War” Movie Review by Van Roberts
Disney’s latest Marvel Studios’ superhero blockbuster “Avengers: Infinity War” (**** OUT OF ****) finally gives us a villain that we not only can love but also loath with equal passion read more...
“Breaking In” Movie Review by Van Roberts
Home invasion thrillers feed on the paranoia most of us fear about intruders violating the sanctity of hearth and home. “V for Vendetta” director McTeigue’s lackluster “Breaking In” (* read more...
“Bad Samaritan” Movie Review by Van Roberts
A burglar breaks into a serial killer’s house in “Geostorm” director David Devlin’s “Bad Samaritan” (***1/2 OUT OF ****), but he cannot forget the bound and gagged female hostage that he read more...
“The Bridge on the River Kwai” Movie Review by Van Roberts
“Great Expectations” director David Lean made what qualifies as the greatest World War II movie of all-time. I saw this fantastic film when Columbia Pictures released it in 1957, and the read more...
“Traffik” Movie Review by Van Roberts
Laudable though their intentions, “Supremacy” writer-director Deon Taylor and star-producer Paula Patton have forged a half-baked abduction opus “Traffik” (* OUT OF ****) about domestic and read more...
“Rampage” Movie Review by Van Roberts
If you didn’t get your fill of colossal robots and chimerical lizards toppling Tokyo skyscrapers in “Pacific Rim Uprising,” you can find something similar in the predictable but winsome sci-fi, read more...
“Truth or Dare” Movie Review by Van Roberts
“Kick Ass 2” director Jeff Wadlow and television writer Michael Reisz must have watched all six “Final Destination” movies, “Ouija,” and “It Follows” before they made “Truth or read more...
