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‘The Great Gatsby’

Adaptation is such a difficult concept, and one which we have struggled with often on these pages. A movie made from a book is a fundamentally different thing than the book itself, as is a book made...

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‘Oblivion’

“Oblivion” takes place in yet-another grim future, on a nearly empty Earth, which, as it is explained to us, was abandoned by humanity after a devastating war left much of the planet irradiated. The...

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‘The Company You Keep’

When ex-Weather Underground radical Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon) is finally, after 30 years, nabbed by the FBI, an old mutual friend approaches attorney Jim Grant (Robert Redford) to ask if he’ll...

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‘Star Trek: Into the Darkness’

When a movie is popular, we get sequels, even though there is an almost inevitable and immediate deterioration in quality. Eventually, the whole thing becomes such a mess that someone might opt for a...

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‘Iron Man 3′

Sequels are the cruelest of all film phenomena. Held in contempt by their creators, by the industry at large and by audiences, we nonetheless live in desperate hope exactly because our expectations are...

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‘Thor: The Dark World’

Thor: The Dark World Rated PG-13. The Marvel Comics character Thor is a tough sell. He’s a Norse god re-imagined through the lens of Marvel Comics, so he’s kind of a god, and kind of a superhero, but...

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‘Ghost in the Shell: Arise’

It’s pretty rare for a franchise to get tighter, smarter and more adept with successive iterations, yet somehow this has been the evolution of Ghost in the Shell. Originally a popular manga by Masamune...

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‘Robocop’

Rated PG-13. We all operate to various degrees within an intricate network of devices—literal and figurative—manufactured by powers outside of our control. From smartphones to airport X-rays, they...

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‘The Wind Rises’

Rated PG-13. The Wind Rises In the West, our relationship with animation is awkward. If it’s for kids, no problem. And if it’s for kids but clever enough for adults to enjoy while they sit through it,...

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‘Muppets Most Wanted’

Only in a Muppet movie is it perfectly natural for “The End” to be splayed across the screen at the very start. “Muppets Most Wanted,” the sequel to 2011’s “The Muppets,” takes advantage of the renewed...

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