Aside from being an on-screen reunion for father and son Will and Jaden Smith, After Earth is also a true return to form for director M. Night Shyamalan, whose extraordinary talents for blending sophisticated, cerebral, character-driven storytelling with chilling suspense are on full display.
“Fast & Furious 6” is everything we’ve come to associate with the term “summer popcorn flick” — heavy on car chases, fight scenes, and explosions, light on plot and sense.
While not as satisfying a cinematic experience as its predecessor, Star Trek Into Darkness is still a wildly entertaining ride that continues to keep the Star Trek franchise hurtling to new heights of fun and excitement, while still honoring its classic characters and iconic moments.
Lavish, decadent, and seductive, The Great Gatsby as a film is, at least at first, as irresistible to the eye and to the senses. It’s also strikingly uneven.
