Director Clint Eastwood’s film adaptation of “Jersey Boys”, for the most part, serves to enhance what was already a fascinating and uniquely American rise-to-stardom story.
“Edge of Tomorrow” may look like little more than “Groundhog Day” with explosions, but given a closer look you’ll find a imaginatively conceived and consistently engaging thrill ride.
Angelina Jolie is pitch perfect as Disney’s iconic villain Maleficent, and leads a visually stunning production that’s only possible flaw, oddly enough, is its take on the title character herself.
“A Million Ways to Die in the West”, Seth MacFarlane’s eagerly-anticipated follow-up to his 2012 hit Ted, should really have been titled “A Million Ways to Gross Out Audiences in a Western.”
There’s so much to like about Chef, Jon Favreau’s return to small-scale film making, that it’s hard to know where to start. But at its heart, Chef is a simple, intimate story of rebirth and reconnection.