Christa Banister

Meryl Streep, delightful music, and just enough weirdness keep things interesting here. The film is a lot of fun despite the darker tone.

Feels stale from the first frame. 97 minutes has never felt so long, and this from someone who enjoyed the first two installments.

Jackson broke a simple story into three larger parts, and now seems unsure how to fit the pieces together in this middling conclusion.

Carell nails his part as an affluent mentor descending into madness, earning his Oscar nomination for this serious and shocking true story.

What passes for comedy today is troubling. The only takeaway is that our leads have all the makings of truly horrible bosses themselves.

Best Animated Film winner of 2014 isn't so much The Avengers for the younger set; more like the fast-funny-footloose style of Guardians of the...

Both a frightening reminder and a story of hope about the thousands who are forced into the commercial sex trade each year in the U.S.

What's the meaning of it all once the novelty of frenetic camera work has worn off and every Hollywood inside joke has been exhausted?

Thanks to particularly inspired casting it's transformed from a standard indie movie, clichés and all, into something far more special.

Owns the least plausible and laughably awful ending committed to film in recent memory; nothing but a poor knock-off of The Notebook.

There's something delightfully retro and very-early-Disney about this worthwhile adaptation of the popular children's book.

The stuff of compelling post-movie banter; more than just a capable cautionary tale. But at times every part of me recoiled in disgust.

The directors dedicated so much energy to making it surreal and quirky that they forgot who, namely the younger set, will be watching.

Jessica Chastain is absolutely dazzling but a lack of focus and seemingly endless sadness can't help wearing on the viewer after a while.

Yes, Neeson is officially stuck in a rut. Now his "special set of skills" action persona is lost in a film that's forgettable and drab.

The pacing is sluggish, the storytelling predictable. Compared to the original, it's pretty inferior in the inspiration department, too.

The timing couldn’t be worse for a thriller full of violence against women. But it probably wouldn't have made much difference anyway.

Rather than follow a predictable trajectory of rebellion during the dawn of rock, it takes a refreshing track of spiritual exploration.