By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer
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Review: ‘Adrift’ is a woman vs nature tale for the MeToo era
Woman vs. nature. It certainly has a ring to it, especially when woman wins. But there are too few such stories in our popular...
Review: ‘Book Club’ is a corny but sweet look at sex, aging
Jane Fonda said recently that "Book Club" was the most fun she's ever had making a movie. She was ostensibly talking about getting to...
Review: Amy Schumer tackles body image, and it’s complicated
If you've ever walked into a store and were embarrassed to tell the salesperson your real size, or entered the gym locker room and...
Review: Krasinski’s ‘A Quiet Place’ is intoxicatingly creepy
Let's start with a popcorn warning. If you're bringing your usual tub of multiplex popcorn into "A Quiet Place," just be aware that you'll...
Review: Disney’s ‘Wrinkle’ is a cluttered, dizzying jumble
Go ahead, pick your favorite young, villain-vanquishing fantasy heroine. Meg Murry probably came first.Katniss Everdeen? She arrived in 2001. Hermione Granger? That was 1997....
Review: Doc looks back wistfully look at Obama-era diplomacy
Greg Barker had assembled nearly all his footage for "The Final Year," a behind-the-scenes look at President Barack Obama's globe-trotting foreign policy team, when...
Review: ‘Downsizing,’ a big-picture film about little people
It's hard to say what's better about the first half of Alexander Payne's wonderfully weird — or is it weirdly wonderful? — "Downsizing": the...
Review: Oldman gives us a human Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’
Words matter. That's one of the key messages of "Darkest Hour," in which Gary Oldman embodies — fiercely and memorably — the legendary Winston...
Review: Witherspoon can’t save bland, gooey ‘Home Again’
It's a crime to waste Reese Witherspoon. You know what's worse? To waste Reese Witherspoon AND Candice Bergen.That lovely bit of casting alone —...