The Film Yap

There’s elation to the way Nicolas Cage exaggerates in this sequel. It’s a method to make a disposable movie entertaining and a reason to not give up on him. Continue reading →

Guns fire. Cars careen. Paintballs hit crotches. Reese Witherspoon bugs her eyes. Chris Pine acts like an ass. Tom Hardy looks disinterested. Repeat. Vomit. Continue reading →

Were it part of a horror anthology, this would’ve been a stronger supernatural tale. As it is, an endless slog of midnights dreary will make you weak and weary. Continue reading →

More a story of uncertain teenagers than unstoppable superheroes, “Chronicle” is an unforgettable character study couched in comic-book wit, color and momentum. Continue reading →

It’s not “Taken” with wolves or “He Fought a Zoo.” It’s a mostly masterful meditation on mourning and the value of dying in the company of that which calms us. Continue reading →

Heart is about the only thing in the right place for this rickety rah-rah resurrection of war-movie cliches that felt musty decades ago. Continue reading →

An electrifying, sensually charged film of hand-to-hand combat that benefits from the scintillating presence of MMA fighter Gina Carano in her natural element. Continue reading →

This unexpectedly shrewd and efficient, if imperfect, Murphy’s Law thriller is probably as close to that “Italian Job” sequel as Mark Wahlberg will ever get. Continue reading →

Although rarely timid and a refreshing R-rated reversal of puny PG-13 possession films, this exorcise routine doesn’t do enough to elevate the heart rate. Continue reading →

The walls start shaking. The earth starts quaking. And the mind is aching once “PA3″ relies on the same rickety revisionism that kept “Saw” alive for so long. Continue reading →