Tag: Rachel McAdams

Treating Sherlock Holmes as an intellectual action hero, the modern take is clever and carries a great villain, but it's overstuffed.

There's fun when watching Holmes and Moriarty dialog-duel their way through conflict in Game of Shadows, the rest is routine.

(Mean) Girl Power Twice in Mean Girls, Lindsey Lohan’s character envisions teenagers as wild animals, fighting, crawling, and howling. That’s her only reference point as a home schooled kid …

Hardcore Gamers Game Night is ridiculously smart, as much as it is ridiculous. This movie knows games. Throughout, in intense situations, characters inadvertently play variations on Operation, Guess Who, …

Strangeness Absurd but amusing. Colorful but dramatic. Flashy but controlled. Doctor Strange does a lot for the Marvel universe, bringing magic and mysticism into the ranks. It’s a wonderfully …

Strange Things Are Happening A visual effects masterpiece, Doctor Strange imbues M.C. Escher, magical realism, and mirrored realities in order to bring spiritual mysticism into the Marvel slate. The …

Well Lit All the President’s Men may retain the championship for story-of-a-story newsroom movies but Spotlight is within contention for that title. Spotlight layers itself – a film about …

Hitting a little to the left Mired by melodrama, Southpaw’s circumstances create Murphy’s Law: The Movie. Egregiously named Billy Hope (Jake Gyllehaal) loses everything in the course of an …

Cameron Crowe leads Bradley Cooper and others in a romantic dud The takeaway of Aloha is contrasting elements. Below is untouched, traditional Hawaii. Above is a privatization of space …

Shadows is in no rush to one-up its predecessor, now a smaller film weened on the vintage than an eclectic mix of destructive action.

There's no honesty in The Vow, and how it purports to be based on a true story only creates a further roadblock.

It's imperative Morning Glory carries a likeable, cute, spunky lead, because she's playing off one miserable old man.