J. Barrington Bates

Awful ‘Kraven The Hunter’ Ends Sony’s Marvel-Based Film Cycle at Last. The soulless, insipid ‘Kraven...

Timothée Chalamet Captures the Mystic of Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown'. Director James Mangold delivers...

‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Mixes Anime With Tolkien to Mostly Successful Results....

‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Brings an Amblin Movie Feel to that Galaxy Far, Far Away. A roguish Jude...

‘Creature Commandos’ Kicks off James Gunn’s DC Universe in Violent, Funny, Wild Style. Gunn brings...

A Poignant Daniel Craig Can’t Help ‘Queer’ From Wandering Off Course. ‘Queer’ stars Daniel...

‘Moana 2’ Is A Fun Sequel But Doesn’t Replicate the Magic of the Original. Auli’i Cravalho and...

‘Flow’ is a Beautiful, Meaningful Animated Adventure Featuring a Brave Feline. Co-written and directed...

‘Wicked’ Defies Gravity to Bring the Stage Musical to Screens With Resounding Success ...