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It’s a sad day here at Grierson & Leitch: After nearly four years of confusing you with movie reviews featuring…

Of all the adjectives to describe a movie, “well-intentioned” is among the least scintillating and most wearying.…

1. Creed works better as an actual movie than it does as a Rocky movie, which is quite the compliment, considering…

One of the constant accolades Pixar receives about its movies is that they’re not made just for kids. This is meant…

1. It seems insane to think about now, but there was a time when everyone was worried about whether or not Jennifer…

In director Todd Haynes’ films, characters have to learn how to live in worlds that don’t suit them. In Safe, Far…

A lot of comics have a shtick, and the trick is to give it enough flexibility so that it can be twisted and reshaped…

About seven months after Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got married, The Onion ran the brilliant headline “Brad Pitt…

1. There was a time not so long ago when the very notion of James Bond seemed ridiculous—as anachronistic as making…

Back in 1997, when L.A. Weekly critic Manohla Dargis gave a negative review to The Lost World, the hotly-anticipated…

Inspirational true stories trumpet lots of commendable human traits—heroism, perseverance, compassion—but Spotlight…

There are two very understandable reasons why people hate Gaspar Noé’s films: He’s a pompous tool, and his movies…

Our Brand Is Crisis means to cast a harsh light on presidential campaigns, but it mostly just panders. The new film…

The next Academy Awards will be hosted by Chris Rock and will be held on February 28, 2016. That is 130 days from…

1. I love Bill Murray. You love Bill Murray. We all love Bill Murray. We love him on talk shows. We love him when he…

1. Crimson Peak is a movie that’s all windup and no pitch. It requires a patience of you that I’m not sure it…

At its halfway point, Room arrives at the moment that you might have thought would be its big finale. After being…

1. Bridge of Spies is effective, efficient, compelling, smart and absorbing throughout, and I still couldn’t help…

Beasts of No Nation is such a worthy, timely, thoughtful drama that the worst you can say about it is that it’s a…

1. It is difficult not to approach Pan with a deep, weary sigh. I am fortunate that people pay me to write about…