'Devil in a Blue Dress': When the Wrong Franchise Dies
In 1995 Carl Franklin delivered a superb adaptation of a Walter Mosley mystery novel. It should have been the first of many.
In Review: 'Nope,' 'The Gray Man'
Jordan Peele's latest depicts strange doings in the California countryside while the Russos try to launch a franchise without familiar superheroes
The case of the disappearing blockbuster: James Cameron's 'True Lies'
The first $100 million movie is simultaneously retrograde, forward-looking and completely of its time.
In Review: 'Where the Crawdads Sing,' 'Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song'
Delia Owens' bestselling romance/courtroom drama/whodunit hybrid gets a suitably glossy adaptation and a documentary looks at Leonard Cohen through his oft-covered hymn.
In 'The Gambler,' James Caan stakes his swagger against the house
The late actor embodied masculinity for a generation, but it was always more complicated than it seemed.