‘The Way Back’ review: Ben Affleck brings quiet dignity to sobering basketball tale WATCH
Ben Affleck is sad. Glum. Gloomy. Morose. Blue. He brings all those emotional shadings to his portrayal of Jack Cunningham, the alcoholic lead character in...
Soren Andersen
Soren Andersen has been writing about movies since he was in high school, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. He has written for papers in Southern California and Washington, and was the staff critic at the News Tribune in Tacoma for 25 years.
‘Onward’ review: Has Pixar lost its mojo?
This Pixar picture, opening in theaters March 6, is noisy, frantic, derivative, simplistic and very disappointing for a studio that usually makes movies that are...
‘The Call of the Wild’ review: Bring the kids to this defanged dog tale, with a well-cast Harrison Ford WATCH
What we have here is the call of the mild, as Jack London’s 1903 classic novel about the trials and tribulations of a Yukon sled...
‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ review: Beloved video-game character makes a bright, zippy jump to the big screen WATCH
"Sonic the Hedgehog" zips onto the silver screen in this video-game adaptation, kicking off a lightning-quick ride with Jim Carrey and James Marsden.
‘The Gentlemen’ review: Lock, stock and a barrel of bloody good fun WATCH
Guy Ritchie’s latest movie is an intricately structured picaresque tale featuring a rogue’s gallery of British crooks falling afoul of one another.
‘Dolittle’ review: Talking-animal tale — led by Robert Downey Jr. — gets doctored up WATCH
The granddaddy of talking-animal tales gets the full CGI treatment and it’s by far the best of the lot. A great deal of credit for...
‘Underwater’ review: First creature feature of 2020 drowns in stupidity WATCH
The first creature feature of the new decade is here, and boy is it dumb.
‘Spies in Disguise’ review: Will Smith goes into 007 mode for this lively, sweet animated comedy WATCH
Will Smith, playing a suave secret agent, and Tom Holland, as a genius-geek designer of whiz-bang gizmos, fizz and spark merrily off one another in...
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ review: Epic saga blasts its way to a triumphant end WATCH
The final chapter delivers gripping performances and a number of truly stunning surprises.
‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ review: Sequel plays a fun game of who’s who WATCH
New players, including Awkwafina (who steals the show), raise the film to the next level.