France’s questionable Oscar entry-turned-nominee is a half-baked “Training Day” retread.
Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
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France’s questionable Oscar entry-turned-nominee is a half-baked “Training Day” retread.
A fine performance by Blake Lively and a talented female director aren’t enough to rescue this latest in the “sexy female assassin” genre.
A series of Oscar-caliber performances in supporting roles boost this tear-jerker about the effort to get a Medal of Honor for an airman who died heroically in Vietnam.
Michael Bay’s hyperbolic style is sorely missed in the series’ third installment — as is Will Smith’s charisma.
With a somnolent Will Smith voicing an especially boring bird, and a tired supervillain plot line, there’s not much here to recommend.
The Asheville Movie Guys discuss the conclusion of the “Star Wars” episodic saga.
The entertaining sequel doubles down on its predecessor’s funniest elements.
Star Chadwick Boseman and the film’s visual style make up for some of the screenplay’s implausibilities.
Elizabeth Banks’ clunky reboot struggles to justify its existence.
James Mangold’s fact-based auto-racing film is old school Hollywood entertainment at its finest.
Badass women, deadpan humor, and (eventually) exhilarating action make for an entertaining new Terminator film.
Dated special effects, an overly reverent script, and one of the dullest, whitest casts ever assembled pay poor homage to WWII heroes.
As a crime action drama, it isn’t bad, but it seems to be a movie made without an audience.
The post-apocalyptic gang’s all here for this thoroughly entertaining sequel.
Takashi Miike adds comedy to his stylistic violence with great success.
Leaving “Sleeping Beauty” behind in favor of “Game of Thrones” territory, this action-packed sequel is a captivating allegory about misbegotten war.
What is the brilliant director Ang Lee doing directing this potboiler with a weary Will Smith trying to make an action comeback?
Sylvester Stallone makes arguably his strongest case yet that he should have retired after Cliffhanger.
With ambitions well beyond its science fiction adventure plot line, the movie melds intense character conflicts with the oft-asked question: Are humans alone in the universe?
The latest installment in the Mike Banning Trilogy is also its best — which still isn’t saying much and also didn’t take a lot to accomplish.
