Review: “The Fate of the Furious”

3.5 out of 5 stars. By the time a franchise reaches its eighth movie—if it even continues for that long—it usually is beginning to show signs of slowing down. “The Fast and the Furious,” however, seems to be doing the opposite. In fact, the eighth film in that series, titled “The Fate of the Furious” […]

Review: “John Wick: Chapter 2”

4.5 out of 5 stars. They call him the Boogeyman, and whisper about that time he killed three men in a bar with only a pencil. As much as everyone hypes up the skills of assassin John Wick, it would be very easy to fail to meet audience expectations for the character. But not only […]

Review: “Assassin’s Creed”

2 out of 5 stars. Film adaptations of video games have never had a good track record. So to say that “Assassin’s Creed” is the best game-to-film adaptation in a long time may not exactly be a compliment. In placing plot over action, the film takes what is best about the games and turns it […]

Review: “Jason Bourne”

2 out of 5 stars. Almost a decade after “The Bourne Ultimatum” concluded the Bourne trilogy (we’ll just gloss over that attempt at a reboot with Jeremy Renner), Matt Damon steps back into the titular role in “Jason Bourne,” a film that gives you everything you’d expect from a Bourne movie — and that’s both its greatest […]