Review: “It Chapter 2”

2 out of 5 stars. There is such a thing as being too ambitious. It’s a line that “It,” the 2017 film based on part of Stephen King’s classic horror novel, dances along but never fully crosses. But the second half of the story, “It Chapter 2,” is a nearly three-hour long story that tries […]

Review: “Dark Phoenix”

2 out of 5 stars. 2019 is the year that many iconic pop culture franchises are coming to a conclusion. But while 20th Century Fox’s live-action “X-Men” series has been around for longer than most of them—almost 20 years, in fact—it feels less like a bittersweet farewell and more like a sigh of relief to […]

Review: “Glass”

2 out of 5 stars. You truly never know what you’re going to get with M. Night Shyamalan. His 2000 film “Unbreakable” and 2016 film “Split” are two decent movies that bookend a particularly awful period in the director’s career. Both those films combine in the new movie “Glass,” the conclusion to Shyamalan’s long-simmering trilogy, […]