The latest reboot of the Fantastic Four — the cinematic equivalent of malware — is worse than worthless. It not only scrapes the bottom of the Marvel-movie barrel; it knocks out the floor and sucks audiences into a black hole of soul-crushing, coma-inducing dullness. And, guess what, it’s an origin… Source: Rolling Stones Movie […]

It’s a kick watching Meryl Streep rock out on guitar and vocals in Ricki and the Flash. Streep’s Ricki Rendazzo dumps her family to play bars with the Flash, a cover band made of bona fide musicians. That’s drummer Joe Vitale, keyboardist Bernie Worrell and bassist Rick Rosas, with Rick… Source: Rolling Stones Movie […]

It begins with 15-year-old Minnie Goetz exulting, “I just had sex.” In The Diary of a Teenage Girl — a riveting, resonant first feature from Marielle Heller, with a breakout star performance from Brit actress Bel Powley, 23, as Minnie — you exult along with her. Set in bohemian San Francisco in… Source: Rolling Stones Movie […]

When Aardman Animations sends out a movie, attention must be paid. For me, their Wallace and Gromit franchise is the Holy Grail of stop-motion Claymation. Shaun the Sheep Movie isn’t quite in that advanced class. But hold the bleating, the movie is a world-class winner. Grownups will enjoy every delicious irony… Source: Rolling […]