‘Trumbo’ looks big but feels small
Though there is much to admire in ‘Trumbo,’ it never quite sparks to life
Diane Lane
‘Inside Out’ joins the ranks of Pixar classics
By transforming nebulous emotions into relatable characters, directors Pete Docter and Ronaldo Del Carmen have created nothing short of a roadmap into the pre-pubescent mind. It’s not always a happy place, which is entirely the point. Often surreal and always delightful, ‘Inside Out’ is a rousing tribute to pure imagination.
‘Man of Steel’ is a bombastic pop epic that goes for broke, and often succeeds
One of the better elements of Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Watchmen, and widely considered its best sequence, was that film’s opening credits montage, which forcefully played with pop culture iconography to impressive degrees. In a way, that sequence was an effective hint of what was to come with Snyder’s reboot of the Superman property; a cultural icon lavishly portrayed in a titanic fashion.