Bradley Cooper

The latest in the series, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3" is ultimately more of the best elements of the formula that proved so successful in previous entries.

While it proves wildly entertaining and engaging for most of its running time, "Thor: Love and Thunder" ends up a bit too light on the story side of the ledger.

Star-making turns from Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim help make Paul Thomas Anderson’s "Licorice Pizza" possibly one of the director’s best films.

Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley" is an effective exercise in the art of storytelling through the use of exquisite character development and execution.

Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 immediately establishes its tone with a riotously funny opening sequence that features Baby Groot (voiced again by Vin Diesel) dancing, or it could be prancing depending on your temperament, to Electric Light Orchestra’s “Mr. Blue Sky” as the rest of the Guardians battle a giant monster with tentacles who is tearing apart their ship. It’s a great sequence that is no...[Read More]

The Big Short was one of the strangest success stories of 2015. It was directed by Adam McKay, the guy who gave us Anchorman and Step Brothers and had not shown he was able to direct Academy Award winning movies, but his film about the recession in the mid-2000s became one of the most acclaimed movies of the year. It won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay and McKay was even nominated for Best D...[Read More]

Burnt is a classic story of redemption set amidst the cutthroat world of the culinary arts. That being the case, one can expect this review to be peppered with bad cooking metaphors and references. I apologize in advance. How do you make the perfect film about cooking? Add one dash of a magnetic Bradley Cooper. Stir in two ounces of lovable supporting characters. Drop in one measure of a love stor...[Read More]