Cameron (Mark Ruffalo) is manic depressive who after a stint of being hospitalized, is on the other side trying to better his life. His semi-estranged wife, Maggie (Zoe Saldana), wants to go back to school to be able to give her children a good and supportive lifestyle. In order to achieve this in a society that’s already knocking her down …

The thunder buddies are back, but unfortunately, lightning doesn’t strike twice for Seth MacFarlane and Mark Wahlberg in Ted 2, the lazy sequel to the 2012 hit about a man-child and his foul-mouthed little teddy bear who came to life one day. Not that the first film was some kind of miraculous comic masterpiece; it was messy, episodic and unapologetically …

If reflecting on the trauma that something like war can cause, the vast majority of us would understandably think about the people who spend their time on the battlefields. While that is a logical thing to do since we’re human ourselves, Max paints a picture that includes the military dogs who are also placed under the same dire circumstances. It’s …

There is a certain comfort in films where not much happens. As much as I love a bloody slasher or a historical battle, quiet films where you get to really know characters and metaphorically crawl into their skin offer a very specific type of satisfaction. The Overnight is the sort of film that lets you get to know four people …

Pixar is no longer in a slump. While we hold the animators to nearly unattainable high standards, we only do so because of their impressive legacy. Starting with Toy Story, followed by Monsters Inc., and solidified by Up, Pixar set an exceptionally high bar for itself. Their recent offerings were solid (Monsters University, Brave, Cars 2) but failed to reach …