Riding the kind of streak that Ben Affleck has been on since he started directing films brings about high expectations. At some point, audiences and critics alike anticipate his work and count on being entertained. That’s why many began looking out for Live By Night, a venture that sees him prominently being featured as a director, screenwriter and actor. Learning …

Burnt interested me before I saw it, because it had what looked liked the potential to be an entertaining small film that could go by its own rules. In some ways, that does happen, but it proved to be unable to showcase anything worthwhile. That’s not to say that it’s an absolutely terrible movie. There are some features here that …

About halfway through the dreadful new buddy comedy, Unfinished Business, Vince Vaughn’s straight-man protagonist vents to a few stoners in a smoking den by stating, “Teasing sucks.” That’s ironic, considering a large portion of jokes within this sloppy, terribly unfunny film consist of mocking mentally challenged individuals, the gay community, the entire country of Germany, and even people with silly …