Movie Reviews

Positive basic values, including an implicit pro-life message, underlie the somewhat rough-grained surface of the sports comedy “Champions” (Focus).

The light-hearted tone of the stylish comic spy yarn “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre” (Lionsgate) suggests that it should be approached in an equally relaxed mood.

Four and a half decades on from the bicentennial year in which it premiered, the “Rocky” franchise is still a cinematic gift that keeps on giving.

Moviegoers would be justified in expecting a film called “Cocaine Bear” (Universal) to showcase some off-kilter ursine shenanigans (and, perhaps, some human ones as well).

Refreshingly free of the usual objectionable ingredients, this generally appealing Evangelically-flavored look back at a somewhat surprising chapter in Baby Boomer history is doctrinally dodgy but ethically uplifting.

One of the two highpoints of Williams’ career, according to a consensus of critics and scholars, is his 1941 religiously-themed drama “The Blood of Jesus.”

This year’s Academy Award nominations were announced on Jan. 24.

With “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” (Warner Bros.), star Channing Tatum serves up a third helping of beefcake in the male stripper-themed series that began in 2012.