It’s fixin’ to rain in the “The Hurricane Heist” (Entertainment Studios). This serviceable mash-up of the apocalyptic weather event and crime caper genres is as shallow as a puddle.
Movie: ‘The Hurricane Heist’
Movie: ‘Gotham by Gaslight: Batman vs. Jack the Ripper’
Catholics who view the direct-to-video animated film “Batman: Gotham by Gaslight” (Warner Home Video) may take a particular interest in one character, a nun named Sister Leslie (voice of Grey DeLisle).
Movie: ‘Gringo’
Moral dilemmas come fast and furious in “Gringo” (STX), a dark, but somehow not cynical, comedy about avarice and its near-instant consequences.
Movie – ‘The Strangers: Prey at Night’
Random murder is the order of the day in the sadistic horror flick “The Strangers: Prey at Night” (Aviron).
Movie: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
Director Ava DuVernay’s youth-oriented fantasy film “A Wrinkle in Time” (Disney) wants to blow your mind.
Movie: ‘Death Wish’
Even dressed up with some style and the presumption of wit, the remake of “Death Wish” (MGM) is the same nihilistic racist vigilante fantasy that the five films in the first series were years ago.
Movie: ‘Red Sparrow’
The espionage thriller “Red Sparrow” (Fox) is a twisty and sophisticated, though not without holes in its logic, the film might have offered relatively flavorful entertainment.
Movie: ‘Game Night’
Family values and much enjoyable humor are offset by numerous distasteful jokes and an excess of vulgar language in the comedy “Game Night” (Warner Bros.).