As bleak as wintry “Fargo” may have been, the spiritual landscape of “Suburbicon” is an unrelieved — and therefore unrealistic — stretch of utter desolation, with two innocent children dangerously lost in its midst.
Movie: ‘Suburbicon’
Movie: ‘Victoria and Abdul’
Judi Dench is no stranger to playing royalty, and she shines once again as the titular queen in “Victoria and Abdul” (Focus).
Movie: ‘Thank You for Your Service’
“Thank You for Your Service” (Universal) is a powerful drama about the devastating impact of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Movie: ‘Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween’
There’s a brief moment in “Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween” (Lionsgate) in which one desperately hopes that the plot has flickered to life.
Movie: ‘Geostorm’
Mostly murky with a strong chance of boredom is the forecast for “Geostorm” (Warner Bros.). Never, perhaps, has the potential wiping out of life on Earth seemed so ho-hum.
Novel reflects author’s broad knowledge of Christian-Jewish relations
Hear My Voice” is a well-written, readable novel that traces the lives of three women born during World War II and the Holocaust.
Movie: ‘Same Kind of Different as Me’
Based on real-life events, the drama “Same Kind of Different as Me” (Paramount), recounts how wealthy art dealer Ron Hall (Greg Kinnear) came to form a seemingly unlikely friendship with Denver Moore (Djimon Hounsou), a volatile but fundamentally decent homeless man.
Movie: ‘The Snowman’
The thriller, “The Snowman” (Universal), director Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s best-selling crime novel is a Nordic whodunit that plods wearily across the frozen landscape of its unconvincing mystery story.