Movie Reviews

Hercule Poirot is the world’s best detective, and easily the most popular one, too. With a knack for solving impossible cases – as well as a flamboyant mustache – Poirot attracts attention wherever he goes. Detective work, though, can be tiring, and Poirot needs a vacation. So he takes a multi-day train ride on the scenic Orient Express, confident that ...

It will be the first faith-based animated movie at the box office in nearly a decade, and it features an all-star cast that will garner mainstream attention. It is The Star, which will open in theaters Nov. 17 and tells the nativity story through the eyes of animals who witnessed Christ’s birth. It is being released by the same company ...

It’s always difficult when you discover that your long-lost sister is the goddess of death. And when you learn that she can whip you in a fight, too? It’s even worse. But for Thor – the god of Thunder – it’s a new reality. It seems that Hela, the goddess of death, had been locked in a prison for Thor’s ...

Eric Marsh is a 40-something Arizona man who wants only one thing in life: to fight wildfires. But he doesn’t want to be a member of just any firefighting crew. He wants to be part of a “hotshot” team – those elite-and-talented 20-member crews that regularly risk their lives to stop wildfires in their tracks. Marsh trained months and months ...

It may be the first faith-based film starring two Oscar winners and another two Oscar nominees, and it opens this weekend across the nation. Same Kind of Different As Me (PG-13), which opens Friday, tells the true story of a rich businessman whose crumbling marriage was saved thanks to an unlikely friendship with a homeless man. Based on a book ...

Alex Martin and Ben Bass are two strangers stuck in an Idaho airport, desperately looking for a way home in the middle of a major snow storm. Every single flight has been cancelled, but Alex has an idea.

As far back as Felicie can remember, she’s wanted to dance. Maybe that’s due to her birth mom, who placed her in an orphanage as a baby and left her with a ballerina-themed music box that Felicie always has treasured. It’s the only physical connection she has to her biological past. Felicie, though, isn’t content with just dreaming about dancing. ...

Jimmy Logan is just, well, unlucky. At least, that’s how he’s viewed his life. In high school he was the star quarterback with solid college potential, but he didn’t even get an offer. He recently landed a construction job at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, but was let go due to a limp that sparked liability concerns. And now the little ...

Squirrels are sort of like bees — always busy and always working. But there apparently are exceptions. Take, for example, the purple squirrel everyone calls Surly. He doesn’t work, and he has no intention of starting. That’s because he recently stumbled upon a lifetime stockpile of nuts in the basement of an abandoned building. Instead of climbing trees and crisscrossing ...

Jake Chambers isn’t your typical New York City teenage boy. In fact, he’s quite weird. His friends follow sports. But he dwells on fantasy worlds filled with a dark tower, a wretched “man in black,” demonic-looking creatures, and a gunslinger. He’s not sure how it’s all connected. He just knows it’s bad. And each time he has a new dream ...