Peter Berg lets fire dictate the terms in his story of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Once upon a time, director Paul Greengrass gave Jason Bourne a soul and some depth. No longer.

Ron Howard's Beatles' portrait sets its sights on tracking the band's rise from obscurity, and does so brilliantly.

Denis Villeneuve's alien landing movie tries hard to be hyper-intelligent, but ends up falling flat.

André Øvredal's creepy chiller a corpse into the forefront and lets it play havoc.

Garth Davis's Oscar-nominated "Lion" has its moments, just not enough of them.

Lucas Hedges and Casey Affleck are stalwart players in Kenneth Lonergan's brooding drama.

David MacKenzie's contemporary Western uses two sets of buddies to tell an outlaw story.

Tim Burton's whimsical latest has a better chance of appealing to grandchildren than adults.

Stephen Frears' biopic has star power (Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant) but remains ordinary.

Marcin Wrona's portrayal of a wedding, and a haunting, is a brilliant look at historical denial.

Philip Roth's veiled autobiography about early 1950s college life makes little headway on screen.