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Brent Leuthold

Brent Leuthold

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‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’ Review: Delightful family film delivers quick-witted laughs

Originally titled Connected and slated to arrive in theaters last fall, the superb new animated comedy The Mitchells vs. the Machines is now available on Netflix for families everywhere to […]

‘Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse’ Review: Clancy adaptation a throwback to ’90s action films

Without Remorse (technically Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse) is the sixth movie based on a Clancy novel but the first to make Clancy’s other famous spy character, John Clark, its primary […]

‘Mortal Kombat’ Review: Film based on video game takes itself too seriously

When the first Mortal Kombat movie came out in the late summer of 1995, it was amid a string of early attempts like Double Dragon and Street Fighter to adapt […]

‘Stowaway’ Review: Overacted, underdirected sci-fi tale a snoozer

In Ridley Scott’s The Martian, Matt Damon plays a brilliant astronaut who gets stranded on Mars. With the aid of a robust sense of humor and scientific intellect along with […]

‘Voyagers’ Review: Unconvincing acting mars intriguing sci-fi concept

Making an unceremonious journey to theaters this weekend, the new sci-fi thriller Voyagers opens with an ominous title card about how the Earth is finally uninhabitable and we must go […]

‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Review: Monster mashup bloated with way too much filler

Starting in 2014 with a boots-on-the-ground reboot of Godzilla, Legendary’s MonsterVerse now culminates with Godzilla vs. Kong, an intermittently fun slugfest that embraces the schlock of past creature features but […]

‘Nobody’ Review: Odenkirk delivers the goods in violent action flick

Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk goes from Mr. Chips to Scarface in Nobody, a cheeky shoot ’em up that cleverly reconfigures its key influences into one […]

‘The Father‘ Review: Brave portrayal of dementia adapted from stageplay

Despite it being a difficult subject to broach, dementia has been relatively popular in cinema over the past several months.  Last summer saw the release of Relic, an Australian horror […]

‘Cherry‘ Review: Overdirected, underwritten movie is the pits

Transitioning in and out of a franchise-defining role can present a unique challenge to an actor, especially early in one’s career. Take Daniel Radcliffe. Starring in the first Harry Potter […]