Dakota Johnson Is Actually Great in DaddioSean Penn is better than he’s been in years in Christy Hall’s old-fashioned strangers-in-a-cab drama. But Johnson nearly acts him off the screen.
Is Jane Austen Just a Vibe Now?The new Persuasion throws out almost everything essential about its source material but keeps the country walks and the costuming.
Cha Cha Real Smooth Grins and Goes NowhereYour tolerance for this movie will likely hinge on your tolerance for writer-director-producer-star Cooper Raiff as a cinematic presence.
Anastasia Steele Is the Enemy of the Written WordThere are too many naked scenes for you to notice, but in Fifty Shades, Ana single-handedly dismantles the literary scene of the Pacific Northwest.