Matt Pais

That Jennifer Lawrence is some kind of charisma-based human miracle has been well-established, the actress arriving what now feels like a long time ago to take Hollywood in her hands,...

Uh, a glimpse at some of my notes from the screening of "The Revenant" may indicate whether or not you have the stomach for this one: "Arrow through throat!" "Surprised,...

"James White" opens with a striking image: The titular character (Christopher Abbott of "Girls"), sweaty and clearly going through something, moves in a club while wearing earbuds. The environment outside...

Part sermon, part stand-up special and largely, bizarrely entertaining, "Chi-Raq" likely will go down as the best (and only) rhyme-based, Greek play-inspired sex comedy to examine life in one of...

The day after the Mets beat the Dodgers to clinch the NLDS and set a date with the Cubs, serious Mets fan and "James White" star Christopher Abbott came into...

It may be tempting to bash human boxing glove and King Expendable Sylvester Stallone. Don't. In "Creed," the seventh appearance of Rocky Balboa and the series' first installment not written...

Dinosaurs narrowly avoiding extinction represents a doozy of a historical fiction concept. Disney-Pixar's "The Good Dinosaur" isn't that kind of movie, though. It's still set at some point a long...

When Igor (Daniel Radcliffe) notes, "You know this story," in voice-over at the start of "Victor Frankenstein," he really should add, "So thank you in advance for sticking with us,...