Matt Pais

Before appearing in “Magic Mike XXL,” Jada Pinkett Smith had no interest in male strippers or strip clubs. Now that she’s done the movie, she … still won’t be going...

It’s tough to move to a new city and not know anyone. It’s even tougher to predict that a night at the house of new friends will result in the...

On the list of topics to easily include in appealing stories about growing up, mental health isn't high on the list. Focus too tightly on what's happening and why and...

So as not to bury the lede, the entertaining, talkable "The Overnight" does indeed feature Adam Scott and Jason Schwartzman dancing naked, swinging prosthetic genitalia of considerably varying size.But the...

A movie about dance music that doesn't seem to care or know much about it, "Eden" takes 95 minutes (of its 131-minute running time) before peeking in on the creative...

Hypocrisy, thy name is Seth MacFarlane. In "Ted 2," the director/co-writer/gifted impressionist wants to laugh when the bullies beat up the nerds, then celebrate when the nerds fight back. He...

At Sundance 2015 I was on the red carpet for "The Overnight"--a comedy about one unpredictable night shared between a couple (Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling) and their new friends (Jason...

People constantly want to analyze the impact of pop culture on viewers, especially in the context of blaming violent media for leading people to commit violence themselves. The young subjects...

If movies acquired symbolism points, "Inside Out" would earn metaphor stars. (Questlove, a rimshot please.) It takes place largely inside the head of 11-year-old Riley (voiced by Kaitlyn Dias), whose...