Let’s take a look at what 2018 has offered in the first half of the year.
This sequel amps up the violence at the expense of the skillful tension of its predecessor.
This latest entry in the blockbuster dino-franchise fails the evolutionary challenge, sticking close to its tried-and-true formula instead of offering something fresh.
Fourteen years is a long time to wait for a sequel, which begs the question of whether it’s even worth the wait.
Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett lead a great cast on a quest to steal a $150 million necklace. It’s slight, breezy fun.
A beautiful realization of a Neil Gaiman world with a meandering story that is brought home by earnest acting.
It retreads some too-familiar franchise ground and gets talky about its plot points, but spectacular action and a performance that’s beautifully channeled from the original canon buoy this latest entry in the “Star Wars” universe.
This powerhouse sequel to 2016’s breakout comics-based antihero hit ups the ante by living up to the original and then gleefully surpassing it.
BPBS’s own Lora Grady sits down with Louisiana filmmakers Rankin Hickman and Billy Slaughter to hear all about their New Orleans-based crime thriller, “Dark Meridian.”
BPBS gives you the scoop on the Tribeca Film Festival and the Louisiana International Film Festival.
