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Nothing was going to stop me from seeing a new John Cena flick. Not the meme-driven “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” not a rewatch of “Killers of the Flower Moon,” not even the 6-foot cutie who...

My opinion on Martin Scorsese movies has soured over the past few years.

The nonsensical title spelling is the worst part of “Expend4bles.” A 4 does not look like an A, the letter A has never looked like the number 4. Besides that, the script is actually very...

Filmmaking is an incredibly difficult endeavor and the achievement of a finished film should be celebrated alongside any critique. But, it is the movies that believe they are reaching for something greater and fall short that truly offend me. The ones that think they are transcending art and are doing something on some higher plane but fail are what I deem bad movies.

Baseball is for everyone; hipsters, gamblers, and drinkers, it doesn’t matter. It brings people together sans the hostility of most sporting events, maybe its the calming effect of the greenest possible green that is the field’s grass.

The first time I saw

A corrupt police department, a burgeoning new criminal ruthlessly rampaging through a small town, and one hero who was ready to leave it all behind him, so that he could finally enjoy his spaghetti and...

My childhood was spent in my room or my basement, nursing my beard full of zits, and diligently obsessing over whatever video game I had been able to convince my parents to buy for me....

Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are a few recommendations from Globe writers and critics, covering music, theater, comedy, museums, family events, and more.

If youve seen even a single Jean-Luc Godard flick, then you muck with movies even harder than I do.