Gary Thompson
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My first 4DX movie: I laughed, I cried, I got water in the face
Movie-going evolves and that's okay. Either way: It's better than having the ceiling collapse on you at the Center City's old Sameric. → Read More
‘Rocketman': Elton John comes to life in this biopic about man whose gift is his song
Taron Egerton stars as rock legend Elton John in the biopic 'Rocketman.' → Read More
Octavia Spencer hosts keggers from hell in horror movie ’Ma’
An eccentric landlord (Octavia Spencer) offers kids a place to hang out, with strings attached, in the horror movie 'Ma.' → Read More
Octavia Spencer hosts keggers from hell in horror movie ’Ma’
An eccentric landlord (Octavia Spencer) offers kids a place to hang out, with strings attached, in the horror movie 'Ma.' → Read More
A strange love affair is memorialized in ‘The Souvenir’
In England, a film student (Honor Swinton Byrne) falls for a secretive man (Tosin Cole) in Joanna Hogg's autobiograhical 'The Souvenir.' → Read More
‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’: Legacy monster still has some legs
When alien monsters attack the earth, Godzilla arises from the depths to defend it. → Read More
‘Booksmart': This movie is one of the year’s comedy high points
Two studious high school seniors (Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever) try to pack four years of partying into one night in the comedy 'Booksmart.' → Read More
‘Brightburn': An origin story that should be strangled in its crib
An red-eyed alien kid arrives with plans to destroy earth in 'Brightburn.' → Read More
‘Aladdin’ review: It’s not a whole new world, but some of original magic rubs off
Will Smith is a genie who grants wishes to a young man who's fallen in love with a princess in Disney's live-action 'Aladdin.' → Read More
How a movie about an innocent man executed for a crime he didn’t commit could lead to social change
Director Ed Zwick talks about his docudrama 'Trial By Fire.' → Read More
‘John Wick: Chapter Three - Parabellum’ is fun, but as long as its title
Keanu Reeves battles the world's top assassins in John Wick: Chapter Three -- Parabellum. → Read More
Innocent, and on death row: ‘Trial By Fire’ follows a miscarriage of justice
Jack O'Connell is a condemned inmate whose probably innocence is established by a woman (Laura Dern) who takes an interest in his case in the true story 'Trial by Fire.' → Read More
Slayin’ in the rain: In Chinese battle epic 'Shadow,’ violence is an umbrella term
In ancient China, a military commander uses his mirror-image double to win a war in director Yimou Zhang's wuzia spectacular Shadow. → Read More
‘The Sun Is Also a Star': The universe bends in the direction of cute guys
A man (Charles Melton) tries to convince a woman (Yara Shahidi) about to be deported that they are in love in "The Sun is also a Star.' . → Read More
‘John Wick 3’ director talks about pairing Keanu Reeves with Sixers center Boban Marjanovic for a major fight scene
The “John Wick III” director talks about shooting a fight to the death with Keanu Reeves and Sixers backup center Boban Marjanovic. Guess who wins. → Read More
‘The Hustle': A ‘Scoundrels’ remake that’s mostly rotten
Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson are con artists in this comic remake of 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.' → Read More
‘Tolkien': Fan (non)fiction for the 'Lord of the Rings’ crowd
The school years and WWI service of J.R.R. Tolkein (Nicholas Hoult) are shown to have a major influence on his novels in 'Tolkein.' → Read More
‘The Intruder': Nice house, good bones, but some of them might be human
A couple (Michael Ealy, Meagan Goode) is terrorized by the former owner (Dennis Quaid) of their new home. → Read More
‘The Long Shot’: An improbably funny movie about the improbably funny hook-up between Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen
A posh presidential candidate (Charlize Theron) causes a stir on the campaign trail when she falls for an unglamorous journalist (Seth Rogen). → Read More
The ‘Avengers’ has been a smash, but it has the Thanos like ability to make other movies simply disappear
We look at the impact of the Avengers success. → Read More