Frank Lovece

The Franchise Awakens: J.J. Abrams roots for the underdogs in ‘Star Wars’ reboot

You might have heard: There's a new 'Star Wars' movie coming out. With theatres preparing for what many predict might be cinema's biggest domestic opening—a $185-$200 million range that could top the $208.8 million of June's 'Jurassic World'—and a predicted domestic total of $730 million to $1 billion, audiences and analysts are expecting less a movie than a second coming.

Film Review: Stink!

Breezy, Michael Moore-ish environmental documentary by a non-tree-hugging venture capitalist advocates for disclosure of carcinogenic chemicals in everyday products.

Film Review: Lost in the Sun

A man and an orphaned 14-year-old drive through mid-America and the Southwest, staying just ahead of the law and learning life lessons.

Film Review: A Wonderful Cloud

A twenty-something slacker in a dingy L.A. neighborhood still pines for his old girlfriend, who's visiting for a few days for business reasons. Unfunny comedy is obsessed with toilet and semen humor, like an NC-17 six-year-old.

Film Review: National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

We've seen documentaries about The Second City, "Saturday Night Live" and other milestones of modern comedy. It's about time we had one about National Lampoon. Watch it or we'll kill this dog.

Film Review: Becoming Bulletproof

Beautifully shot and scored documentary about a creative coalition's annual filmmaking project starring disabled performers, it's a rare film about the disabled that shows them as the regular folks they are, and the disciplined creativity of which they're capable.

Film Review: Peace Officer

A former sheriff who created the SWAT team that eventually contributed to the death of a family member uncovers evidence of incompetence or cover-up in this well-balanced and engrossing look at the increasing militarization of police.

Film Review: Uncle John

A good movie is buried beneath the padded conceit of a crime drama and a romantic comedy that play on separate paths until converging at the end. But veteran John Ashton has a brilliant late-life showcase, and director Steven Piet has an eye to watch.

Film Review: Welcome to Leith

Powerful yet down-to-earth documentary about a white supremacist's plan to take over the government of a small, isolated town to make it a haven for…well, he hasn't really thought that through. Evenhanded, thorough and surprisingly human, it makes the face of next-door hate comprehensible rather than simply abstract evil.

Film Review: Searching for Home: Coming Back from War

Advocacy film for veterans-support group doesn't reveal its agenda—as helpful and positive as it us—until the end, when some of its "objective" interview subjects are finally revealed as executive directors of such groups.

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