Barry Wurst

'Deliverance' director served up bloody good tale too many have forgotten

Iconic New York director's forgotten film powered past odd casting choices In Sidney Lumet's “Night Falls on Manhattan” (1996), Andy Garcia stars as Sean Casey, a newly appointed New York district attorney.

Early into “Supergirl,” the second feature-length adaptation of the DC Comics character, someone asks why it’s ‘Supergirl’ and not ‘Superwoman.’ The answer is never given, proving the question, like the film itself, to be entirely pointless. In this version of the character, which first appeared in 1959, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, is a miserable, burnt-out […]

'The Odyssey' direct wowed audience without any sleight of hand magic

Alan Ritchson's hulking presence powers experiment in less-is-more dialogue

Horror franchise clicks when turning family dysfunction into bloody nightmares Sébastien Vaniček's “Evil Dead Burn” is hard to like, easy to admire.

Comedy legend switched gears for sweet, understated romantic comedy

This '80s misfire remains a fascinating failure (and ripe for a reboot) My first encounter with Howard the Duck was, appropriately enough, in a pet store.

The biggest obstacle facing a new “Spider-Man” movie wasn’t the question of where the story would pick up. We know that Peter Parker (played by Tom Holland) now lives in a world where his friends and even MJ (Zendaya), the love of his life, don’t remember him. Clearly, the story begins with our hero recovering […]

Horror vet Lin Shaye anchors sequel missing two vital franchise stars The good news about writer/director Jacob Chase's “Insidious: Out of the Further” is that this franchise is still a reliable scare machine.