When push comes to shove in Girls Trip, the women emerge

There are plenty of ups and downs in Girls Trip How about a balcony-to-balcony zip wire trip over a bustling New Orleans street where one woman’s personal momentum stops short but the comedy’s acrobatic adrenaline and basic bawdiness soars? Or a fruit-involved boudoir primer that turns into a doleful and painful experience? This 2-hour, 2-minute…

Another version of Spider-Man, oh, boy!

Marvel thinks we all need another Spidey in our universe. And so Spider-Man: Homecomimg came forth from the pens of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley. Directed by Jon Watts, the 2-hour, 13-minute reboot of the superhero who pulls on his red costume one arm at a time is decidedly aw-shucks in nature. Tom Holland…

Henry somehow knew how to write his final, everlasting book

Genius has no limits, Henry figured, even when you’re 10 years old and raising your mother and little brother. But then came that seizure and a visit to the hospital that had Henry Carpenter explaining the awful prognosis to his doctor, trading big words and tragic conclusions. The Book of Henry doesn’t let this boy’s…

Don’t wait for Tom Hanks’ version to meet A Man Called Ove

The momentum built, from touching Swedish novel by Fredrik Backman to vastly entertaining movie directed and written by Hanes Holm starring Rolf Lassgard as the cantankerous title character who rules his tidy suburban housing complex with raised voice, eyebrow and, occasionally, fists clenched at his neighbors and the world at large. And now Hollywood word…

Even a dog lover digs A Street Cat Named Bob

You can’t help rooting for James to turn his life around for good. And for Bob to come out OK, too. Their lives become entwined, these two, for better or for worse, in the true tale A Street Cat Named Bob. It’s a little movie that could make the world feel better. James is a…