Two friends thru-hiking the Grand Canyon.

A manic, moderately diverting baby sitter of a Pixar movie, "Onward" does gets there by the end - "there" being the place where the freneticism recedes, the main characters' emotional setbacks and defenses crumble and the audience is encouraged, by every possible storytelling mechanism, to cry along with the teenaged brothers voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt.

Unraveling the dusty bandages of H.G. Wells' classic 1897 science-fiction novel, writer-director Leigh Whannell has refashioned "The Invisible Man" as a bracingly modern #MeToo allegory that, despite its brutal craft, rings hollow.

A Peter Pan story told from Wendy's perspective sounds either too precious to be true or ripe for a skewering.

I'm as surprised as anyone to report that "Sonic the Hedgehog," the adaptation of the popular '90s Sega video game, is actually good.

Retooling the late '70s/early '80s ABC prime-time staple "Fantasy Island" as a sinister gotcha! outing isn't a bad idea.

Much like our furry friends, movies about man's best friend come in all shapes and sizes: lost dog movies, talking dog movies, military dog movies, reincarnated dog movies.

The last time we saw Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), in the last scene of "Suicide Squad," she was happily reading a book and sipping an espresso behind bars, only to find herself suddenly freed by her boyfriend, the Joker (Jared Leto).

There's a scene early on in "Gretel & Hansel" when the two title characters accidentally scarf down psychedelic mushrooms in a forest and it produces one very strong feeling in the audience: jealousy.

The story of Tommy Caldwell and friend Kevin Jorgeson's six years of exploratory climbing and preparation to climb the Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park is told in film, which will be shown at the Tennessee Aquarium Imax Theater, 201 Chestnut St., at 7 p.m. on Friday-Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

At the end of Floria Sigismondi's "The Turning," after all the credits had rolled, male members of the audience at a press screening were visibly and vocally upset.

Some rock faces loom so large they dominate the landscape.

Dr. Dolittle, who favored animals and shunned humans, was on to something.

Nearly 400 films, representing 38 countries, were submitted for consideration to be shown in this weekend's Lookout Wild Film Festival, says festival director Andy Johns.

Welcome to January, which, in terms of quality movies, is the worst, the lowest, the abyss.

The Jewish Cultural Center will launch its annual Jewish Documentary Film Series on Wednesday, Jan. 15, at the center, 5461 North Terrace Road.

It's been a good time for World War I buffs - especially if they're also movie buffs.

There's apparently enough groundbreaking technology used in "Cats" for NASA to send a rocket to unexplored parts of the universe - perhaps to a far-off planet where cats sing, dance on two legs, and recite T.S. Eliot poetry in half-Cockney accents.

Here are the Top 10 movies in Chattanooga this weekend based on audience ratings on RottenTomatoes.com. While much-anticipated new releases "Cats" and "Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker" did not make the cut (based on early audience scores), they will no doubt drive theater ticket sales this weekend.

A couple of Sundays ago, I was using the remote to lazily flip through TV channels, burning up valuable hours of my life doing nothing.

By now, we shouldn't be too surprised by this cultural contradiction known as Adam Sandler.

A laundry list of plot points cluster like an asteroid field in "Rise of Skywalker."

There is a wild urgency to Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" that hardly seems possible for a film based on a 150-year-old book.