Force Five: Movie Reviews, Recommendations & Hidden Gems

Unabomber is a solid starting point for the Ted Kaczynski story, with strong performances, excellent period detail and one uncomfortable question about the difference between understanding someone and sympathizing with them.

I went into Ben Affleck's Animals knowing almost nothing about it and came away fairly unimpressed. Then I learned the film had used artificial intelligence in post-production. Here's why Affleck's explanation bothered me more than the movie itself.

Practical Magic is part romantic comedy, part supernatural horror and entirely its own strange creation. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman lead a terrific cast through family curses, midnight margaritas, possession and one of the most beautiful movie houses of the 1990s.