"Silent Night," the first American film from action maestro John Woo in 20 years, is one of the most mean-spirited, ugly and regressive movies in a long time.

Although the new version vastly improves upon the initial incarnation, there is still an underlying penchant to make everything as dark and violent as it could possibly be.

We’ve reached the end of January, dear readers, and we’ll soon find out if that groundhog in Pennsylvania will curse us with six more weeks of winter. But while we wait for warmer weather, there are always new movies for us to ...