Review: ‘Murder Mystery’, Adam Sandler And Jennifer Aniston’s Whodunnit Is No Killer Comedy
Netflix has become a haven for films that would fall flat on the big screen. Most comedies on the streaming platform could be categorized...
‘Booksmart’ Interview: Beanie Feldstein And Kaitlyn Dever On Female Comedies And Becoming Real-Life Friends
Olivia Wilde's funny and perceptive high school comedy Booksmart has most favorably been compared to Superbad. While some have pushed back on that comparison,...
Review: ‘The Souvenir’, Pain Gives Way To Hope In Joanna Hogg’s Captivating Coming-Of-Age Drama
Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir feels like someone taking a deep exhalation of confusion, frustration, and anger after a long time of holding it in....
Review: ‘Aladdin’, Will Smith Dazzles In Disney’s Surprisingly Magical Remake
Following the mediocre Dumbo and The Nutcracker, it really is a whole new world for Disney with Aladdin. Disney's riskiest live-action remake yet, the...
Review: ‘Detective Pikachu’, Pokémon Are The Real Stars Of This Enjoyably Silly Whodunit
Pokémon have existed as a multimedia phenomenon for three decades, spawning loads of video games, anime, and hit animated movies such as 1999's The...
Review: Zhang Yimou’s ‘Shadow’ Finds Balance Of Action And Political Intrigue
Sometimes even the great ones make a misstep. Zhang Yimou's misguided foray into Hollywood filmmaking wasn't as bad as some others, but it was...
Review: Jenny Gage’s ‘After’ Starring Josephine Langford And Hero Fiennes Tiffin
From guest writer Karen Peterson
There's nothing quite as magical as first love. With the new film, After, director Jenny Gage attempts to bring that...
Review: ‘The Wind’, Frontier Horror Howls With Unfulfilled Potential
The Western genre leans heavily to the masculine side but in recent years we've seen an increased focus on the plight of frontierswomen in...
Sundance Review: ‘Fighting With My Family’, A Crowd-Pleasing Piledriver Of A WWE Drama
When WWE superstar Paige had to announce her retirement from professional wrestling due to injury, I was heartbroken. Always one of my favorite women...
Review: ‘Alita: Battle Angel’, James Cameron’s Manga Adaptation Kicks Robo-Butt
Finally, a live-action manga adaptation we can all get excited over. Alita: Battle Angel has been in the works for a long time, once...