Review: ‘Ocean’s 8’, Sandra Bullock And Co. Pull Off An Entertaining Heist With Few...
You don't need a jeweler's loupe to see the similarities between Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's 11 films and Gary Ross's breezy, female-led Ocean's 8. The...
Review: ‘Book Club’ Offers Laughs Of A Certain Vintage
Never having been in a book club before I've always assumed they weren't really about reading books, but about finding one more reason to...
Review: ‘Terminal’, Margot Robbie Can’t Breathe Life Into This Stale Hitman Flick
"Revenge Never Looked So Good" is the tagline for Vaughn Stein's directorial debut, Terminal, a gorgeous and atmospheric neo-noir that smartly placed Margot Robbie...
Review: ‘Revenge’, Brutal Vengeance Flick Gets A Legit Feminist Spin
Oh boy. Another rape/victimhood movie in the vein of I Spit On Your Grave? These movies, in which a woman is usually depicted as...
Review: ‘Early Man,’ Starring Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, and Timothy Spall
by Roxana Hadadi
Maybe you don’t know Aardman Animations by name; in the United States, they don’t have the instant recognition of Pixar or Disney....
Review: Netflix’s “The Cloverfield Paradox” Starring David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, And Daniel Bruhl
Earlier this evening, the news dropped that not only is the
third Cloverfield movie happening, but it’s now titled The
Cloverfield Paradox. Also, it would be...
Review: ‘Kickboxer: Retaliation’, Throwback Action In A Dynamite Sequel
Kickboxer: Retaliation, a sequel to 2016's surprisingly good Kickboxer: Vengeance, opens with a conceit so ridiculous it's perfect for the revival of a Jean-Claude...
Sundance Review: ‘You Were Never Really Here’, Joaquin Phoenix Gives A Knockout Performance
We need to talk about Lynne Ramsay, I think. The Scottish director behind Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar, and We Need To Talk About Kevin doesn't...
Sundance Review: Daveed Diggs Erupts With Raw Emotion In ‘Blindspotting’
If you're like me and have never taken Daveed Diggs seriously as an actor outside of his Hamilton stage breakthrough, that's about to change...
Review: ‘Phantom Thread’, Paul Thomas Anderson Creates Beauty By Sewing Chaos
While most of the attention on Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread has focused on Daniel Day-Lewis' apparent retirement afterwards, what's most amazing is that...