Review: ‘Better Man’Dazzling Robbie Williams Biopic Doesn't Need Silly Chimpanzee Gimmick
Similar to Pharrell's novel music biopic Piece by Piece, filmmakers are at least trying to do something different with the well-worn genre. Nobody needs...
Review: ‘Babygirl’Nicole Kidman Succumbs To Carnal Desire In Halina Reijn's Workplace Erotic Thriller
You expect anyone with a name like "Romy" to be a person of some privilege, and it's true in the case of Nicole Kidman's...
Review: ‘The Fire Inside’Ryan Destiny And Brian Tyree Henry Deliver Knockout Performances In Rachel...
In my recent interview with Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison (the first female ever nominated in that category), we talked about the many influences leading...
Review: ‘A Complete Unknown’An Enigmatic Timothée Chalamet Powers James Mangold's Electric Bob Dylan Biopic
There's a great contradiction within Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan in James Mangold's entertaining folk music drama, A Complete Unknown. Here's Dylan, looking like a...
Review: ‘Nosferatu’Robert Eggers' Erotic, Immaculately Crafted Vampire Film Reimagines A Horror Classic
There are a handful of horror directors who have successfully made the leap from indie darlings to mainstream success and Robert Eggers is top...
Review: ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’SEGA's Just Making Dragonball Z Movies With Their Speedy Blue...
Okay, SEGA. You can be honest with us. You're not making Sonic the Hedgehog movies, are you? These are undercover Dragonball Z movies that...
Review: ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’Barry Jenkins' Roaring Tale Of Sibling Rivalry Is Frustrated By...
We're fortunate to have two movies by the great Barry Jenkins in the span of a week. Boxing drama The Fire Inside, the tremendous...
Review: ‘The Room Next Door’Julianne Moore And Tilda Swinton Struggle Through Pedro Almodóvar's Clumsy...
With his English-language debut The Room Next Door, Pedro Almodóvar steps fully into the next phase of his distinguished career. The Spanish provocateur has...
Review: ‘Carry-On’Taron Egerton And Jason Bateman Square Off In Netflix's Tense, Action-Packed Holiday Thriller
During the opening minutes of Netflix's new thriller Carry-On, I jokingly posted on social media "A new Christmas classic?", fully expecting to forget the film...
Review: ‘Dirty Angels’Eva Green, Ruby Rose, And Maria Bakalova Go To War In Martin...
We really should be putting more respect on Martin Campbell's name. While he's not the only 80+ year-old director still plugging away in Hollywood,...