Review: ‘The Outfit’Mark Rylance Plays A Cunning Game In Graham Moore's Perfectly-Tailored Mob Thriller
Just as it's the clothes that make the man, the script is definitely what makes a movie. Graham Moore's feature directing debut, The Outfit,...
‘Snowpiercer’ Season 1 Review: Rebellion Fuels A Much-Needed Course Correction
A few weeks ago I booked passage on the first episode of TNT's long-troubled, oft-delayed Snowpiercer. Thinking it would be a disaster straight out...
Review: ‘Bad Boys For Life’ Wants To Be The Next ‘Fast & Furious’, And...
"Bad Boys Bad Boys, whatcha gonna do?"
Here's an idea, let's make Bad Boys into the next Fast & Furious.
That seems to be the mandate...
Review: ‘The King Of Staten Island’Pete Davidson Grows Up In Judd Apatow's Best Comedy...
In The King of Staten Island, Pete Davidson plays an irresponsible manchild with few prospects, fewer social graces, and yet everybody seems to love...
Review: ‘Emergency’A Funny, Uneven, Scary Campus Satire Mixes Laughs With Racial Commentary
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our 2022 Sundance Film Festival coverage.*
On the surface, Carey Williams’ intense college comedy Emergency looks like it traffics in...
Review: ‘Cliff Walkers’Zhang Yimou's First Spy Thriller Is A Chilly, High-Wire Act Too Exciting...
Zhang Yimou will perhaps always be known for his colorful wuxia martial arts films, such as House of Flying Daggers, Hero, and 2018's double-identity film Shadow. It's...
Review: ‘Greyhound’Tom Hanks' Admirable, Tense Naval Thriller Refuses To Dive Beneath The Surface
It doesn't matter whether he's on the battlefield, on teaching children as Mr. Rogers, sailing the high seas in Captain Phillips, or commanding a...
Review: ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’LeBron James And Bugs Bunny Take The Court For...
What is it that you really remember about Space Jam in 1996? For me, it's not a Hell of a lot. I remember His...
Review: ‘Belle’Mamoru Hosoda's High-Tech 'Beauty And The Beast' Is A Visual Stunner That Lacks...
Acclaimed animation filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda returns to a pet theme, the duality within each of us, in his breathtaking new film, Belle. Dazzling visually...
Review: ‘Pompo The Cinephile’Sweet And Chaotic Anime Celebrates The Joy Of Filmmaking
I love everything about Pompo the Cinephile. The anime adaptation of Shogu Sugitani’s manga is an exuberant, frenzied celebration of all-things filmmaking. And while it's...