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Review: ‘Sorry To Bother You’, Lakeith Stanfield Sells Out In Boots Riley’s Merciless &...

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*NOTE: This is an edited reprint of my review from the Sundance Film Festival.* If you know the name Boots Riley then you know his...

Review: ‘Hearts Beat Loud’, Nick Offerman And Kiersey Clemons Jam Out In An Infectious...

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It's "jam sesh time" urges Nick Offerman's Frank in Brett Haley's sweet, low-key dramedy Hearts Beat Loud, one of the most popular films to...

Review: ‘Ocean’s 8’, Sandra Bullock And Co. Pull Off An Entertaining Heist With Few...

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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

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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

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"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

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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: ‘Kickboxer: Retaliation’, Throwback Action In A Dynamite Sequel

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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

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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’

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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

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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...