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: ‘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...
Review: ‘Paddington 2’, A Good-Natured Sequel That’s Sweeter Than Marmalade
Can we have every year start off with a Paddington movie? The world would be a much nicer place, I think. In early 2015,...
Review: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, The Saga Soars Into Uncharted Territory
"This is not going to go the way you think", warns Luke Skywalker at one critical point in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and...