Review: ‘The Book Of Clarence’LaKeith Stanfield Is A Phony Messiah In Jeymes Samuel's Funny...
With his electric directorial debut, The Harder They Fall, musician and filmmaker Jeymes Samuel delivered one of the most entertaining Westerns in recent memory....
Review: ‘My Spy’Dave Bautista Lets His Guard Down In A Formulaic But Amusing Action-Comedy...
If you're a muscle-bound guy who either looks like an ex-professional wrestler or actually IS an ex-professional wrestler, then your path to stardom passes...
Sundance Review: ‘Rob Peace’Chiwetel Ejiofor's Moving, Tragic Biopic Features A Star-Making Turn By Jay...
We've heard stories of people like Rob Peace before, and they never get any easier. An exceptionally smart Black man with a knack for...
Review: ‘The Tax Collector’Bobby Soto And Shia LaBeouf Bring Murder And Madness In David...
Trust me. I get it. I honestly do. David Ayer's gritty street films are culturally insensitive, crazy violent, and thin on plot. As someone...
Review: ‘Body Brokers’Michael K. Williams, Frank Grillo, And Jack Kilmer Lead An Unfocused But...
There are a number of movies about the current drug crisis, told in the context of the failed war on drugs. It's amazing to...
Review: ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’Diverse Casting And Linda Hamilton's Return Spark The Franchise's Explosive Comeback
The Terminator franchise has not been a well-oiled machine in quite sometime, although I don't count myself in the camp of those who feel...
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...
Review: ‘Rebel Moon-Part Two: The Scargiver’A Streamlined Story And More Impressive Battles Are A...
Those telling you Rebel Moon-Part Two: The Scargiver is some kind of culmination of the epic space opera Zack Snyder is trying to tell,...
Sundance Review: ‘On The Count Of Three’Jerrod Carmichael And Christopher Abbott Lead An Unexpectedly...
Remember The Jerrod Carmichael Show? The stand-up comedian was always an odd fit for a traditional sitcom. His humor lends itself to rather dark...
Review: ‘Maestro’Bradley Cooper Commits Everything In Heart-Swelling, Flawed Leonard Bernstein Biopic
Are movies about flawed musical conductors the critical equivalent of studio blockbusters about dinosaurs? Following last year's Tár which starred Cate Blanchett as a conductor...