Review: ‘Saltburn’Emerald Fennell's Stylish, Kinky Aristocratic Thriller Ensares You In Its Web
If Cruel Intentions and Brideshead Revisited were burned to ashes then laced with acid and smoked, you’d get the sensation of Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman follow-up, Saltburn. A constantly-shocking look...
Review: ‘Monster’Hirokazu Kore-eda's Intriguing Mother-Son Mystery And Sweet Coming-Of-Age Tale Demands You Keep An...
If there's a universal truth about the films of Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, it's that nothing is ever quite as it seems. The complicated...
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...
Review: ‘Napoleon’Joaquin Phoenix Commands Laughter In Ridley Scott's Brutally Uneven Historical Biopic
There seems to be a movement by filmmakers of a certain vintage to reintroduce the classic Hollywood epic, historical biopics (always about powerful, flawed...
Review: ‘Dream Scenario’Nicolas Cage Is On Everyone's Minds In A Strange, Nightmare Dark Comedy
The funny thing about Nicolas Cage is that at this stage of his career, after many strange, off-the-wall performances in bizarre movies, he’s kinda...
Review: ‘Thanksgiving’Eli Roth Serves Up A Gory New Turkey Day Cult Classic
Wedged unfortunately between Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving always gets the short end of the holiday movie stick. Eli Roth has long sought to change...
Review: ‘Next Goal Wins’Taika Waititi's Silly, Good-Hearted Soccer Comedy Scores When It Counts
Taika Waititi's unique brand of humor has elevated him from relative obscurity to directing a pair of hit Marvel films, becoming a popular favorite...
Review: ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes’Villain Who Doesn't Need An...
Of all the cheap, lazy ways to keep a franchise going, the most aggravating is the villain origin story. For one thing, a good...
Review: ‘Trolls Band Together’Trolls Go Boy Band Crazy In Another Joyous, Kooky Pop Music-Charged...
I've been asked a lot in recent weeks why I love the Trolls franchise so much. The reasons are pretty simple, actually. Beyond the fact that...
Review: ‘The Marvels’Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, And Iman Vellani Go Intergalactic In Marvel's Unexpectedly...
The Marvels arrives with everyone pretty much already having written it off. Ostensibly the sequel to 2019's $1.1B-grossing Captain Marvel, the film arrives with Marvel knocked...