Atlas
Atlas, the new Netflix original starring Jennifer Lopez, is a mixed bag. With a strong cast and solid technical achievements, the bones are there to have something special. Yet, uninspired [...]
The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie, the most recent adaptation of Jim Davis’s legendary feline, is not the most traditional version of this story or characters yet, in many ways, it just feels [...]
Hit Man
Maverick filmmaker Richard Linklater returns to live-action after his overlooked retro-animated Apollo 10 1/2 with Hit Man, a cleverly scripted romantic action comedy that is highly enjoyable with a charismatic [...]
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
In the nine years since its release, Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller's return to his iconic post-apocalyptic Wasteland, has become this titan of the film world. A film plagued [...]
Back to Black
Back to Black, the new film about the life and career of the late singer, Amy Winehouse, is, like too many biographical pictures, a mostly disappointing work. This is not [...]
Babes
One of the most refreshing things you realize about Babes is the humor and wit sprinkled with tropes of a buddy movie and cleverly crude humor on relationships, sex, and [...]
A Prince
Using a cast almost entirely comprised of non-professional actors, aside from the well-regarded French legends who provide the narration, the director, Pierre Creton, has created a work that is unlikely to find a large audience but which is worth sitting down to see.
I Saw the TV Glow
Far more surrealist and avant-garde in approach than horror, Jane Schoenbrun's sophomore feature, I Saw the TV Glow, is, for better or for worse, going to defy the audience's expectations. [...]
The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Strangers: Chapter 1 is a painfully tame retread of the bleak 2008 original.
IF
The concept of the childhood imaginary friend hasn’t been deeply explored in film, but there are some examples. From the dark comedy Drop Dead Fred, to horror films like Pin, May, and this [...]