Review: ‘The Lovebirds’Kumail Nanjiani And Issa Rae Bring The Funny In Netflix's Formulaic Breakup...
First off, I want to live in a world where Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae are a real-life couple. Can that happen? These two...
Review: ‘Military Wives’Kristin Scott Thomas Raises Her Voice But Not The Laughs In Feel-Good...
Those looking for a pick-me-up of the whimsical British variety may get some of what they're looking for in Military Wives. The sing-a-long dramedy...
Review: ‘The High Note’Tracee Ellis Ross And Dakota Johnson Vibe In Feel-Good Music World...
Comparisons to The Devil Wears Prada will come easily for Nisha Ganatra's music-industry comedy The High Note. But with its less-devilish, just as high-maintenance...
Review: ‘The Vast Of Night’Retro Alien Invasion Film Buzzes With Suspenseful Energy
Andrew Patterson's delightfully weird, atmospheric The Vast of Night plays like somebody trapped within The Twilight Zone watching an episode of The X-Files. Set...
Review: ‘Judy & Punch’Mia Wasikowska Is A Puppeteer On A Quest For Vengeance In...
Similar to this year's Grimm horror Gretel & Hansel, the swapping of titular names in Judy & Punch speaks to the film's divergent central...
Review: ‘Shirley’Elisabeth Moss Uses A Toxic Friendship To Fuel Her Creative Genius
*NOTE: This review was originally run during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.*
A traditional biopic from Josephine Decker, the filmmaker whose Madeline's Madeline is one...
‘Snowpiercer’ Season 1 Review: Rebellion Fuels A Much-Needed Course Correction
A few weeks ago I booked passage on the first episode of TNT's long-troubled, oft-delayed Snowpiercer. Thinking it would be a disaster straight out...
Review: ‘The King Of Staten Island’Pete Davidson Grows Up In Judd Apatow's Best Comedy...
In The King of Staten Island, Pete Davidson plays an irresponsible manchild with few prospects, fewer social graces, and yet everybody seems to love...
Review: ‘Da 5 Bloods’Spike Lee's Timely, Compelling War Film Explores The Legacy Of Race...
There was a stretch when Spike Lee seemed to have lost his voice. During that time he became, what I feel, was a very...
Review: ‘Artemis Fowl’Disney Gives The Kid Supervillain A Bland Makeover
Fans who have waited two decades for an adaptation of Eoin Colfer's YA fantasy novel, Artemis Fowl, are going to have mixed emotions over...