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'Opus' Review: A Celebrity Cult Thriller Full of Sour Notes

Feb 24, 2025

'Opus' Review: A Celebrity Cult Thriller Full of Sour Notes

Feb 24, 2025

Not even Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich can save this "We have Get Out and The Menu at home" misfire.

Feb 24, 2025

'Atropia' Review: Military Satire Has Wit and Romance, but Not Much Else | Sundance 2025

Feb 19, 2025

'Atropia' Review: Military Satire Has Wit and Romance, but Not Much Else | Sundance 2025

Feb 19, 2025

Barely a movie, more of a backdoor pilot for an FX series that would have aired in 2009.

Feb 19, 2025

'Paddington in Peru' Review: Paddington's Threequel is a Charming Adventure, but Lacks That Paul King Touch

Feb 14, 2025

'Paddington in Peru' Review: Paddington's Threequel is a Charming Adventure, but Lacks That Paul King Touch

Feb 14, 2025

Britain’s politest bear is back when it feels like the world needs him most.

Feb 14, 2025

‘Captain America: Brave New World' Review: Sam Wilson Gets Shafted in the MCU's Hulk-sized Desperate Attempt for Relevancy

Feb 13, 2025

‘Captain America: Brave New World' Review: Sam Wilson Gets Shafted in the MCU's Hulk-sized Desperate Attempt for Relevancy

Feb 13, 2025

Oops, all Incredible Hulk sequels!

Feb 13, 2025

'Omaha' Review: Shattering Road Trip Family Portrait is in Need of Substantial Character | Sundance 2025

Feb 12, 2025

'Omaha' Review: Shattering Road Trip Family Portrait is in Need of Substantial Character | Sundance 2025

Feb 12, 2025

I mean, I cried, but felt manipulated to do so.

Feb 12, 2025

'By Design' Review: Juliette Lewis Shines as a Chair in Esoteric Feminist Take on the Body Swap Formula | Sundance 2025

Feb 11, 2025

'By Design' Review: Juliette Lewis Shines as a Chair in Esoteric Feminist Take on the Body Swap Formula | Sundance 2025

Feb 11, 2025

Only Amanda Kramer could make me believe that being inanimate feels more exciting than being alive.

Feb 11, 2025

'Love Hurts' Review: Ke Huy Quan Deserves a Better Star Vehicle Than This

Feb 7, 2025

'Love Hurts' Review: Ke Huy Quan Deserves a Better Star Vehicle Than This

Feb 7, 2025

Not so painful as early-year slop goes, but nothing to get doe-eyed over.

Feb 7, 2025

‘Oh, Hi!’ Review: Molly Gordon Puts Logan Lerman Through Misery in Sophie Brooks' Dark, Saucy Situationship Rom-com | Sundance 2025

Feb 2, 2025

‘Oh, Hi!’ Review: Molly Gordon Puts Logan Lerman Through Misery in Sophie Brooks' Dark, Saucy Situationship Rom-com | Sundance 2025

Feb 2, 2025

Now to watch every girl trick their situationship in a cabin in the woods and leave them chained. As they should.

Feb 2, 2025

‘Magic Farm’ Review: Amalia Ulman's Stylish, Witty Satire Sees American Journalists Stranded in Argentina | Sundance 2025

Feb 2, 2025

‘Magic Farm’ Review: Amalia Ulman's Stylish, Witty Satire Sees American Journalists Stranded in Argentina | Sundance 2025

Feb 2, 2025

Like a long episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia if the gang were millennials.

Feb 2, 2025

'Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)’ Review: Sincere Anthology Flick Hoists a Strong Debut For Sierra Falconer | Sundance 2025

Feb 1, 2025

'Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)’ Review: Sincere Anthology Flick Hoists a Strong Debut For Sierra Falconer | Sundance 2025

Feb 1, 2025

This was so sweet, I wish Michigan were real.

Feb 1, 2025

'One of Them Days' Review: Keke Palmer and SZA Rebirths the Cozy Mid-Budget Studio Buddy Comedy

Jan 20, 2025

'One of Them Days' Review: Keke Palmer and SZA Rebirths the Cozy Mid-Budget Studio Buddy Comedy

Jan 20, 2025

A delightful, cozy buddy comedy caper with the right amount of raunch and heart.

Jan 20, 2025

‘Babygirl’ Review: Nicole Kidman Comes to a Place of Magic in Halina Reijn's Smart Erotic Dramedy

Dec 29, 2024

‘Babygirl’ Review: Nicole Kidman Comes to a Place of Magic in Halina Reijn's Smart Erotic Dramedy

Dec 29, 2024

A horny holiday joy.

Dec 29, 2024

‘A Complete Unknown‘ Review: Timothée Chalamet Rocks in Rather Restrained Bob Dylan Biopic

Dec 29, 2024

‘A Complete Unknown‘ Review: Timothée Chalamet Rocks in Rather Restrained Bob Dylan Biopic

Dec 29, 2024

Adheres to the conformity of the music biopic format in all its Wikipedia-page-turned-screenplay characteristics.

Dec 29, 2024

'Mufasa: The Lion King' Review: Photorealistic Lion King Prequel Contains a Minor Roar

Dec 22, 2024

'Mufasa: The Lion King' Review: Photorealistic Lion King Prequel Contains a Minor Roar

Dec 22, 2024

I’m glad Barry Jenkins got his bag, though.

Dec 22, 2024

'Sonic The Hedgehog 3' Review: The Blue Blur's Best Movie Yet

Dec 21, 2024

'Sonic The Hedgehog 3' Review: The Blue Blur's Best Movie Yet

Dec 21, 2024

Works as a superb adaptation of Sonic Adventure 2 and the most refined Sonic film installment to date.

Dec 21, 2024

‘September 5’ Review: Newsroom Thriller About the Munich Massacre is Well Made Yet Ill-Timed

Dec 14, 2024

‘September 5’ Review: Newsroom Thriller About the Munich Massacre is Well Made Yet Ill-Timed

Dec 14, 2024

September 5 is so wrapped up in trying to be apolitical with this pivotal moment in media journalism history that it forgot to instill humanity or a moral compass.

Dec 14, 2024

‘Kraven the Hunter’ Review: Lame Spidey Spin-off Can’t Hunt Enough to Justify its Existence

Dec 13, 2024

‘Kraven the Hunter’ Review: Lame Spidey Spin-off Can’t Hunt Enough to Justify its Existence

Dec 13, 2024

So long Sony Marvel Universe, don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Dec 13, 2024

'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' Review: A War It Was, Indeed

Dec 10, 2024

'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' Review: A War It Was, Indeed

Dec 10, 2024

The War of the Rohirrim, proves that Middle Earth is gorgeous in all mediums, even though it's bottled in a rather underwhelming tale.

Dec 10, 2024

'Queer' Review: Guadagnino Explores Esotericism With a Poignant, Homoerotic Portrait of Relationships

Dec 9, 2024

'Queer' Review: Guadagnino Explores Esotericism With a Poignant, Homoerotic Portrait of Relationships

Dec 9, 2024

Artistic approach aside, I find Queer to be Guadagnino's most inventive and confident work to date.

Dec 9, 2024

'The Last Showgirl' Review: A Poignant American Portrait of the Overlooked Vegas Working-class

Dec 3, 2024

'The Last Showgirl' Review: A Poignant American Portrait of the Overlooked Vegas Working-class

Dec 3, 2024

This is a role we have never seen Pamela Anderson in before, and she is razzle-dazzling throughout.

Dec 3, 2024

'Wicked' Review: Long-Awaited Adaptation Defies Expectations

Nov 24, 2024

'Wicked' Review: Long-Awaited Adaptation Defies Expectations

Nov 24, 2024

And they were r-whoaoaoaoaaaaoooooo-mates.

Nov 24, 2024

'Vermiglio' Review: A Visually Mesmerizing and Powerfully Potent Historical Family Drama

Nov 18, 2024

'Vermiglio' Review: A Visually Mesmerizing and Powerfully Potent Historical Family Drama

Nov 18, 2024

What if I told you that one of the year’s finest dramas takes place in a remote Italian mountain town set in 1944?

Nov 18, 2024

'Red One' Review: A Lump of Coal Would’ve Been Better Than this Dreadful Christmas Comedy

Nov 16, 2024

'Red One' Review: A Lump of Coal Would’ve Been Better Than this Dreadful Christmas Comedy

Nov 16, 2024

an overpriced dreck of a Christmas movie devoid of Yuletide cheer.

Nov 16, 2024

‘My Old Ass’ Review: A Delightful Coming-of-age and Coming-out-as-bi Comedy

Nov 8, 2024

‘My Old Ass’ Review: A Delightful Coming-of-age and Coming-out-as-bi Comedy

Nov 8, 2024

Megan Park is two for two with a strong and resonant flick about reconciling with your younger self.

Nov 8, 2024

'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' Review: Aardman Delivers Another Smashing Wallace & Gromit Classic

Oct 31, 2024

'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' Review: Aardman Delivers Another Smashing Wallace & Gromit Classic

Oct 31, 2024

Wallace & Gromit. They are Britain's finest export right next to Paddington Bear.

Oct 31, 2024

'Venom: The Last Dance’ Review: SymBrock Face their Curtain Call in Another Typical Sony/Marvel Mess

Oct 28, 2024

'Venom: The Last Dance’ Review: SymBrock Face their Curtain Call in Another Typical Sony/Marvel Mess

Oct 28, 2024

A mediocre finale to a rather lackluster superhero trilogy.

Oct 28, 2024

'Flow Review: Gints Zilbalodis’ Animated Animal Adventure Flick is a Refreshing, Near-Meow-ster Piece

Oct 23, 2024

'Flow Review: Gints Zilbalodis’ Animated Animal Adventure Flick is a Refreshing, Near-Meow-ster Piece

Oct 23, 2024

Like ‘Homeward Bound’ in a biblical sense, but with no dialogue and GameCube-era cel-shaded textures.

Oct 23, 2024

'Anora' Review: Mikey Madison Slays as a Sex-Worker Who Pulls Herself up by the Stilettos

Oct 21, 2024

'Anora' Review: Mikey Madison Slays as a Sex-Worker Who Pulls Herself up by the Stilettos

Oct 21, 2024

Sean Baker's Anora is a remarkable portrait of the American dreamers and go-getters of the Gen-Z kind.

Oct 21, 2024

‘Oh, Canada’ Review: Paul Schrader Dissects an Dying Director's Mortality in Soulful, Reflective Drama

Oct 11, 2024

‘Oh, Canada’ Review: Paul Schrader Dissects an Dying Director's Mortality in Soulful, Reflective Drama

Oct 11, 2024

NYFF 2024: A soulful look at the mortality of man, and the finest Paul Schrader has been in years.

Oct 11, 2024

‘Pavements’ Review: Alex Ross Perry Blends Fact, Fiction, and Trolling with Hilarious Experimental Music-Doc

Oct 8, 2024

‘Pavements’ Review: Alex Ross Perry Blends Fact, Fiction, and Trolling with Hilarious Experimental Music-Doc

Oct 8, 2024

Perry achieves the ultimate feat of having one's cake and eating it too.