Movies
Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.
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The Turning review – this so-so ghost movie turns into complete nonsense
The Turning is yet another adaptation of the Henry James novella The Turn of the Screw (none of which I am intimately familiar with, including...
A Sun review – a complex story of fathers and sons
New on Netflix today after enjoying a fair amount of success elsewhere, Chung Mong-Hong’s A Sun (Netflix) is a complex and emotional story of family...
Airplane Mode review – who influences the influencers?
I feel old. And a part of feeling old, as I’ve unenthusiastically discovered recently, is irrationally despising newfangled modern trends. Among those trends are social...
What Did Jack Do? review – a surprise, typically surreal short from David Lynch
Since dropping surreal short films on Netflix is in vogue now, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to see What Did Jack Do? lurking in...
Primal review – a Nick Cage film you can easily enjoy while playing on your phone
Nicolas Cage is the perfect pot luck actor: you can never tell whether the next film of his you watch is going to be outstanding...
Disturbing the Peace review – someone get Guy Pearce’s agent on the phone
Guy Pearce, seemingly in desperate need of a better way to occupy his time, stars in York Alec Shackleton’s small-town actioner Disturbing the Peace as a local...
Troop Zero review: a warm, quirky film about being remembered
Outside of Pixar and other award-winning animation canons, it becomes harder to find a truly great, live-action film rated PG in the 21st century. Most...
‘The Host (2020)’ Review – A Sneakily Watchable Knockoff That Quickly Loses The Plot
I suspect I enjoyed Andy Newbery’s Hitchcockian thriller The Host a bit more than many will, in part because I’m partial to moody Euro-trash and apparently also...
‘A Fall From Grace’ Review – A Hysterically Bad Thriller From Tyler Perry
Through sheer coincidence, I found myself watching Tyler Perry’s A Fall From Grace less than 24 hours after watching Destin Daniel Cretton’s Just Mercy, which is a bit...
‘Live Twice, Love Once’ Review – An Earnest But Uninspiring Spanish Dramedy
First impressions aren’t everything, but a gratingly nonsensical title like Live Twice, Love Once deserves some ire all the same. Unfortunately, the film itself, a laidback and...
Ni No Kuni review – a lifeless video game adaptation
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of video game adaptations on the big or small screen can’t have been holding out much hope for Ni No...
‘Eye for an Eye (2019)’ Review – A Showcase of Spanish Filmmaking Talent and Tension
When I stepped up to review Eye for an Eye, I did so based on the briefest of descriptions and had no idea I was...
‘Women of Mafia 2’ Review – More Silliness, Violence And Sun
Maybe it goes without saying, but watch Kobiety Mafii before you watch Women of Mafia 2. This one follows not long after the first left...
‘Women of Mafia’ Review – Eurotrash Violent Fun
If you like European drama but would prefer it to be more sleazy than artsy, Patryk Vega’s Kobiety Mafii may well satisfy your needs. As...
‘Like a Boss’ Review – Who’s To Blame For This Confused Female-Friendship Comedy?
Let’s not waste anyone’s time here — Like a Boss isn’t a good movie. It’s pandering and derivative, it wastes a good cast on thin archetypes, and...
Underwater review – Kristen Stewart takes a plunge into a Lovecraftian nightmare
William Eubank’s confidently no-nonsense Underwater doesn’t give you time to find your sea legs, and perhaps that’s just as well — paying too much attention to the...
Missing Link review – gorgeous, low-stakes, action-packed fun
When the Golden Globes aired recently in early January, the majority of the categories felt up-in-the-air. Pundits struggled to predict the likes of Best Director,...
Cats Review: A Litter Box of a Mess
I now have a theory that the great play by play man, Jack Buck(I previously attributed it to Vin Scully), wasn’t talking about Kirk Gibson’s...