Our blockbuster drought is over, thanks to a brilliant sequel set on a sweltering desert planet. Thatโs โDune: Part Two,โ the captivating and complex followup to director Denis Villeneuveโs grand...
If youโre on the fence about catching yet another โColor Purpleโ adaptation, I get it.ย Since Alice Walkerโs novel was published in 1982, the world has experienced Steven Spielbergโs Oscar-nominated...
Now that 11 years have passed since โThe Hunger Gamesโ first hit theaters, itโs impossible to spoil these movies anymore.ย So, I can reveal to you without any shame whatsoever that in the fifth...
Depicting one of the most consequential figures in all of European history as a sourpuss clown who crazily rattles off nonsense is a brow-raising choice by Ridley Scott, screenwriter David Scarpa and the...
During the 1980s and โ90s, Meg Ryan was the Queen of Rom Coms.ย She was the luminous star of โWhen Harry Met Sally,โ โYouโve Got Mailโ and โSleepless in Seattle,โ but after experiencing...
Even for Martin Scorsese, a master of turning true stories into hot movies, โKillers of the Flower Moonโ is a high-wire act of filmmaking.ย Its subject is a lot trickier than the rise and fall of...
What a shame that the major controversy surrounding the movie โMaestro,โ the Leonard Bernstein biopic that had its North American premiere Monday night at the New York Film Festival, was over its director-and-star...
On his third try, Kenneth Branagh gets an Agatha Christie movie right. I had mostly given up on the once-heinous mystery series, dragging myself to his new โA Haunting in Veniceโ like I was the poor...
The greatest asset of the movie โOne Life,โ starring Anthony Hopkins, is the harrowing true story itโs based on. You might not immediately recognize the name Sir Nicholas Winton, but you have probably...
Itโs been a banner year for underdog movies about seemingly unremarkable real-life events. The excellent โAirโ and โBlackBerryโ made the genesis of the Air Jordan sneaker and the worldโs first...
Itโs never a good sign when the most rousing part of a movie is the end credits. But thatโs the way it is, in the totally unnecessary โIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,โ where John Williamsโ...
โThe Flashโ made a splash its first night in theaters. DCโs highly anticipated superhero film starring Ezra Miller took in $24.5 million on its opening night Friday, according to IMDBโs Box...
How many more everyday objects can Pixar possibly give googly eyes and mouths to? The answer, as Buzz Lightyear would say, appears to be โto infinity and beyond!โ Because for their new โElemental,โ...
Everybody has known it for ages: Optimus is way past his Prime.ย The first โTransformersโ film in 2007, starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, was frivolous enough; the next four were appalling;...
One piece of advice must have been on repeat inside the heads of the creators of โSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseโ: With great first film comes great responsibility.ย Because the superb sequel...
โKandahar,โ starring Gerard Butler, is the sort of textureless action thriller that sounds like itโs been musically scored by a subwoofer.ย The bass never stops booming as grizzled men frown...
Twenty-two years ago, the โFast & Furiousโ franchise began as a sexy crime-and-cars saga set in LA.ย Ten movies later (not counting spinoffs), the meathead stars of these vacuous slogs look...
The plot of โBook Club: The Next Chapterโ is set in motion by a line I hope to never hear in a fluffy comedy again: โThe travel ban has lifted! And I think we should all go to Italy!โ Great...
You wonโt find a wisecracking Matthew McConaughey smoking a joint in Guy Ritchieโs new movie โThe Covenant.โ The prolific British director has, for the moment, left behind quirky crime and...
In the vast pantheon of demonic possession films, โThe Popeโs Exorcistโ gives audiences something entirely new: Russell Crowe doing a ludicrous Italian accent.ย From the moment we first see hearty...
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