Karen Peterson

‘The Alto Knights’ Review: But They’re Gangsters, Identical Gangsters All the Way [C]

Gangster films have been a staple of cinema since the earliest days and over the last fifty years, few actors are… Read More

March 19, 2025

‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 Review: Showtime’s Buzziest Series Still Stings [B]

It has been two years since the shocking season finale that left one of our favorite Yellowjackets dead and another… Read More

February 14, 2025

‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: James Griffiths’s Oddball Charmer Has a Song in its Heart [A] – Sundance Film Festival

There is something satisfying and sweet about watching a diva navigate uncomfortable circumstances that slowly melt their icy heart. This… Read More

January 30, 2025

‘The Wedding Banquet’ Review: Andrew Ahn Finds Fun and Heart in Frothy Reboot of the Gay Classic [B+] – Sundance Film Festival

It’s hard to remake a film that means so much to people, but Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet is a… Read More

January 29, 2025

‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Spins a Tantalizing Web but Tonatiuh is a Star in the Making [B] – Sundance Film Festival

Amid the recent surge of big screen musicals, Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) returns to the director’s chair with a new adaptation… Read More

January 28, 2025

‘Rebuilding’ Review: Josh O’Connor Quietly Stuns in Max Walker-Silverman’s Solemn but Hopeful Second Feature [A] – Sundance Film Festival

“It’s funny, the things you pack and the things you leave,” says Dusty (Josh O’Connor) to a friend in the… Read More

January 28, 2025

‘Omaha’ Review: John Margaro Will Break Your Heart as a Widowed Dad in Nuanced Family Drama [A] – Sundance Film Festival

One of the most quietly devastating films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is also one of the festival’s sleeper… Read More

January 25, 2025

‘Wolf Man’ Review: Christopher Abbott Takes a Lycan for Flesh in Leigh Whannell’s Thrilling and Thoughtful Monster Movie [A-]

There have been many versions of werewolf movies over the past century, but it has been a long time since… Read More

January 15, 2025

Interview: ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham on Bringing Back Two of Animation’s Most Beloved Characters [VIDEO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pveuW8e5TmE More than 30 years ago, Nick Park introduced the world to an affable and eccentric inventor named Wallace and… Read More

December 20, 2024

‘Wicked’ Review: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Will Sweep You Off Your Feet in Jon M. Chu’s High-Flying Musical Feast

The Wicked Witch of the West was an icon of cinematic villainy for decades before Gregory Maguire’s 1995 revisionary novel… Read More

November 19, 2024

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