Reviews

‘Renfield’ review: Nicolas Cage’s Dracula is toxic and Nicholas Hoult is slippin’ under

Robert Montague Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) is having a tough time. He was lured by the immortal vampire Count Dracula (Nicolas… Read More

April 12, 2023

‘Barry’ season 4 review: HBO’s hit comedy-drama goes even darker and deeper in a cathartic, uproariously wild final season

In the opening moments of the fourth and final season of Barry, we are introduced to a vast, silent landscape,… Read More

April 11, 2023

‘Beau Is Afraid’ review: Joaquin Phoenix goes to hell in Ari Aster’s horrifying, hilarious Freudian odyssey

The first time a mother and son are separated from each other is painful yet inevitable. While childbirth is frequently… Read More

April 10, 2023

Retro Review: ‘Donnie Darko’ (2001)

It's hard to nail down Donnie Darko as it succeeds on so many levels. It's a science fiction coming-of-age tale,… Read More

April 7, 2023

‘Blindspotting’ season 2 review: Reality and imagination collide in a thoughtful probe of family, race, and the prison system

The decision to take the 2018 Sundance hit Blindspotting and spin off a supporting character into her own TV series,… Read More

April 5, 2023

‘The Super Mario Bros Movie’ review: The video game tries to level up on the big screen, but in the end turns into a big bob-omb

Despite how often critics rail against the practice, there’s nothing inherently wrong with making a film adapting a piece of… Read More

April 4, 2023

‘Succession’ season 4 review: The stakes are high as the end of the riveting, Emmy-winning Shakespearean saga draws nigh

The rubble has barely settled on a house ever divided as the eagerly-awaited fourth, and final, season of Succession begins.… Read More

March 22, 2023

‘Joy Ride’ review: Adele Lim’s hilariously raunchy and sex-positive Asian diaspora comedy pushes buttons and boundaries | SXSW

Joy Ride begins with relaxing music and shots of white people enjoying the outdoors at a town called White Hills.… Read More

March 18, 2023

‘Wild Life’ review: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin explore love and conservationism in effective climate change doc | SXSW

People have been sounding the alarm for years on climate change, and it’s often hard to figure out what to… Read More

March 17, 2023

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