Reviews

‘Vivo’ review: A pleasant, if conventional, musical comedy should satisfy families

While Lin-Manuel Miranda missed out on his chance to EGOT five years ago (after Moana’s “How Far I’ll Go” lost… Read More

July 29, 2021

‘Stillwater’ review: Tom McCarthy’s latest is a harrowing if uneven drama with Matt Damon’s best performance in years

Unless you were living under a rock, it was hard to forget about the Amanda Knox case. A story in… Read More

July 28, 2021

Retrospective: 20 years later, Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway remain the brightest crown jewels of ‘The Princess Diaries’

“Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi. Princess. Of. Genovia.” Give a woman of a certain age a microphone (and several cocktails—guilty) and… Read More

July 28, 2021

‘Jungle Cruise’ review: Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson can’t save this bloated sinking ship

Back in the early 2000s, it was announced Disney was creating a live action film version of one of their… Read More

July 27, 2021

Retrospective: 5 years later, ‘Shin Godzilla’ is still the beacon of hope we need

The Godzilla franchise is 67 years old. Six decades of a dedicated fan-base that has embraced some of the silliest,… Read More

July 26, 2021

‘The Green Knight’ review: With confident pacing and the marvelous Dev Patel, David Lowery creates a medieval masterpiece

Within the first act of The Green Knight, King Arthur (Sean Harris) asks his nephew Gawain (Dev Patel) to sit… Read More

July 26, 2021

‘Wet Hot American Summer’ at 20: the ‘Nashville’ of absurdist cinema [Retrospective]

Some folks have never seen a Star Wars movie. There are diehard film fans in this world who have still… Read More

July 26, 2021

‘Ted Lasso’ recap: Season two, episode one – “Goodbye Earl”

AFC Richmond and England's most unorthodox Football coach, Ted Lasso, has returned. The first episode of the new season started,… Read More

July 23, 2021

‘Old’ review: M. Night Shyamalan leans into his good and bad tendencies to create his best film in years

An argument can be made that writer/director M. Night Shyamalan is the most polarizing filmmaker working today. Arguments are made… Read More

July 22, 2021

‘Ailey’ review: Well intended and researched, but ultimately reveals little of the most influential Black dancer/choreographer of the 20th century

Jamila Wignot’s Ailey celebrates its subject, the late modern dance iconoclast Alvin Ailey (1931-1989), in his own words and through… Read More

July 20, 2021

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