Film Reviews

‘Stress Positions’ Review: Pandemic-Era Disaster Gays Provide More Cringe Than Comedy | Sundance 2024

Stress Positions, the first feature from writer-director-actor-composer-editor Theda Hammel, isn’t concerned about being likable. The setting — New York City… Read More

January 18, 2024

‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: Jaymes Samuel’s Personal Jesus Needs to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff

The Book of Clarence is British writer and director Jaymes Samuel’s third feature film and first departure from Westerns after… Read More

January 12, 2024

‘Mean Girls’ Review: Reneé Rapp Shines but this Plastic is not Fantastic

“What’s wrong with me?” sings Gretchen Wieners (Bebe Wood) about 30 minutes into Mean Girls, the new film adaptation of… Read More

January 11, 2024

‘The Beekeeper’ Review: David Ayer’s Latest is Not Buzz-Worthy

The roller coaster career of David Ayer, from hot screenwriter to exciting stylist to perceived Hollywood hack after his latest… Read More

January 10, 2024

‘All of Us Strangers’ Review: Andrew Haigh Devastates with a Masterful Story of Love and Loss in the Best Film of the Year

“Is this real?” The connections to our past can be tenuous, where we lose grasp of even simple memories or… Read More

December 22, 2023

‘The Color Purple’ Review: Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson are Electric but the Film Can’t Break Free from the Stage

Adapting a stage musical for the screen has tripped up a fair share of filmmakers in the past. Hew too… Read More

December 19, 2023

‘The Boys in the Boat’ Review: True Tale Of Resilient Rowers Finds Heart In Traditional Sports Drama

Ask anyone about the 1936 Olympics and they’ll likely reference Jesse Owens as one of the greatest athletes of all… Read More

December 15, 2023

‘The Iron Claw’ Review: Zac Efron Shines Center Ring in Sean Durkin’s Devastating Portrait of Wrestling Royalty

The world of wrestling is one of artifice and performance. It is also one of physical sacrifice and passion. In… Read More

December 12, 2023

‘Wonka’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Spins Musical Magic in Paul King’s Semi-Sweet Confection

I’ve long since wanted Lil Timmy Tim, the theater kid from LaGuardia High School, to really find his way into… Read More

December 4, 2023

‘Godzilla Minus One’ Review: Long Live the King of Monsters

There is no fictional character whose resume can match the King of the Monsters. Over the course of 70 years… Read More

November 22, 2023

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