‘A Quiet Place Part II’ review: Krasinski echoes the minimalist horror of ‘Part 1’ with maximum impact
After a slew of less-than-successful indie films, John Krasinski found his stride as a successful blockbuster director with A Quiet Place in 2018, mainly because... Read More
Film Reviews
‘Cruella’ review: Emma Stone’s punk rock princess makes for one of the best Disney live action films in years
No matter how much independent film flourished in 2020, which was one of the few positive things that came out of the pandemic, we all... Read More
‘Moulin Rouge!’ retrospective: 20 years later we still haven’t stopped feeling Truth, Beauty, Freedom, and above all things, Love
“So she has to sleep in the same bed as someone else for a night, what’s the big deal?” Such was my chief frustration with... Read More
‘The Woman in the Window’ review: a new camp classic is born and that’s a good thing
Whether or not director Joe Wright was intending to make a camp classic with his new film, The Woman in the Window, is unclear, but the result certainly is. The Netflix film,... Read More
‘The Djinn’ review: Little Boy Boos
Although there are about fifty Dracula movies in development right now it does seem to me as if the horror movie makers have done some rummaging about... Read More
‘Oxygen’ review: A tight thriller full of reveals that will leave you breathless
And some folks would say Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt in Passengers had it rough! In Oxygen, our lead Elizabeth (Mélanie Laurent) will encounter more... Read More
‘Army of the Dead’ review: Its snark is worse than its bite
Army of the Dead is fine enough and delivers on its promise. Whether that makes Zack Snyder’s latest project a good movie, though, is certainly... Read More
‘The Killing of Two Lovers’ review: Clayne Crawford and Sepideh Moafi are remarkable in Robert Machoian’s satisfying psychological thriller
Nothing comes as expected in The Killing of Two Lovers, the new film from writer/director Robert Machoian (God Bless the Child). That includes the title,... Read More
‘Wrath of Man’ review: Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie are back to their old action flick tricks
It’s been 23 years since Guy Ritchie helped launch Jason Statham as a reliable action-thriller star in 1998 with Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.... Read More
New Directors/New Films Festival review: In ‘Short Vacation,’ the end of the world is just the beginning
If you knew that the number of photos you could take on your phone on any given day was limited, and that instead of deleting... Read More
The Oscars Set March Dates for 99th and 100th Academy Awards 
Critics Choice Celebration of LGBTQ+ Cinema & Television Honorees: Hannah Einbinder, Dan Levy, Bre-Z, ‘Heated Rivalry’ Creator Jacob Tierney and More 
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