‘Candyman’ review: Nia DaCosta’s entertaining exploration of Black mythology ends up a little bittersweet
Trauma in any form is devastating to the human psyche. It can take years, an entire lifetime to process and cope with, or to even... Read More
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25 years later, the radical queerness of ‘A Very Brady Sequel’ lives on
We’re living in an IP hellscape. Superheroes dominate the box office, Disney shamelessly mimeographs their earlier animated offerings, and (although I turned it off an... Read More
‘What We Do in the Shadows’ Season 3 review: The Emmy-nominated series remains a blood-thirsty spectacle of fun and outrageousness
What We Do in the Shadows, a comedy about three vampire studs and their adventures created by Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi in 2014, was... Read More
‘The Night House’ review: Rebecca Hall is tremendous in David Bruckner’s tense, twisty horror thriller
When will the world finally wake up and recognize the wondrous talents of Rebecca Hall? Not only has the actress conquered nearly every genre, from... Read More
‘What If?’ review: A marvelously mixed bag of multiverse mischief
Hot on the heels of WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki, Marvel and Disney+ have returned with their latest collaboration, Marvel’s What If?... Read More
‘Respect’ review: Jennifer Hudson honors Aretha Franklin and belts out another Oscar-worthy performance
Liesl Tommy’s Respect opens in Detroit, in the home where Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) lived for much of her childhood. It is 1952, and “Re,” the family’s sobriquet... Read More
‘Free Guy’ review: Ryan Reynolds is one ready player but video game film treads overly familiar territory
The Deadpool star brings his deadpan shtick but is often overshadowed by his winning co-stars Leave it to Disney to make a movie about existential... Read More
‘The Suicide Squad’ review: A gory, gut-punching (and eating), magnificent rollercoaster of madness
The opening sequence of James Gunn’s new film, The Suicide Squad, immediately seizes the audience’s attention. The Guardians of the Galaxy director skips the usually slow and steadyintroduction. Instead, he throws us... Read More
From ‘Man of Steel’ to ‘The Suicide Squad,’ all DCEU movies ranked
To say that the DCEU has experienced some growing pains since its inception in 2013 with the release of Man of Steel would be the understatement of... Read More
‘Ted Lasso’ recap: Season 2, episode 2 -“Lavender”
While everyone certainly welcomed Ted Lasso back into our lives last week, it appears that this week the writers have given fans much to process... Read More
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