Holmes and Watson Review: Step Brothers duo fail to recreate magic

Early in the careers of Will Farrell and John C. Reilly, the duo found comedic success when paired together. Since their last outing in 2008’s Step Brothers, the actors have also been able find success as individuals, both stretching their…

Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 Is Only Slightly Better Than Flickbait

In true Disney fashion, Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 aims to capture the attention of a wide audience by invoking wonder through wonderful characters. But like the clumsy, overstuffed title implies, the continued adventures of Ralph and Vanellope…

The Sisters Brothers Movie Review: An uneven but often engaging take on deconstructing the Western

In the same scheme in which Jacques Audiard’s Palm d’Or-winning migrant drama Dheepan metamorphizes into a hazy and violent stupor in it’s the final moments, his first foray into the western genre does something similar but this time in reverse.…

IFF Boston Review: The Little Hours

The Little Hours opens with a promising title sequence: medieval-era nun Aubrey Plaza leads a donkey through the woods as dramatic, orchestral music plays. The instinctive association one makes is to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a comparison that…

Movie Review – ‘The Lobster’

I keep seeing people describe Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster as a comedy. Though many elements are undeniably comedic, The Lobster belongs first and foremost to the horror genre; a fact all the more impressive considering it never seeks to deliberately…

Movie Review – ‘Tale of Tales’

All three of them end in blood: the story of the albino twins born to two different mothers by a necromancer’s spell; the story of the beautiful young princess accidentally bargained off by her foolish, distracted father as the bride…

First Look at Marvel Studio’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ – 17 Minute Preview

On Monday night, Marvel Studios and theaters across the country hosted packed theaters of fans and skeptics to share 17 minutes of the film that is asking the biggest question of this summer, “Will people go see a Marvel movie…