Originally titled The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, the simplified family comedy Dolittle stars Robert Downey Jr. as the acclaimed veterinarian who can miraculously speak to animals. Hugh Lofting created…
Cats Movie Review: So bad, it might make you mad, but also glad?
Cats. They’re cats. They’re furry and dance well. Cats. They’re cats! Welcome to Cats hell. They dance like humans, look like humans, but are…still…cats, though I can’t tell? T…
Black Christmas Movie Review: Bold politics aren’t enough to make this slasher any less formulaic
Christmas and horror are the peanut butter and chocolate of movie genres. They’re two completely distinct flavors that shouldn’t go well together in theory, but when they do, it’s us…
1917 Review: In ‘one take,’ Sam Mendes delivers one of the decade’s best war films
In Sam Mendes’ 1917, there are two battlefields in motion. First, a literal motion, as the audience is taken on a pulse-pounding survival mission over the course of a single day during the first…
The Two Popes Movie Review: A fictional confession worthy of praise
The holiest of figures are brought down to earth in The Two Popes, a new Netflix film from director Fernando Meirelles and screenwriter Anthony McCarten, based on McCarten’s 2017 play The Pope. …
Frozen 2 Movie Review: A Disney sequel with no true powers of its own
Disney’s Frozen 2 contains just about everything supposedly needed to replicate the massive, once-in-a-generation success story of the original Frozen released six years ago. It has the same dir…
Klaus Movie Review: Santa gets a new origin story worthy of the enduring holiday legacy
With a little help from his friends, director Sergio Pablos has added a triumphant new addition to the beloved holiday canon in Klaus, now streaming on Netflix. Co-directed by Carlos Martínez López wi…