Hardly a third into the runtime of Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, it’s tempting to wish for the action spy comedy to drop all remaining pretenses, mainly its affiliating nod to t…
The Lion King Movie Review: Disney laughs in the face of remake fatigue
In many ways, Disney has long applied the “circle of life” philosophy to its classic animated movies, now routinely reborn and recycled into “live-action re-imaginings.” But it…
Yesterday Movie Review: Love it or hate it, your troubles will seem so far away
“Do you want the good news or the bad news?” Lily James asks a down-on-his-songwriting-luck Himesh Patel as he stocks shelves in a part-time warehouse job. The film immediately cuts to a new location …
Ma Movie Review: Octavia Spencer gives her all in a horror film that couldn’t care less about her
As if high school wasn’t scary enough, Ma is a new horror thriller from Blumhouse and Universal attempting to inject new terrors into the coming-of-age experience, this time by front-lining Octavia Sp…
‘High Life’ Review – Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche search for meaning in the depths of space
The opening moments of High Life are jarring in their dissimilarity. Here we are on a hollow, almost completely abandoned ship out in deep space with a set design echoing the third act of Alien, and r…
Breakthrough Movie Review: Weird Christianity, Weirder Timing
Who needs miracles, anyway? After all, Breakthrough is coming out at a time when just about everyone not only feels like they could use a miracle right about now, but almost all of them have the means…
For Better or Worse, ‘Five Feet Apart’ Will Impact Haley Lu Richardson’s Indie Cred. It Shouldn’t.
Chances are you will recognize Haley Lu Richardson. Maybe because you saw her play Hailee Steinfeld’s affable best friend of in 2017’s The Edge of Seventeen. Or perhaps you caught a glimps…