Review: Halloween Comes Early in a New, Animated The Addams Family
The first thing I noticed about this new iteration of The Addams Family is that the characters look a lot like the original iteration of the Charles Addams’ cartoon series […]
Steve Prokopy is chief film critic for the Chicago-based arts outlet Third Coast Review. For nearly 20 years, he was the Chicago editor for Ain’t It Cool News, where he contributed film reviews and filmmaker/actor interviews under the name “Capone.” Currently, he’s a frequent contributor at /Film (SlashFilm.com) and Backstory Magazine. He is also the public relations director for Chicago's independently owned Music Box Theatre, and holds the position of Vice President for the Chicago Film Critics Association. In addition, he is a programmer for the Chicago Critics Film Festival, which has been one of the city's most anticipated festivals since 2013.
Review: Netflix’s Dolemite is My Name Lands The Laughs—And Strong Performances
It’s almost impossible to watch Eddie Murphy take on the character of world-famous stand-up performer/blaxploitation actor/rap pioneer Rudy Ray Moore and not wonder what took him so long to do […]
Review: A Scientist’s Lifelong Dedication in The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Several years before Jane Goodall went into the jungle to study primates, a 23-year-old Canadian woman named Anne Innis Dagg traveled alone to South Africa to begin what would become […]
Review: Special Effects Aside, Action Star Will Smith Can’t Save Gemini Man
The latest from director Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Gemini Man is actually based on a screenplay that has been bouncing around Hollywood for more than 20 […]
Review: Aaron Paul Stars in The Parts You Lose, a Low-Key Thriller About Outsiders
On the way home from school one afternoon, a 10-year-old North Dakota boy named Wesley (newcomer Danny Murphy) stumbles upon a man (Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul, playing a character who […]
Review: A Whirlwind of Emotion, Tragic and Comic, in Fleabag One Woman Show
Although not technically a movie, this filmed version of writer/performer Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s recent revival of her one-woman show Fleabag (which then inspired the massively successful two-season BBC series) is available […]
Review: A Man, His Music and a Movement in Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
I always look forward to documentaries made by Stanley Nelson, a filmmaker who seems to have taken it upon himself to tell some of the most fascinating and necessary stories […]
Review: Lucy in the Sky‘s Glimpse of a Unique Psychology Over-Fictionalizes Real Life Events
Inspired by the 2007 events when astronaut Lisa Nowak drove nearly 1,000 miles to attack a rival for another astronaut’s affection, Lucy in the Sky attempts to dive into the […]
Review: The Laundromat Marks a Rare Miss from an Otherwise Reliable Filmmaker
Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Traffic, Magic Mike) is one of those filmmakers who can make even the driest material seem remarkably entertaining. For proof of this, take a look at […]
Review: Monsters are Made, Not Born, in Gritty, Sinister Joker Origin Story
At this point, it feels like any actor who wants to play the Joker—arguably the most famous comic book villain in history—can take a crack at him. At some point […]
Review:Abominable Never Snowballs Into Anything Much At All
There are times, especially with animated works, where I might be tempted to give points to a film with a strong visual sense, even if the story is a bit […]
Review: Renée Zellweger is Tormented Perfection As the Icon at the Center of Judy
The most important thing to know about this film—a look at the later period of Judy Garland’s life starring Renée Zellweger as the troubled but exceedingly talented superstar—is that it’s […]