Review: A Family’s Reunion Turns Terrifying in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
One of the things you should know going into Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is that it’s not really a mummy movie at all. It’s certainly not anything like the 1932 […]
Review: Russell Crowe Co-Writes and Cameos in Beast, an MMA Drama That at Least Gets the Fighting Right
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. Beast, directed by Tyler Atkins, follows the story of Patton (Daniel MacPherson), an MMA fighter who put the octagon behind him after knocking […]
Review: A Radiant Carmen Maura Anchors Calle Málaga’s Story About Aging and Community
Has the Spanish government declared Carmen Maura a national treasure? If not, what are they waiting for? Maura stands shoulder to shoulder with such icons as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, […]
Review: Riz Ahmed Brings Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Modern-Day London with a Fitting Temperament and Intensity
If you know anything about me, you should know that I love live theater, and my favorite subsector of live theater is the works of William Shakespeare. But the only […]
Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 6: Blood Moon Rising
It’s never a good sign when Jeff Probst promotes a Survivor episode with the threat of an unprecedented, game-altering twist. The core game of Survivor is so inherently compelling that […]
Review: Now Streaming on Hulu, Pizza Movie Is a Drug-Infused Trip Where a Simple Delivery Becomes an Epic Journey
This is a good month for filmmakers Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney. Later this month sees the release of the terrific dark horror/comedy/love story Over Your Dead Body (an English-language […]
Review: Based on the Video Game Franchise, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is for SuperFans, but Few Others
If you like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie or its 2023 predecessor (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the second-biggest film of that year, situated squarely between Barbie and Oppenheimer), then […]
Retrospective: The Who’s Tommy Has Its 50th Anniversary; IMAX Screens Crisp 4K Scan
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. The late ‘60s were a glorious time for music. A big force in that gloriousness was the UK. Said nation produced dozens of […]
Review: Time Traveling, Mafia Crime and Romantic Affairs in a Messy but Entertaining Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
When your script is in doubt, add a time-travel plot line. That’s what it feels like writer/director BenDavid Grabinski (Happily) deduced could save his decidedly average crime comedy Mike & […]
Review: They Will Kill You Offers Familiar Horror Tropes and Mediocre Action in an All Too Common Subgenre
It’s shocking to consider that there was a time not that long ago when this film and Ready or Not 2 were coming out on the same weekend, instead of […]
Recap: Survivor 50 Episode 5: I’ve Got a Blank Parchment, Baby, and I’ll Write Your Name
Last week, Survivor 50 was preempted by an installment of The Zac Brown Smile Time Flower Power Variety Hour–ok, not really, but the show dedicated a third of its airtime […]
Review: Alpha Follows a Teen Facing Her Fate in an Apocalyptic Alternate Timeline Featuring an Inexplicable Epidemic
Alpha (Mélissa Boros) is a troubled 13-year-old girl living with her single mother (the great Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani, Paterson) in coastal France as the earth is dealing with multiple […]