Seeing Michael Keaton back as “the ghost with the most” does provide an initial rush, but Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a sequel that tries to do too much, and it unravels with an…
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A semi-successful experiment: Anthology film ‘Kinds of Kindness’ sometimes bores, and other times captivates
Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos returns to making completely weird movies with Kinds of Kindness—which is perhaps his most bizarre movie yet, and this is the guy who made The Lobster and…
Monkey business: ‘Tiger King’ director Eric Goode’s ‘Chimp Crazy’ is a compelling look at clueless humans and angry animals
Oh, those chimpanzees. They’re so cute for the first part of their lives—until they want to rip people’s faces off because they’re super-disgusted with being confined in cages by clueless owners throwing…
Social satire: Channing Tatum gets a great showcase in the uneven but compelling film ‘Blink Twice’
Zoë Kravitz makes a watchable—and appropriately unpleasant—directorial debut with Blink Twice, a caustic and vicious social satire that gives Channing Tatum a massive showcase. The movie doesn’t completely hold together and unravels…
Investigating Laughs: Apple TV+’s ‘Bad Monkey’ Is a Perfect Vehicle for the Talents of Vince Vaughn
With each passing year, I’m happier and happier about the emergence of Apple TV+ as a top streaming service. It was a bit of a joke at first, but it’s putting together…
Sustained tension: ‘Alien: Romulus’ lacks originality, but it’s enjoyable nonetheless
Seven years after director Ridley Scott’s effort to make three Alien prequels died with the second chapter in that proposed trilogy (the underappreciated Alien: Covenant), the franchise has gotten another reboot with…
A true puzzler: ‘Cuckoo’ is a weird, scary, baffling ride
I had no idea what was happening during much of the totally insane new horror movie Cuckoo, and that’s perfectly fine with me. I could tell writer-director Tilman Singer was delivering his…
A different kind of buddy movie: Weak moments aside, Apple TV+’s ‘The Instigators’ is a breath of fresh air
The Instigators tries to be a different kind of buddy movie. Two would-be thieves (played by real-life buddies Matt Damon and Casey Affleck) inhabit a crazed plot full of robberies and car…
Predictably poor: ‘Trap’ features M. Night Shyamalan at his contrived worst
When M. Night Shyamalan plays around with aliens or the supernatural, the results can be quite good, and even excellent (Signs, Split). But Trap proves that when he’s playing around without the…
Weird and wonderful: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ brings a ton of laughs—and some surprising serious moments, too
What was a pretty crazy idea becomes a very nutty movie with Deadpool & Wolverine, a film that stands as a possible fitting end to Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool saga, a strange coda…