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 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…
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…
A great look at a great: ‘Jim Henson: Idea Man’ packs a lifetime of great moments into less than two hours
How wonderfully appropriate it is that Ron Howard would direct a documentary on the great Jim Henson—and how unsurprising it is that the film is, indeed, wonderful. Jim Henson: Idea Man covers…
A somewhat tedious game: Hulu’s ‘Self Reliance’ has enjoyable moments, but it feels padded
Jake Johnson makes his directorial debut with Self Reliance, a comedy about a fictional dark-web game. Johnson also wrote and stars in the film—and unfortunately, he doesn’t pull all of its elements…