As somebody who knows very little of Wicked, other than a couple of scenes from the Broadway play in which Idina Menzel blew out eardrums, I found myself struggling a bit with…
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Bad vibes, great movie: ‘Woman of the Hour’ is a suspenseful, heartbreaking film about a serial killer and his victims
Anna Kendrick makes an impressive directorial debut with Woman of the Hour, a film loosely based on The Dating Game killer, Rodney Alcala. Alcala infamously made an appearance on the game show…
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…
The Summer Movie Preview: The season of blockbusters is off to a tepid start. With a few exceptions, it will remain tepid.
It’s summer, and it’s time for those big-budgeted, blessedly brain-dead blockbusters! LET’S ALL GO TO THE MOVIES! WHO’S WITH ME? Wait, what? You’re not excited? You honestly couldn’t care less? You’d rather…
Dumb show, decent movie: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are amazing—but nobody cares about ‘The Fall Guy’
The conversion of an old TV show into a big-budget movie results in some relatively good times with The Fall Guy, directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2) and starring the one and…
A new monster movie classic: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ is the best Godzilla film ever made
I’m enjoying the new Godzilla TV show, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, on Apple TV+. (Kurt Russell is god.) The new Godzilla x Kong trailer, the preview for the next overblown Godzilla film…
Half of a good movie: Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ has some fine moments—but it feels over-edited and incomplete
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, the director’s take on the military career and love life of the legend, feels like half of a movie—but that half of a movie is pretty good, thankfully. Joaquin…