film reviews
'Hijack' Nails the Landing Despite Some Turbulence
Created by Jim Field Smith and George Kay
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2023
"Think 24 but on a plane, and throw in some Luther," is exactly how the Apple pitch meeting for Hijack went, I'm sure. Unlike Jack Bauer, t...
'Taylor Mac's 24-Decade History of Popular Music' Is as Hopeful as It Is Harrowing
Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2023
In a world where the only plays getting mainstream attention are the splashy, expensive musicals on Broadway, it's easy to forget that thea...
'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Sinks into Incoherence
Directed by Steven Caple Jr.
PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2023
There's a moment in the third act of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts where the bad guys have taken possession of the transwarp key (the ce...
Wes Anderson Orbits the Same Old Terrain on 'Asteroid City'
Directed by Wes Anderson
PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2023
The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch, Moonrise Kingdom — in the latter half of his career, Wes Anderson had hit his stride and sho...
'No Hard Feelings,' but Who's This For?
Directed by Gene Stupnitsky
PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2023
Since her breakout year in 2012 playing Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games and winning an Academy Award for Silver Linings Playbook, Jenn...
'I'm a Virgo' Is on the Cusp of Greatness
Created by Boots Riley
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2023
Boots Riley is a connoisseur of the weird, strange and downright bizarre. He has an uncanny ability to make viewers not only accept his lun...
Reality Is a Sci-Fi Dystopia, So 'Black Mirror' Has Nothing Left to Say in Season 6
Created By Charlie Brooker
PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2023
Although known in recent seasons for its hit-and-miss episodes, the tech-dystopian anthology series Black Mirror is still iconic for a reas...
'Stan Lee' Is More of a Marvel Commercial Than a Definitive Biography
Directed by David Gelb
PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2023
David Gelb's warm and charming documentary Stan Lee explores the life and times of the creative visionary who helped cement Marvel as a pop...