film reviews
Naomi Watts Delivers a Gripping One-Woman Show in 'Lakewood'
Directed by Phillip Noyce
PUBLISHED Jan 9, 2023
In Lakewood, directed by Phillip Noyce and written by Chris Sparling, the anniversary of the death of a husband and father approaches. For...
'M3GAN' Entertains with a Surface-Level Critique of AI
Directed by Gerard Johnstone
PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2023
M3GAN kicks off 2023 the right way — with a refreshing reminder that dolls are still creepy, and so is artificial intelligence. When a fa...
'If These Walls Could Sing' Is Worthy of Abbey Road's Legacy
Directed by Mary McCartney
PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2023
It can be hard to truly encapsulate what an inanimate object means to a person, let alone to an entire industry. Giles Martin, record produ...
'A Man Called Otto' Is Saved by a Man Called Tom Hanks
Directed by Marc Forster
PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2023
Marc Forster's A Man Called Otto is the cinematic embodiment of Tom Hanks's latter acting career: rarely remarkable but always reliable. It...
'The Pale Blue Eye' Is Clickbait Historical Fiction
Directed by Scott Cooper
PUBLISHED Jan 4, 2023
The general premise of The Pale Blue Eye had me on board straight away. It's a detective story set in 1830 USA with one of American literat...
'Broker' Unboxes Found Families
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2022
What makes a family? This is the question on Hirokazu Kore-eda's mind lately. As with his 2018 Palme D'or-winning film Shoplifters, Broker...
'Babylon' Is Pure Excess
Directed by Damien Chazelle
PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2022
"A poison pen letter to Hollywood but a love letter to movies" is how Damien Chazelle describes his latest film, the drug-fuelled, boozed-u...
'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' Pays Due Respect to a Musical GOAT
Directed by Kasi Lemmons
PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2022
It's 1994. Seventy-eight million people are tuning in to watch the American Music Awards, unaware that they are about to witness one of the...