film reviews
'Elvis' Gives His Legacy Extra Wiggle
Directed by Baz Luhrmann
PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2022
What's so shocking about Elvis Presley anyway? His hip-waggling dance moves seem tame by contemporary standards, and his music is fairly so...
'The Black Phone' Rings Hollow
Directed by Scott Derrickson
PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2022
There's a reason so many horror movies revolve around the experiences of children and teenagers: no matter how outlandish the scares are, t...
TJFF Review: 'Midnight Swan' Questions Tradition by Celebrating Individuals
Directed by Eiji Uchida
PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2022
Heavily awarded in Japan, including Picture of the Year at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize, Midnight Swan is an intimate and often heartb...
'Cha Cha Real Smooth' Dances to Its Own Beat
Directed by Cooper Raiff
PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2022
Cha Cha Real Smooth is named after a specific line from "Cha Cha Slide" by DJ Casper, a 2000 song that has become a staple at school dances...
'Lightyear' Is Totally Unnecessary but Quite Delightful
Directed by Angus MacLane
PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2022
There's no way of getting around it: Lightyear is an incredibly unnecessary film. It's a safe bet that when audiences met Buzz Lightyear i...
With Season 3, 'Barry' Has Levelled Up to Become One of the Best Shows on TV
Created Alec Berg and Bill Hader
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2022
Like Dexter Morgan and Walter White before him, Barry Berkman has spent every episode of his show living a double life, putting up a front...
Medical Thriller 'Spiderhead' Is an Unpleasant Comedown
Directed by Joseph Kosinski
PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2022
Director Joseph Kosinski's quick follow-up to Top Gun: Maverick is a sci-fi thriller based on the short story Escape from Spiderhead by Geo...
'Jurassic World: Dominion' Finally Drives the Franchise to Extinction
Directed by Colin Trevorrow
PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2022
Jurassic World: Dominion is the cinematic equivalent of a poorly conceived album: it has a few great tracks, but the rest is all fluff, for...