film reviews

'The Front Room' Scatelogically Squanders a Great Performance
Directed by Max and Sam Eggers
PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2024
This year has given audiences no shortage of messy, campy horror films with eccentric villains at their heart — from Nicolas Cage's creepy...
'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Is Yet Another Disappointing Legacy Sequel
Directed by Tim Burton
PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2024
Sequels and reboots and remakes, oh my! Audiences have been subjected to these kinds of films for years, but it feels more and more...
'The Crow' Is Caws for Concern
Directed by Rupert Sanders
PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2024
James O'Barr's graphic novel 'The Crow' isn't a dense text. Its core themes aren't so thickly packed in metaphor as to obscure their...
Season 4 of 'Only Murders in the Building' Has Reached a Moment of Reckoning
Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman
PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2024
For Only Murders in the Building's fourth season, the whimsical investigative trio return to their usual hijinx to solve the murder of Sazz...
'Strange Darling' Has One of the Year's Most Subtle, Staggering Performances
Directed by JT Mollner
PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2024
JT Mollner's 'Strange Darling' understands and trusts lead Willa Fitzgerald to the point of sweaty, lip-licking ecstasy. The film lets her...
We've Seen 'Between the Temples' Before
Directed by Nathan Silver
PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2024
What's "between the temples"? The answer is relatively simple: the brain. And yet, that conclusion leads to an organ so complex and weird...
'Alien: Romulus' Grabbed Me by the Face and Wouldn't Let Go
Directed by Fede Álvarez
PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2024
There have been a pile of 'Alien' movies over the past 45 years, from crossovers with 'Predator' to the 'Prometheus' spinoffs and an...
Awkwafina and John Cena Fail to Hit the 'Jackpot!'
Directed by Paul Feig
PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2024
Imagine, just for a moment, if Los Angeles were inhabited by hundreds, if not thousands, of people desperate for wealth and fame. People so...