film reviews
'Hard Truths' Gets Real About the Human Condition
Directed by Mike Leigh
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2025
Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) has a lot on her mind and wants everyone she encounters to know it. Serving up her brand of opinions like a...
Broken Social Scene Doc 'It's All Gonna Break' Remembers It in People
Directed by Stephen Chung
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2025
A big city, cheap rent, abundant talent, small egos and a disregard for commercial success. There were so many elements that went into...
Even Dave Chapelle Didn't Want to Be on 'SNL' for This Uneven Episode
January 18, 2025
PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2025
As is his wont, Dave Chappelle did an extra-long and mostly strong monologue before ghosting for most of the rest of the show, while GloRil...
'Wolf Man' Is a Sheep in Wolf's Clothing
Directed by Leigh Whannell
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
Sitting through Leigh Whannell's 'Wolf Man,' I was reminded constantly of Philip Barkin's snarky, forthright poem "This Be the Verse." "They...
Cameron Diaz Is 'Back in Action' with Dodgy CGI and Electric Chemistry
Directed by Seth Gordon
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
For all the action films Netflix churns out, their CGI remains the biggest letdown — and the studio's latest, 'Back in Action,' fails to be...
'The Last Showgirl' Ushers In the Pamassaince
Directed by Gia Coppola
PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2025
The Pamaissance is here. After 2022's 'Pam & Tommy' reappraised Pamela Anderson as a sympathetic hero, the 2023 doc 'Pamela, a love story'...
Though 'Grand Theft Hamlet' Be Madness, Yet There Is Method In't
Directed by Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls
PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2025
English teachers absolutely love anything that makes classic literature seem cool to young people. Someone rapping 'The Canterbury Tales'?...
'Severance' Presents More Questions Than Answers in Creepy Season 2
Created by Dan Erickson
PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025
As 'Lost' viewers will surely remember, thrillers that rely on ambiguity tend to be all setup and no payoff. The mystery is so gripping that...
