Articles by Joy Watson

'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' Is an Overwrought Look at Genius-Turned-Menace

Directed by Richard Linklater

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2019

All bestsellers are adapted eventually. Where'd You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple's ubiquitous 2012 novel about a creatively stifled woman s...

'UglyDolls' Empowers Outcasts to Be Themselves and Also Buy Adorable Merch

Directed by Kelly Asbury

PUBLISHED May 2, 2019

Another candy-coloured ode to self-esteem comes shooting down the pipeline with UglyDolls, a mostly harmless feature helmed by seasoned ani...

'Vice' Is an Ambitious Examination of the Banality of Evil

Directed by Adam McKay

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2018

Just in time for Christmas, here's a brand new iteration of the Grinch story. No, not the Benedict Cumberbatch cartoon — that other schemer...

'Bohemian Rhapsody' Will Have Fans Saying "Yas Queen"

Directed by Bryan Singer

PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2018

Consider this: weeks before Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, Mike Myers sent over an advance screener of Wayne's World to obtain the bedrid...

'Sierra Burgess Is a Loser' Review: Gen Z Cyrano Mostly Succeeds

Directed by Ian Samuels

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2018

So how are we all feeling about the '90s renaissance? Wazzzzaaap to the reinstatement of crop tops, boy bands, obsession with the U.S. Pres...

'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' Review: Carefree White Girl Vibes Win

Directed by Ol Parker

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2018

Ten years ago, the chaotically joyful fever dream Mamma Mia! dropped into theatergoers' laps like a present from that one Aunt who let you...

​Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner and Ed Helms Talk Goofing Off in 'Tag'

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2018

Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, and Jeremy Renner hit Toronto this week on their worldwide publicity tour for Tag, a film that's based on a true story...

Tag

Directed by Jeff Tomsic

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2018

In 2013, The Wall Street Journal published a sweet and silly human interest story by Russell Adams about a group of grown men who had obses...