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'Belfast': Hard Times Nov. 12, 2021
The time is August of 1969; the place, a mostly Protestant neighborhood in Belfast, the capital of N... Read More
'Last Night in Soho': Vintage Creeps Oct. 29, 2021
Has anything like this ever happened to you? You move to a new town — let's say it's London &#... Read More
'No Time to Die': Daniel Craig's Final Bond Outing Is a Little Bit Droopy Oct. 01, 2021
One of the few people definitely having fun in "No Time to Die," the new Bond film, is Ana de Armas,... Read More
'The Guilty': Police and Thieves Sep. 24, 2021
"The Guilty" is a virtually note-for-note remake of the 2018 Danish film "Den skyldige" — a Su... Read More
'The Eyes of Tammy Faye': Sweet Redeemer Sep. 17, 2021
Gene Scott was my kind of televangelist. Whenever I was in LA in the 1980s, I'd flick on his late-ni... Read More
'Kate': Killer Queen Sep. 10, 2021
Some women you should never cross, especially when they're armed. Like Kate, the desperate and dange... Read More
"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings": Daddy Issue Sep. 03, 2021
"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" doesn't feel a lot like a Marvel movie, although it's cl... Read More
"Reminiscence": Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson in a Neo-Hardboiled Sci-Fi Mystery Aug. 20, 2021
You know you've wandered into a neo-noir movie of a certain sort when the humidity's a bitch and eve... Read More
'The Suicide Squad': Second Time Around Aug. 06, 2021
As someone who sat through all three installments of the "Human Centipede" trilogy, I think it could... Read More
'The Green Knight': Dragons Wanted Jul. 30, 2021
If you're going to play the King Arthur game, you might as well have some fun with it. Director John... Read More
Movie Reviews: 'Old' and 'Pig': Nicolas Cage Back at His Best, M. Night Shyamalan Not Jul. 23, 2021
There was a time when I thought "Lady in the Water" was M. Night Shyamalan's worst movie. (It's hard... Read More
'Black Widow': Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh Lead Marvel Into a New Age Jul. 09, 2021
You knew it would come to this. After a decade of patiently enduring her female fate — waiting... Read More
'False Positive' Jun. 25, 2021
"False Positive" begins with a scene of lurid promise — a shot of a blood-soaked woman wanderi... Read More
'Censor' and 'Flashback': Blood and Confusion Jun. 11, 2021
Welsh director Prano Bailey-Bond probably didn't have a lot of money to make her first feature, but ... Read More
'Extase' (Ecstasy): The Weight of the World Mar. 27, 2021
In her dreamlike first feature, Brazilian director Moara Passoni uses action — especially the ... Read More
'Cats': Pretty Hate Machine Dec. 20, 2019
I was so looking forward to panning this movie. I mean mercilessly, with one of those no-adjectives-... Read More
'Uncut Gems' and 'Bombshell': A New Kind of Adam Sandler Flick and a Predictably Hollywoodian Fox News Takedown With a Major Star Turn by Charlize Theron Dec. 13, 2019
Like "The Wrestler," Darren Aronofsky's descent into the grubby world of provincial grappling matche... Read More
'Knives Out': Daniel Craig, Toni Collette and Chris Evans in a Throwback Whodunit Nov. 29, 2019
The Thrombeys are a sprawling family that's rich in nitwits. Not so much the old man, wealthy crime ... Read More
'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood': Some Quality Time with Tom Hanks' Mister Rogers Nov. 22, 2019
It's appropriate that "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," while ostensibly about the late childre... Read More
