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“Ricky Stanicky,” John Cena, And The Case For A Comedy Revival
Ricky Stanicky (2024) · Mar 15, 2024
Is “Dune: Part Two” The Messiah of Movies?
Dune: Part Two (2024) · Mar 8, 2024
“Argylle” Represents Everything Wrong With Comedies Right Now
Argylle (2024) · Feb 16, 2024
True Stores Hit Different In “Society Of The Snow”
Society of the Snow (2023) · Feb 2, 2024
Tina Fey, Quit Trying To Make “Mean Girls” Happen
Mean Girls (2004) · Jan 19, 2024
“The Iron Claw” Serves Up More Than Beefcakes
The Iron Claw (2023) · Jan 12, 2024
The Great Man Myths of “Ferrari” and “Maestro”
Ferrari (2023) · Dec 29, 2023
The Great Man Myths of “Ferrari” and “Maestro”
Maestro (2023) · Dec 29, 2023
Loose Leashes Sink Awards Ships: Netflix’s “Leave The World Behind” and “May December”
Leave the World Behind (2023) · Dec 15, 2023
Toasting Another Octogenarian Master: Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy And The Heron”
The Boy and the Heron (2023) · Dec 1, 2023
“Napoleon” Comes Up A Little Short (Pun Intended)
Napoleon (2023) · Nov 24, 2023
Anxiety Rules The Day For A24 And “Dream Scenario”
Dream Scenario (2023) · Nov 17, 2023
The Abject Perfectionism Of David Fincher’s “The Killer”
The Killer (2023) · Nov 3, 2023
What “Killers Of The Flower Moon” Taught Me About My Oklahoma Upbringing
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) · Oct 27, 2023
The Beautiful, Empty World Of “The Creator”
The Creator (2023) · Oct 6, 2023
The Difference Between Cinema and Content: “No One Will Save You”
No One Will Save You (2023) · Sep 29, 2023
Finally! “Dumb Money” Is A Movie Of The Moment
Dumb Money (2023) · Sep 22, 2023
The Warm Embrace Of Denzel’s Knuckle Sandwich In “The Equalizer 3”
The Equalizer 3 (2023) · Sep 8, 2023
Ayo Edebiri And Rachel Sennott Are The Chosen Ones After Teen Sex Comedy “Bottoms”
Bottoms (2023) · Sep 1, 2023
“Sound Of Freedom” And The Inescapable Shadow Of Politics At The Box Office
Sound of Freedom (2023) · Aug 11, 2023
“Oppenheimer” Tries To Explode My Anti-Christopher Nolan Sentiment
Oppenheimer (2023) · Aug 4, 2023
“Barbie” Makes Me Believe In The Movies Again
Barbie (2023) · Jul 28, 2023
Jennifer Lawrence Is A Movie Star Again In “No Hard Feelings”
No Hard Feelings (2023) · Jun 30, 2023
Let Wes Cook! “Asteroid City” Is Pure, Uncut Anderson
Asteroid City (2023) · Jun 23, 2023
Love, Providence, And The Mind-Expanding Genius Of “Past Lives”
Past Lives (2023) · Jun 16, 2023
“Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” Is The Best Movie Of The Year, And Maybe More
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) · Jun 9, 2023
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Has First World Problems In “You Hurt My Feelings”
You Hurt My Feelings (2023) · Jun 2, 2023
Why There Are No New Movie Stars: “Sanctuary”
Sanctuary (2023) · May 26, 2023
Jake Gyllenhaal Is Guy Ritchie’s Latest Superhero In “The Covenant”
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023) · Apr 28, 2023
“Beau Is Afraid” Might Be The Most Ambitious Movie Ever
Beau Is Afraid (2023) · Apr 21, 2023
“Air” Takes Us Back To 1984, The Good Il’ Days Of Film
Air (2023) · Apr 14, 2023
“A Thousand And One” Reasons To Leave New York
A Thousand and One (2023) · Apr 7, 2023
“John Wick: Chapter 4” Is A Videogame. Get Used To It
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) · Mar 31, 2023
My 2023 Oscars Ballot! Plus “Creed III” And “Operation Fortune”
Creed III (2023) · Mar 10, 2023
“Cocaine Bear” And Curse Of A Good Movie Trailer
Cocaine Bear (2023) · Mar 3, 2023
“Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey” Is The Future Of Movies??
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) · Feb 17, 2023
The Current State Of Romantic Comedies: “You People,” “Shotgun Wedding”
You People (2023) · Feb 3, 2023
In “M3GAN,” Irony Has Finally Won The Culture War
M3GAN (2022) · Jan 20, 2023
There Are “Women Talking,” And I’m Crying
Women Talking (2022) · Jan 13, 2023
The State Of Netflix: “White Noise,” “Bardo,” “Pinocchio”
White Noise (2022) · Jan 6, 2023
The State Of Netflix: “White Noise,” “Bardo,” “Pinocchio”
Bardo (2021) · Jan 6, 2023
“Glass Onion,” “Babylon,” And All The Streaming Movies To Catch Before The End Of The Year
Babylon (2022) · Dec 30, 2022
“Avatar: The Way Of Water” Isn’t A Movie, I’m Not Sure What It Is
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) · Dec 23, 2022
I’ll Love You And Eat You, “Bones And All”
Bones and All (2022) · Dec 2, 2022
“She Said” And “The Menu” Put My Micro-Targeting Theory To The Test
The Menu (2022) · Nov 25, 2022
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” And “The Fabelmans” Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) · Nov 18, 2022
“Armageddon Time” And The Downsides Of Hollywood’s New Auteur Theory
Armageddon Time (2022) · Nov 11, 2022
Catching Up! “The Banshees of Inisherin,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Ticket to Paradise”
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) · Nov 4, 2022
In “Smile” And “Blonde,” Trauma Always Wins
Blonde (2022) · Oct 7, 2022
In “Smile” And “Blonde,” Trauma Always Wins
Smile (2022) · Oct 7, 2022
“The Woman King” Is The Black, Female Avengers
The Woman King (2022) · Sep 23, 2022
“Barbarian” Delivers The Best Theater Experience Of The Year
Barbarian (2022) · Sep 16, 2022
Genie In A Bottle Doesn’t Answer My Wish For “Three Thousand Years Of Longing”
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) · Sep 2, 2022
Aubrey Plaza Goes Full Heisenberg In “Emily The Criminal”
Emily the Criminal (2022) · Aug 26, 2022
“Bodies Bodies Bodies” Explains Gen Z And Delights Along The Way
Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) · Aug 19, 2022
Are Action-Comedies Dead? “Bullet Train” Makes A Case
Bullet Train (2022) · Aug 12, 2022
“Thirteen Lives” Is Trapped In The Cave Of Streaming
Thirteen Lives (2022) · Aug 5, 2022
“Nope” Wants To Challenge Audiences. “The Gray Man” Doesn’t
The Gray Man (2022) · Jul 29, 2022
“Where The Crawdads Sing” Proves Not All Book Adaptations Are Bad
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022) · Jul 22, 2022
Why It’s Time To Embrace Horror Movies Like “The Black Phone”
The Black Phone (2022) · Jul 8, 2022
Tom Hanks Spoils Austin Butler As “Elvis”
Elvis (2022) · Jul 1, 2022
“Lightyear,” “Spiderhead,” and The Best Documentary of the Year: “Navalny”
Spiderhead (2022) · Jun 24, 2022
“Lightyear,” “Spiderhead,” and The Best Documentary of the Year: “Navalny”
Lightyear (2022) · Jun 24, 2022
Adam Sandler Doesn’t “Hustle” - That’s His Charm
Hustle (2022) · Jun 10, 2022
“Top Gun: Maverick” Hits The Fan Service Jackpot
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) · Jun 3, 2022
“Operation Mincemeat” Shows Why Netflix Is Faltering
Operation Mincemeat (2022) · May 13, 2022
What A Week! “The Northman,” Nick Cage and New Céline Sciamma
The Northman (2022) · Apr 29, 2022
Michael Bay Comes Back for the Action Movie Throne with “Ambulance”
Contato (2020) · Apr 15, 2022
One of the Best Movies of the Decade: “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) · Apr 8, 2022
Pixar Comes For Our Hearts Again in “Turning Red”
Turning Red (2022) · Mar 18, 2022
Movies Are Back! Thanks to “The Batman”
The Batman (2022) · Mar 11, 2022
In “Uncharted,” Tom Holland is the Ghost of Mark Wahlberg Past
Uncharted (2022) · Feb 25, 2022
In “Uncharted,” Tom Holland is the Ghost of Mark Wahlberg Past
Drive My Car (2021) · Feb 25, 2022
Discover the Masterpiece That Is “The Worst Person in the World”
The Worst Person in the World (2021) · Feb 11, 2022
“The Fallout” Is The First Great Movie of 2022
The Titan Fallout (2022) · Jan 28, 2022
False Face Must Hide What “The Tragedy of Macbeth” Doth Know
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) · Jan 14, 2022
Why I “Hate” Marvel: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) · Dec 30, 2021
“West Side Story,” “Nightmare Alley” and “Being The Ricardos” Kick Off Cram-For-The-Exam Week
Being the Ricardos (2021) · Dec 28, 2021
“Licorice Pizza” is the Best Movie of the Year
Licorice Pizza (2021) · Dec 10, 2021
Sins of the Father, Son and “House of Gucci”
House of Gucci (2021) · Dec 3, 2021
“tick, tick…BOOM!” serves up movie musical magic on Netflix
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) · Nov 19, 2021
“Spencer” Hopes to Deliver an Oscar for Princess Di
Spencer (2021) · Nov 12, 2021
“Dune,” “Last Night in Soho,” and “The French Dispatch” Are All in My Top 15 Movies of the Year
Last Night in Soho (2021) · Nov 5, 2021
“The Last Duel” Sounds the Death Knell for Movies
The Last Duel (2021) · Oct 22, 2021
“No Time To Die” Bears the Weight of Blockbusterdom
No Time to Die (2021) · Oct 15, 2021
The Tragic Irony of “The Many Saints of Newark”
The Many Saints of Newark (2021) · Oct 8, 2021
Ok, We Need To Talk About “Dear Evan Hansen”
Dear Evan Hansen (2021) · Oct 1, 2021
Jessica Chastain has “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) · Sep 24, 2021
“Candyman” Thrills, But It Would Rather Preach
Candyman (2021) · Sep 10, 2021
The unrealized noir brilliance of “Reminiscence”
Reminiscence (2021) · Aug 27, 2021
Matt Damon Reminds Us He’s the Best in ‘Stillwater’
Stillwater (2021) · Aug 20, 2021
“CODA” is the Best Movie of 2021 (So Far)
CODA (2021) · Aug 13, 2021
Unpacking the Beautiful Mystery That Is ‘The Green Knight’
The Green Knight (2021) · Aug 6, 2021
M. Night Shyamalan’s gimmick is really getting “Old”
Old (2021) · Jul 30, 2021
Nicolas Cage Really Loves His “Pig”
Pig (2021) · Jul 23, 2021
“Black Widow” Wants to Have Its Cake and Eat It Too
Black Widow (2021) · Jul 16, 2021
A Requiem for “In The Heights”
In the Heights (2021) · Jul 2, 2021
“A Quiet Place Part II” is a Movie Worthy of Your Theater Return
A Quiet Place Part II (2021) · Jun 4, 2021
“Wrath of Man” is the Macho-Man Movie We Need
Wrath of Man (2021) · May 14, 2021
‘Concrete Cowboy’ could’ve been an Instagram post
Concrete Cowboy (2020) · Apr 9, 2021
“Nobody” Strikes Action Comedy Gold. Plus “Godzilla vs. Kong”
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) · Apr 2, 2021
“Nobody” Strikes Action Comedy Gold. Plus “Godzilla vs. Kong”
Nobody (2021) · Apr 2, 2021
“The Father” is an Astonishing Feat of Storytelling
The Father (2020) · Mar 26, 2021
“Minari” is an American Movie, in Korean
Minari (2021) · Mar 5, 2021
Blurred Lines and the Brilliance of “Nomadland”
Nomadland (2021) · Feb 26, 2021
“Judas and the Black Messiah” Should Win Best Picture. Here’s Why
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) · Feb 19, 2021
What went wrong with Denzel’s “The Little Things”??
The Little Things (2021) · Feb 5, 2021
“One Night in Miami” is an acting showcase. Plus “Locked Down and “Tiger”
One Night in Miami... (2020) · Jan 22, 2021
“One Night in Miami” is an acting showcase. Plus “Locked Down and “Tiger”
Locked Down (2021) · Jan 22, 2021
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Plus “Promising Young Woman” and “Pieces of a Woman”
Promising Young Woman (2020) · Jan 15, 2021
“Sound of Metal” is one of the best movies of 2020 full stop
Sound of Metal (2020) · Jan 8, 2021
Trust the masters: Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Let Them All Talk”
Let Them All Talk (2020) · Dec 18, 2020
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the “Mank”
Mank (2020) · Dec 11, 2020
Let Aneesh Chaganty cook! Reviewing “Run” on Hulu, plus “Hillbilly Elegy” on Netflix
Hillbilly Elegy (2020) · Nov 27, 2020
‘Sh*thouse’ and ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ are part of a romantic comedy revival
The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020) · Nov 20, 2020
Woody Allen cannot help himself in ‘A Rainy Day in New York’
A Rainy Day in New York (2019) · Nov 13, 2020
Boo! ‘Host,’ ‘The Rental,’ and why horror movies matter in 2020
Host (2020) · Nov 6, 2020
‘On the Rocks,’ plus a deep dive into comedy in 2020: Borat, Eric Andre and Sarah Cooper
On the Rocks (2020) · Oct 30, 2020
Aaron Sorkin goes for Oscar gold with “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) · Oct 23, 2020
‘Save Yourselves!’ is the hidden gem comedy we need in 2020
Save Yourselves! (2020) · Oct 9, 2020
‘Antebellum’ is a ‘Get Out’ wannabe. Is that a bad thing?
Get Out (2017) · Oct 2, 2020
My harshest movie reviews of 2020: ‘Enola Holmes’ and ‘The Devil All The Time’
The Devil All the Time (2020) · Sep 25, 2020
A spoiler-free review of ‘Tenet,’ Christopher Nolan’s latest magic trick blockbuster
Tenet (2020) · Sep 18, 2020
‘Boys State’ is absolutely the movie of year
Boys State (2020) · Aug 28, 2020
Review Rewind: ‘Waves’ is the most underrated movie of 2019
Waves (2019) · Aug 25, 2020
Reader Recs! “Wayne’s World,” “Patriot Games,” “My Neighbor Totoro” and more
Patriot Games (1992) · Aug 21, 2020
Review Rewind: “First Man”
First Man (2018) · Aug 18, 2020
How a movie about a ‘First Cow’ became an Oscar contender
First Cow (2020) · Jul 31, 2020
‘Greyhound’ and the Phenomenon of Dad Movies
Greyhound (2020) · Jul 24, 2020