Third film in series follows winning formula
Creed III★★★★★ When Ryan Coogler rebooted the Rocky series in 2015 with Creed, it brought a much-needed level of excitement to the stalled franchise...
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Finding a kindred spirit in film, music
Back in the 2002-04 range, I worked 30-ish hours per week at the record store in Glenbrook Square and another 30-ish at the Wooden Nickel store on...
Too many liberties taken in pseudo-biopic
Emily★★★★★ Australian actress Frances O’Connor makes her directorial and writing debut with Emily, a pseudo-biopic about revered writer Emily Brontë...
‘Ant-Man’ comes up big at box office
The latest Ant-Man film, Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, opened big, taking the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office with a whopping $104 million...
New supervillian introduced into MCU
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania★★★★★ Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe gets off to a fun start with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania,...
Soderbergh scores another No. 1 movie
No one went to the movies last weekend, Super Bowl weekend. While weekend averages have been low this year, about $82 million per weekend, Super Bowl...
Film about con artists only fools itself
Streaming on Apple TV+ on Friday, Feb. 17, the new psychological thriller Sharper is a movie about con artists that cons itself into thinking it’s...
Shyamalan’s ‘Knock at Cabin’ takes No. 1
M. Night Shyamalan’s 15th feature film, Knock at the Cabin, took the No. 1 spot at the U.S. box office last weekend, selling a decent $14.2 million...
Thriller struggles to keep suspense
Due to the overwhelming popularity of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan has been pigeonholed as a director whose films always have...
‘Infinity Pool’ could put viewers in over heads
Infinity Pool, the new nightmare vision from Possessor writer/director Brandon Cronenberg, finds itself at the intersection of two thematic landscapes...