‘Dune: Part Two’ builds on storytelling
Dune: Part Two★★★★★ For retroactive clarity, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One was originally due to come out November 2020, but got pushed almost...
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Ethan Coen goes it alone on comedy
Drive-Away Dolls★★★★★ When the Coen Brothers decided to amicably part ways in 2018 following their co-directed Western anthology The Ballad of Buster...
Superhero flick is a tangled mess
Madame Web★★★★★ Sony’s Spider-Man Universe — the one that, confusingly, doesn’t actually have Spider-Man — crawls forward with Madame Web, another...
‘Frankenstein’ comes across lifeless
Lisa Frankenstein★★★★★ The story of Frankenstein has been reanimated so many times it was perhaps inevitable that we would eventually get a 1980s-tinged...
‘Argylle’ leans heavily on tired tropes
Argylle★★★★★ With a couple of exceptions, Matthew Vaughn is a director whose appeal largely eludes me. Twenty years ago, his Guy Ritchie-esque Layer...
Netflix film sheds light on fear
Orion and the Dark★★★★★ At first glance, the latest DreamWorks animated movie Orion and the Dark does not seem to stand out much from the legion...
Quick Hit: ’20 Days in Mariupol’ Screening
You’ll have the opportunity to ask the producer behind an Oscar-nominated film some questions on Saturday, Feb. 3, when Michelle Mizner presents 20...
Tensions rise in sci-fi thriller
I.S.S.★★★★★ The sci-fi nail-biter I.S.S. opens, fittingly, with text about how the International Space Station serves as a symbol of alliance between...
Musical adaptation is not too nice
Mean Girls★★★★★ An adaptation of a Broadway musical which was based on a movie that was adapted from a book, the 2024 version of Mean Girls can’t...
Action film keeps with bee puns
The Beekeeper★★★★★ Jason Statham starred in four action projects last year alone (most recently in last September’s bomb Expend4bles), and he doesn’t...