Plenty of familiar faces in ‘Fast X’
Fast X★★★★★ Cars and characters continue to collide in Fast X, the 10th entry in the ever-expanding and the ever-ludicrous Fast & Furious film...
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‘Hypnotic’ not worth remembering
Hypnotic★★★★★ The pulpy actioner Hypnotic is the kind of movie that entrances one with just how many other movies it very closely resembles, say,...
‘BlackBerry’ does not phone it in
BlackBerry★★★★★ The riveting new docudrama BlackBerry starring Jay Baruchel as Mike Lazaridis, founder of tech startup Research In Motion, opens...
Coming-of-age story is a timeless one
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.★★★★★ Writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig follows up her dynamite directorial debut The Edge of Seventeen...
Director not afraid to be self-indulgent
Beau Is Afraid★★★★★ With only three features under his belt, writer/director Ari Aster has made quite a name for himself with back-to-back nervy...
Time for credits to roll on ScreenTime
It was January 2003 when this all started. I remember it better than I remember most things. An ominous 9/11-fueled malaise still ran the mood of the...
Horror-comedy lacks necessary bite
Renfield★★★★★ The new horror-comedy Renfield begins with a fantastic premise for a five-minute sketch. After hearing a couple people in a self-help...
‘Mario Bros’ does not let off the gas
As expected, The Super Mario Bros. Movie reigned supreme at the domestic box office in its second weekend, selling another $87 million and bringing...
Illumination, Nintendo achieve high score
The Super Mario Bros. Movie★★★★★ Thirty years after the nightmare vision of a live-action adaptation, the world’s most popular video game franchise...
‘Mario Bros.’ has super opening weekend
A film called The Super Mario Bros. Movie, ostensibly about two plumbers who save a princess, opened big, selling $204 million domestically over its...