Likable acting shines in good, not great ‘Belfast’
Irish writer/director Kenneth Branagh brings the memories of his childhood to the big screen with Belfast, a slight but sweet slice-of-life story with...
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‘Red Notice’ Review: Big-name stars can’t keep flick from falling flat
On their comedy companion channel Netflix Is a Joke, the streaming giant has a series called Written Entirely by Bots, comprised of animated shorts...
‘Finch’ Review: Three great performances lift apocalyptic story
Leave it to America’s Dad to make the end of the world more palatable. Tom Hanks’ latest sci-fi vehicle Finch finds the star in the titular role as...
‘Last Night in Soho’ Review: Inventive direction can’t overcome weak writing
Following up his music documentary The Sparks Brothers from earlier this year, director Edgar Wright continues to expand past his comedy roots with...
‘Dune’ Review: Sci-fi novel turned masterful big-screen thriller
As well-regarded as Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel Dune is, it’s had quite the journey making it to the big screen.
First, there was a failed attempt...
‘Halloween Kills’ Review: Swings between scares and ‘who cares?’
All things considered, horror movies aren’t dissimilar from comedies. Both benefit greatly from the element of surprise and suffer most when redundancy...
‘No Time To Die’ Review: Craig’s swan song as Bond delivers entertainment
After a year and a half of delays, James Bond is finally back. No Time To Die is the 25th movie in the series, but most notably, it’s the fifth and...
‘The Guilty’ Review: Taut thriller keeps you on the line until the final frame
It’s no secret that American remakes of foreign-language films often fall short of their predecessors. For every success like The Departed or The Girl...
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Review: Adaptation of musical nothing but cringe, bad takes
Based on the Tony Award-winning smash of the same name, the new movie musical Dear Evan Hansen is an unmitigated disaster, a winding road of cringe-inducing...
‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Review: Chastain eyes awards season with terrific performance
Like its subject, The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a bit difficult to entirely figure out. It’s a biopic based on a documentary that came out over 20 years...