Set sail for another ‘Moana’ adventure
Moana 2★★★★★ It was never going to be an easy task following up a cultural phenomenon like Moana, which remains Walt Disney Animation’s finest offering...
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Eisenberg project is a real pleasure
A Real Pain★★★★★ Following up last year’s When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg makes another compelling case for himself as a writer...
New A24 thriller is a bit half-baked
Heretic★★★★★ Between collaborations with Guy Ritchie and last year’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Hugh Grant has seemingly had a...
‘Here’ is novel idea that just does not work
Here★★★★★ The plot of Here, the dreadful new formal experiment from director Robert Zemeckis, is fixated on a plot itself — a plot of land, to be...
Witty banter found in search for new pope
Conclave★★★★★ Following up his much-lauded remake of All Quiet on the Western Front, director Edward Berger returns with another stirring ensemble...
Horror sequel will put smile on face
Smile 2★★★★★ Narrowly avoiding a straight-to-streaming release two years ago, the surprise hit Smile opened wide to more than $200 million at the...
Film shines light on ‘Dating Game’ killer
Woman of the Hour★★★★★ Anna Kendrick steps behind the camera for the first time to take on misogyny and murder with Woman of the Hour, a chilling...
Sequel to megahit is a pretty big joke
Joker: Folie a Deux★★★★★ What do you get when you cross a loosely adapted comic book movie with a billion dollars at the box office and 11 Oscar...
Would you take future self’s advice?
My Old Ass★★★★★ In the spring of 2020, popular YouTube comedian Julie Nolke started a sketch series called Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self,...
Aging in Hollywood can be terrifying
The Substance★★★★★ If the body horror sub-genre has a guiding principle, it’s in the terror of our infinite consciousness being inextricably tethered...