‘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,...
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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...
Jordan-to-Nike story keeps things light
Air★★★★★ Michael Jordan is such an enduring cultural figure that even the finer details of his unparalleled legacy can be the focus point for a...
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,...
Narcissism at center of indie film
Playing at Cinema Center this weekend, the indie dramedy When You Finish Saving the World stars Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard as Ziggy Katz, a high...
‘Pinocchio’ gets del Toro treatment
There have been numerous cinematic adaptations of Carlo Collodi’s children’s book The Adventures of Pinocchio over the years, so perhaps it was inevitable...
Blanchett delivers in 5-star movie
The cultural conversation around “separating the art from the artist” has been around for decades, but the public discourse surrounding the philosophy...
‘Black Adam’ is yet another DC misfire
Swooping in to spoil spooky season, the latest addition to the DC Extended Universe exacerbates the franchise’s identity crisis that has existed since...
Mental health at center of horror film
Capping off an uncommonly strong month for cinematic horror, the frightfest Smile stars Sosie Bacon as Dr. Rose Cotter, a psychologist who’s been putting...
Killer gets backstory in horror prequel
When writer/director Ti West debuted his slasher film X at South By Southwest in March, he announced he secretly shot a prequel back-to-back with it...