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Naomi Scott stars as global pop sensation Skye Riley in the new horror sequel Smile 2.

Horror sequel will put smile on face

Narrowly avoiding a straight-to-streaming release two years ago, the surprise hit Smile opened wide to more than $200 million at the box office. Inevitably, the series continues this fall with […]

Anna Kendrick stars in and directs the film Woman of the Hour, alongside Daniel Zovatto.

Film shines light on ‘Dating Game’ killer

Anna Kendrick steps behind the camera for the first time to take on misogyny and murder with Woman of the Hour, a chilling true crime tale debuting on Netflix starting […]

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix star in Joker: Folie à Deux.

Sequel to megahit is a pretty big joke

What do you get when you cross a loosely adapted comic book movie with a billion dollars at the box office and 11 Oscar nominations? Well, you get Joker: Folie […]

Maisy Stella, left, and Aubrey Plaza play the same character at different stages of their life in My Old Ass.

Would you take future self’s advice?

In the spring of 2020, popular YouTube comedian Julie Nolke started a sketch series called Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self, in which a version of herself a few […]

Demi Moore gives one of her best performances in the new film The Substance.

Aging in Hollywood can be terrifying

If the body horror sub-genre has a guiding principle, it’s in the terror of our infinite consciousness being inextricably tethered to malleable mortal flesh. Most films in the category find […]

Transformers One has plenty of action as well as plenty of well-known actors supplying their voices.

Prequel puts story of ‘Transformers’ into gear

Fittingly, the Transformers franchise has undergone several metamorphoses since the animated television series debuted 40 years ago, with the corresponding The Transformers: The Movie being released in 1986. After five […]

Michael Keaton returns for his titular role in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

There’s still life in story of the undead

Michael Keaton was one of the highlights when he returned as Batman in last year’s superhero goulash The Flash. At the tail end of this summer, he’s back reviving another […]

The exorcism film The Deliverance stars, front to back, Mo’Nique, Andra Day, and Glenn Close.

Deliver us from bad exorcism movies

If there was ever a golden age of exorcism movies, we’re certainly not in it. The reception for The Exorcist: Believer last fall was so lackluster that Universal Pictures scrapped […]

Colman Domingo, left, and Clarence Maclin share a scene in the A24 film Sing Sing.

Film takes look at prison theater group

Playing at Cinema Center through Sept. 12, the new prison drama Sing Sing stars Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo as John “Divine G” Whitfield, an inmate at the titular New […]