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Jason Statham continues his run of action films with The Beekeeper.

Action film keeps with bee puns

Jason Statham starred in four action projects last year alone (most recently in last September’s bomb Expend4bles), and he doesn’t show any signs of stopping this year either. Everyone’s favorite […]

Cillian Murphy delievered an outstanding performance in the film Oppenheimer.

Counting down top 10 films of 2023

Undoubtedly, the 2023 year in film was defined by “Barbenheimer,” the simultaneous release of Barbie and Oppenheimer in the middle of the summer that generated almost a billion dollars at […]

Emma Stone delivers one of her best performances in the new film Poor Things.

‘Poor Things’ is worthy of high praise

Poor Things, the recent recipient of a record-setting seven awards from the Indiana Film Journalists Association, is a lot. Then again, it never pretends it isn’t. The opening shot is […]

The new thriller Eileen stars Anne Hathaway, left, and Thomasin McKenzie.

Not all as it appears in new thriller

Early on in the new thriller Eileen, we’re tipped off to the fact that something about the title character may be a little off. Played with tremulous longing by Thomasin […]

Is being a celebrity the dream life?

adNicolas Cage must know that he’s on our minds. Between GIFs, memes, and the more than 100 films in which he’s starred over the past 40 years, it can be […]

The new thriller Saltburn stars, from left, Alison Oliver, Jacob Elordi, and Barry Keoghan.

Thriller sprinkles in class warfare

Academy Award-winning writer/director Emerald Fennell follows up her provocative breakout Promising Young Woman with another button-pusher in the new stately and seductive psychological dramedy Saltburn. Where Fennell’s previous effort targeted […]

Gina Gershon and Patrick Dempsey star in the new horror movie Thanksgiving.

Horror fans will return for seconds

Thanksgiving is a superb slasher, one that does all the things that it’s supposed to do very well, in addition to doing other things that it would not necessarily need […]

Michael Fassbender stars in Next Goal Wins.

Feel-good movie misses the mark

There’s no mistaking the goofy sports biopic Next Goal Wins for anything other than the latest brainchild of filmmaker Taika Waititi. Ten years ago, few outside of the New Zealand […]

Dominic Sessa, left, makes his film debut alongside Paul Giamitti in The Holdovers.

‘The Holdovers’ hits seasonal tones

When winter creeps in and the days grow shorter, we gather close together for light and warmth. Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers is a movie that honors this primal instinct and […]