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JIMMY ZIP: RELOADED Brings the Late 90s Crime Drama Back for New Audiences
SHIN KAMEN RIDER is a Thrilling Love Letter to the Tokusatsu Icon
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Jumps Breathlessly from Big Fun to Existential Contemplation
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE is Ambitious Animation that Stuns and Soars in Equal Measure
KANDAHAR: Gerard Butler & Ric Roman Waugh Remain A Formidable Star/Director Duo
FAST X: Let the Naysayers Have Their Opinions, We Still Have “Family”
THE LITTLE MERMAID: A More Nuanced Romance and a Breakout Performance by Halle Bailey
FAST X Finds the Fast Franchise Spinning Its Wheels
CHEVALIER is an Exquisite Reclamation of a Revolutionary Artist
GUARDIANS VOL. 3 – A Darker but No Less Welcome Closing Chapter
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? is the Question that Eventually Gets Answered
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3. is a Muddled Misfire
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 Review: A Worth-the-Wait Trilogy Capper
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET
SISU Kills ’Em All
BEAU IS AFRAID Puts the Odd in Odyssey
SHOWING UP and Being Stuck
RENFIELD Review: Horror-Action-Comedy Undone By Tonal Incongruities
HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE is a Provocative Eco-Thriller
RENFIELD is a Vampire Comedy Sucked Dry of Effective Humor
65 Review: Prehistoric in More Ways Than One
SUPER MARIO BROS: Nintendo’s Flagship Series Gets an Underwhelming Big-Screen Adaptation
On the Origin of the Sneakies: AIR and the Disruptive Evolution of Nike
THE SUPER MARIO BROS. is a Hollow Feast of Fan Service
ENYS MEN Review: An Island, Isolation, and Mind Tricks Everywhere
JOHN WICK CHAPTER 4: Rather Impossibly, the Best Entry in a Series with No Bad Ones
Let’s Talk About MOVING ON
Ghostface takes Manhattan in SCREAM VI
The Tender Story of ONE FINE MORNING
Michael B. Jordan Ably Takes the Reins on CREED III
OPERATION FORTUNE: RUSE DE GUERRE, A Time-Waster By Any Other Name
COCAINE BEAR Fully Delivers on its Comically Absurd Premise
Neeson, Jordan Bring a Classic Detective Back to Life with MARLOWE
SHARPER is a Promising Thriller That Ends Up Dull
Ushering in Phase 5 with the Hugely Tiny QUANTUMANIA
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA: Justice for Kang
QUANTUMANIA Shows How Lost the MCU has Become
The Psychedelic Intimacy of ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA
Discussing Faith, Film, and CONSECRATION with Writer/Director Christopher Smith and Star Jena Malone
MAGIC MIKE’S LAST DANCE, Truth in Advertising (Hopefully)
In CONSECRATION, Sympathy For the Devil
KNOCK AT THE CABIN — M. Night gives Us a Delightfully Atmospheric Fun House Mirror
In KNOCK AT THE CABIN, M. Night Shyamalan Delivers a Master Class in Suspense
INFINITY POOL Takes an Unflinching Look at Humanity’s Ugliness
WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD Misses the Mark
ALICE, DARLING, No Adventures in Wonderland
Worry, DARLING
MISSING Sets Up The Clues, But Can’t Quite Crack the Case
THE DEVIL CONSPIRACY: A Transcendent Elevator Pitch that Dishevels in the Details
SKINAMARINK Delivers Unforgettable Experiential Horror
Delving into SKINAMARINK with Director Kyle Edward Ball
The Greatest Trick THE DEVIL CONSPIRACY’s Trailer Pulled Was Convincing the World the Movie Was…
M3GAN, Multi-Layered Family Drama Wrapped Around A Cautionary Sci-Fi/Horror Tale
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Sheds the Cynicism of Shrek
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Delivers High Style, Verve, and Vibes to Spare
What Guillermo del Toro’s PINOCCHIO Has To Do With Kubrick, Scorsese, and Death
It Doesn’t Take Long for BABYLON to Fall
SPOILER ALERT: This is One of the Year’s Best
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER is a Lush Action Spectacle that only James Cameron Can Deliver
EMANCIPATION, Will Smith Delivers a Powerful, Moving Performance in Civil War Drama
CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS is a Bloody Good Time!
WOMEN TALKING: Sarah Polley Delivers One of This Year’s Best
VIOLENT NIGHT is the Greatest Christmas Action Movie of All Time!
The Legend of Benoit Blanc Grows in GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
NR. 10 is High Melodrama with an Extremely Satisfying Absurdist Twist
THE FABELMANS or Portrait of a Filmmaker as a Young Man
THE MENU Delivers Epicurean Delights and Horrors in Equal Measure
THE MENU is a Feast of Dark Comedy and Thrills
Grief and War Set a More Somber Tone for BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER is a Soulful Blockbuster Burdened by Loss and a Burgeoning MCU
CAUSEWAY Examines the Raw Wounds of Recovery
BLACK ADAM is Weighed Down By Its Star
TÁR: Cate Blanchett Conducts a Sinister Symphony
HALLOWEEN ENDS the Deconstruction of Evil
ACCIDENT MAN: HITMAN’S HOLIDAY is an Action-Packed Sequel Done Right!
Tripping on David O. Russell’s AMSTERDAM
SPIRIT HALLOWEEN is Hauntingly Wholesome Good Time!
BROS is the Rom-Com We Never Thought We’d See
MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON and the Underbelly of New Orleans
Supernatural Horror SMILE Shocks, Scares, and Disturbs
Believe the Kids: This GOODNIGHT MOMMY is an Imposter
BLONDE tears Marilyn Monroe Apart
THE WOMAN KING: Oscar-Winner Viola Davis’s Powerful Performance Elevates Historical Epic
PEARL: Ti West, Mia Goth, and a Slasher Origin Story for the Ages
SEE HOW THEY RUN…and Stumble Over and Over Again
THE WOMAN KING is Anti-Colonialist BRAVEHEART
PEARL delivers an Audacious and Unflinching Character Study
PINOCCHIO Longs To Be A Real Movie
NY’s Metrograph Announces Sylvia Kristel Retrospective in September
John Boyega Shines as a Man on the Edge in BREAKING
MACK & RITA Makes a Millennial Out of Diane Keaton
EMERGENCY DECLARATION, South Korean Disaster-In-The-Sky Delivers the Genre Goods
FALL is a Schlocky Bit of Late Summer Fun
Aubrey Plaza Goes in Deep in EMILY THE CRIMINAL
BODIES BODIES BODIES, Savage Gen Z Satire Hits Far More Than It Misses
A Riotous Ride with BULLET TRAIN
BULLET TRAIN. A Rickety Ride, Eased by the Charms of Brad Pitt
STOWAWAY Is a Thriller Gone Adrift
RESURRECTION Doesn’t Shy Away from the Horrors of Abuse
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS Gives the Spotlight to Man’s Best Friends
NOPE, Jordan Peele Delivers the Blockbuster Entertainment We Didn’t Know We Needed
NOPE Invites You to Believe the Impossible
Winona is the Sole Reason to Watch the Aptly Titled GONE IN THE NIGHT
The Director and Star of THE SWORDSMAN Return with THE KILLER
A Hem’s Worth — THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER Stitches Down the MCU’s Biggest Loose Thread
THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER is All Filling, No Donut
THE ROUNDUP is Must-See Action-Comedy for Fans of LETHAL WEAPON
THE FORGIVEN, Morocco-Set Anti-Colonialist Satire Soars Then Stumbles
ELVIS Is a Hyper-Kinetic American Tragedy
THE BLACK PHONE, Nightmare Fuel From Two of the Best Horror Filmmakers Working Today
THE BLACK PHONE is a Haunted Prison Escape
ELVIS Review: More Montage than Movie
NEPTUNE FROST: Music as Protest
CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH Finds Empathy in Growing Up
LIGHTYEAR: Pixar’s Latest Explores a Beloved Character in a New Context
LIGHTYEAR Charts the Beginning of ‘To Infinity and Beyond’
The Gang’s All Here for JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION
JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION Delivers More of the Same, Just Slightly Different
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE Delivers Classic Cronenberg
Please Refuse this BENEDICTION
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, Meet the New Flesh, Same as the Old (New) Flesh
TOP GUN: MAVERICK soars by owning the original’s mistakes
DASHCAM is a Divisive Endurance Test Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen
TOP GUN: MAVERICK Still Feels the Need for Speed
TOP GUN MAVERICK is Equally Shallow and Exhilarating
HOLD YOUR FIRE Revisits a Dark Event in NYC History
MEN Delivers Deliriously Grotesque Body Horror Mixed with Metaphysical, Metaphorical Themes
MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS’s Most Violent Scene is Bloody Brilliant
Alex Garland’s MEN is a Gnarly but Nebulous Folk Horror
WE NEED TO TALK is a Surprisingly Charming Indie Romcom
HAPPENING: A Timely, Urgent Call to Political Activism
HATCHING, A Bizarrely Mesmerizing Coming-of-Age Tale
STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS Goes Boldly Back to the Future
DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS Gives the Master of the Mystical Arts the Film He’s…
DR. STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS Is Another MCU Entry, With Flashes of Raimi Magic
Giving THE DUKE a Well-Deserved Bow
Liam Neeson Can’t Trust Anyone in MEMORY
Talking Fame, Faith and FATHER STU with Mark Wahlberg
THE NORTHMAN is Cinematic Death Metal
3 Wizards and a Muggle on a Zoom: Talking FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE with Eddie…
Settling into a Lazy MOTHERING SUNDAY
The Wizarding World Heats Up with FANTASTIC BEASTS 3
THE BUBBLE Traps You In a Bloated, Mean-Spirited Mess
AMBULANCE Does Not Stop
MIDNIGHT is a Subversive Sensory Thriller
YOU WON’T BE ALONE is a Nuanced Exploration of Humanity Through the Lens of Folk Horror
YOU WON’T BE ALONE: A Chat with Director Goran Stolevski
ALICE: A Free Woman
X is a New Horror Cult Classic
THE OUTFIT is Such a Perfect Fit
ALL MY FRIENDS HATE ME and the Art of Birthday Tension
TURNING RED Is a Colorful Coming-of-Age Adventure
THE BATMAN, Grim-Dark Bleakness In All Its Complex, Contradictory Beauty
Embrace the Dark Sincerity of THE BATMAN
RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY is a Throughly Terrifying and Loyal Adaptation
UNCHARTED is a Greatest Hits of Adventure Filmmaking But Lacks Heart
Sci-Fi Thriller COSMIC DAWN Provokes, Intrigues, Then Disappoints
Kenneth Branagh’s DEATH ON THE NILE Runs out of Steam
BLACKLIGHT, Liam Neeson Sleepwalks Through Another Dull Misfire
Branagh Misses the Boat with DEATH ON THE NILE
MOONFALL: Roland Emmerich Makes A Semi-Triumphant Return to the Disaster Genre
Power and Control Take Center Stage in PLAYGROUND
An All Access Pass to RIFKIN’S FESTIVAL
CONFESSION Falls Short of its Promising Structural Challenges
PARALLEL MOTHERS is Pedro Almodóvar and Penélope Cruz’s Best Collaboration Yet
If You Like Scary Movies, You’re Going To Love SCREAM
The New SCREAM Is Bloody Fun About What Makes Good Bloody Fun
Slyly Subversive Home-Invasion Thriller SEE FOR ME Delivers the Goods
SING 2 Celebrates the Art of the Spectacle…Eventually
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