Bullied as a child, Sissy (Aisha Dee) thought she left behind her childhood name. She‘s Cecilia now and she’s a self-help influencer. Popular on social media under the handle “Sincerely Cecilia”, the trendy twenty-something shares glossy selfie videos about mindfulness and self-love, topics she actually knows nearly nothing about. Deep down, she’s a traumatized child;...
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ is a madcap, prismatic martial arts sci-fi family movie that refracts the entire scope of cinema and reality through the plight of a Chinese-American laundry…
Maria Bakalova is a star. The Borat Subsequent Moviefilm breakout not only captured national attention as Borat’s fictional daughter Tutar Sagdiyev in the 2020 mockumentary but she earned an Academy Award nomination for her efforts. Complete with uncomplimentary prosthetics and raggedy apparel, Bakalova fearlessly faced down judgmental southern debutants and, later, Rudy Giuliani’s roaming hands. But...
We’ve seen the man become the bat plenty of times. In Matt Reeves’ The Batman, we see the bat become a man again. The Batman, a singularly gloomy noir caper that feels stylistically more akin to Se7en than The Dark Knight, presents one of the most distinctive versions of the iconic “superhero” (that term is...
This tame adaptation of the popular Playstation game series manages to strip the charm out of the franchise, due partially to poorly cast leads in Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg,…
Kenneth Branagh's latest ho-hum potboiler benefits from an impressive cast - though he doesn't quite know what to do with them all - while unwinding a murder mystery that lacks…
A chaotic disaster epic marked by an impressive cast, laughable dialogue, and sometimes stellar special effects, 'Moonfall' is typical Roland Emmerich fare but lacking the consistent madness to make the…
'Jackass Forever' is the same stupid buffoonery that it's always been - and it's still just as scatologically funny.
An ooey, gooey suburban creature feature about motherhood and maintaining the illusion of perfection, Hatching expertly blends the weirder side of horror with a deeper message. Motherhood – at any age – requires great sacrifice. It’s often nasty, inglorious business. Hatching is not elevated horror. Nor is it shlock. Instead, this Finnish import about a...
Bradley Rust Gray’s unhurried drama may move too slowly for some viewers but richly-layered performances and tender direction yield a thoughtful and emotionally evocative study of the human heart. Carla…