‘ETERNITY’ Wastes the Afterlife in Rom-Com Purgatory
Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, and Callum Turner aren’t the problem but ‘Eternity’ is standard-issue love triangle fare, just dressed up to look like something more.
REVIEW
REVIEW
‘DIE MY LOVE’: Postpartum Dread Lacks Direction
Madness consumes a new mother in Lynne Ramsay’s latest vision of domesticity gone bad. Set in the isolated countryside, 'Die My Love' explores postpartum depression pushed to its breaking point…
REVIEW
‘BLACK PHONE 2’ Doesn’t Phone It In, But Still Misses the Call
A cold horror movie in more ways than one, 'Black Phone 2' is disturbing in flashes and occasionally satisfying, with a standout turn from Madeline McGraw. But its sluggish pacing…
REVIEW
Colin Farrell is Down Bad in Plodding Macau Gambling Drama ‘Ballad of a Small Player’
Colin Farrell is a gambling addict in the Far East in this dreamy, meandering drama desperately in need of a point. The tasteful production elements in Edward Berger's 'Ballad of…
REVIEW
‘TRON: ARES’ Is a Pretty Husk Wishing It Were a Real Boy
'TRON: Ares' is somehow better than it has any right to be, but it’s unadulterated style over substance, a movie that impresses on an audio-visual level that will leave you…
REVIEW
Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE’ Certainly Provokes A Response
'A House of Dynamite' is a technically assured, well-acted thriller that wants to say something urgent about power, crisis, and global fragility, but its constantly shifting character focus and refusal…
STREAMING · HBO MAX
‘THE CONJURING: LAST RITES’ Drops the Sinister For a Saccharine Sendoff
The Conjuring universe wraps up Ed and Lorraine's story with a disappointingly flat coda that focuses more of their family drama than it does actual haunting. Not scary, way too…
REVIEW
‘FREAKIER FRIDAY’ Escapes the Content Mines of Disney+ to Pollute the Theater
The winsome cast (especially Jamie Lee Curtis) almost salvages the low effort 'Freakier Friday' through sheer force of will, but even if the ending sort of works on the most…
REVIEW
Fantastically Dull ‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS’ Miscalculates Introduction to First Family
'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' is yet another reminder that Marvel’s multiverse era is more about setups and disappointments than payoffs. And while this entry is relatively self-contained, it still…
REVIEW
All These Years Later, ‘I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER’ Is Still Copying ‘Scream’
Just as the 1997 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' rode the coattails of 'Scream' (1996), the 2025 installment follow the legacy sequel blueprint of 'Scream' (2022). Despite being…