In-depth film reviews of current theatrical releases, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
‘Being the Ricardos’ is an only serviceable Lucille Ball biopic that overdelivers on narrative artifice and under-delivers on stakes. Though Nicole Kidman is the big awards contender, Javier Bardem is…
A B-movie carny noir shot with the handsome care of a prestige picture, ‘Nightmare Alley’ is a gloomy product firmly in Del Toro’s wheelhouse, and the Oscar-winning director knows just…
Paolo Sorrentino's striking coming-of-age drama sinks into the gaiety of family history and the pangs of family tragedy as the hand of fate throws a young man's future into question.…
Ridley Scott delivers a petty crime epic that’s especially interested in melodrama and absurdist comedic beats. Gaga and Driver are strong but Jared Leto as aLittle Lord Fauntleroy in a…
‘Licorice Pizza’ is a coming-of-age romantic-comedy that only Paul Thomas Anderson could tell. An anarchic swirl of memories and mood make for a unique, and uniquely hysterical, vision of the…
With 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', the supernatural-comedy franchise hopefully has found its final resting place. There's elements that work really well here - the kid's performances, a lot of the creature effects,…
Vibrant Afro-Latinx culture, eye-popping visuals, and toe-tapping songs from Lin Manuel-Miranda intersect with one of the House of Mouse's most original and meaningful stories in quite some time with 'Encanto',…
Pablo Larraín and Kristen Stewart achieve wonders in the awards-destined Princess Diana biopic 'Spencer'. A handsomely-mounted portrait of strained poise under royal expectations, the artful biographical drama boasts sumptuous production…
Over-plotted and underwhelming, 'Eternals' is a choppy, self-serious dud for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With a huge cast that fails to get enough individual breathing room, this sprawling should-be-epic fails…
This traumatic horror movie from Scott Cooper and Guillermo del Toro digs into the Indigenous legend of the Wendigo to tell a sobering human-level story of abuse while delivering top-shelf…