BREAKING NEWS: CITIZEN KANE LOSES BEST PICTURE TO HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY BREAKING NEWS: HITCHCOCK'S VERTIGO BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE, DEEMED COMMERCIAL FAILURE BREAKING NEWS: KUBRICK'S 2001 TOO CONFUSING, AUDIENCES DEMAND REFUNDS BREAKING NEWS: BRANDO REFUSES OSCAR, SENDS APACHE ACTIVIST IN HIS PLACE BREAKING NEWS: THE EXORCIST FIRST FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE FEATURING PROJECTILE DEMON VOMIT BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG'S JAWS BREAKS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE RECORD BREAKING NEWS: LUCAS STEALS SPIELBERG'S BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH STAR WARS BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG RECLAIMS RECORD FROM LUCAS WITH E.T. BREAKING NEWS: WATERWORLD BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE FILM IN HISTORY AT $175 MILLION BREAKING NEWS: SHOWGIRLS SETS RECORD FOR MOST RAZZIES WON BY SINGLE FILM BREAKING NEWS: ACADEMY VOTERS ASKED TO ACTUALLY WATCH ALL NOMINATED FILMS BREAKING NEWS: CITIZEN KANE LOSES BEST PICTURE TO HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY BREAKING NEWS: HITCHCOCK'S VERTIGO BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE, DEEMED COMMERCIAL FAILURE BREAKING NEWS: KUBRICK'S 2001 TOO CONFUSING, AUDIENCES DEMAND REFUNDS BREAKING NEWS: BRANDO REFUSES OSCAR, SENDS APACHE ACTIVIST IN HIS PLACE BREAKING NEWS: THE EXORCIST FIRST FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE FEATURING PROJECTILE DEMON VOMIT BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG'S JAWS BREAKS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE RECORD BREAKING NEWS: LUCAS STEALS SPIELBERG'S BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH STAR WARS BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG RECLAIMS RECORD FROM LUCAS WITH E.T. BREAKING NEWS: WATERWORLD BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE FILM IN HISTORY AT $175 MILLION BREAKING NEWS: SHOWGIRLS SETS RECORD FOR MOST RAZZIES WON BY SINGLE FILM BREAKING NEWS: ACADEMY VOTERS ASKED TO ACTUALLY WATCH ALL NOMINATED FILMS
FILM REVIEWS · FEATURES · FESTIVALS · INTERVIEWS Thursday, July 2, 2026
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FILM REVIEWS

In-depth film reviews of current theatrical releases, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.

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Out in Theaters: ‘DETROIT’

Out in Theaters: ‘DETROIT’

It pains me to say that what should have been one of the most important films of 2017 ultimately had me reflecting on the back catalog of Eli Roth. Not…

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Out in Theaters: ‘DUNKIRK’

Out in Theaters: ‘DUNKIRK’

Sure to leave you visibly shell-shocked, ‘Dunkirk’ is an outstanding war epic that brings together three tales of survival amidst chaos in such briskly edited, extraordinarily structured fashion that you…

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Out in Theaters: ‘SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING’

Out in Theaters: ‘SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING’

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ is a fine entry in the MCU, a superior option to any of the last three Spider-Man efforts, but Jon Watts’ vision doesn’t top Sam Raimi’s nor does his…

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Out in Theaters: ‘BABY DRIVER’

Out in Theaters: ‘BABY DRIVER’

A splashy one-of-a-kind action musical, Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’ is a rip-roaring hell of a time where the flash admittedly overshadows the familiar narrative but the style is so unique…

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Out in Theaters: ‘TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT’

Out in Theaters: ‘TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT’

Enduring ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ - enduring being the only appropriate way to describe consuming this living migraine - is tantamount to torture. Michael Bay’s fifth Transformers “movie” not only…

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Out in Theaters: ‘THE BOOK OF HENRY’

Out in Theaters: ‘THE BOOK OF HENRY’

Colin Trevorrow’s The Book of Henry is a tricksy page-turner, one that clubs you upside the head with eye-popping twists and heartrending turns at the expense of emotional earnestness. Fastidious…

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Out in Theaters: ‘BAYWATCH’

Out in Theaters: ‘BAYWATCH’

This modern day Baywatch redux fails to make any real splash but does offer a smorgasbord of hot beach bods dashing in slow-motion atop the sandy shoals. There’s a few…