In-depth film reviews of current theatrical releases, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
With Nosferatu, Robert Eggers conjures a gothic horror that feels both timeless and daringly fresh. A masterful blend of craft, performance, and atmosphere, it’s a haunting reimagining that lingers like…
As empty and cold as the depths of the sea, 'Moana 2' is a cynically made sequel that lacks a heartbeat and memorable music. It’s Walt Disney Animation Studios’ worst…
Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II is a beast of an audio-visual experience, best taken in on the biggest IMAX screen you can find. But its convoluted plotting and mimicry of its…
Mikey Madison rules the screen as a Brooklyn stripper who falls for the wealthy son of a Russian oligarch and the fallout their entanglement entails in the truly alive 'Anora'.…
Led by a masterful turn from the always-reliable Ralph Fiennes, 'Conclave' is a crackling actors' showcase forging standout production elements with a best-of-year script. There’s a cool irony to the…
Despite featuring some truly grade-A kills, solid jump scares, and an electrifying scream queen in Naomi Scott, 'Smile 2' can’t quite manage to land this possessed plane without cheating—leaving this…
'Terrifier 3' combines malicious, vaudeville goofball humor with line-crossing brutality, frequency dancing across the line of what is thought to be acceptable with all the gory good humor of a…
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield bring heated chemistry to this romantic tragedy about a years-long love story complicated by a cancer diagnosis. John Crowley elevates this two-hander melodrama by treating…
This biopic of Donald Trump’s early years wisely focuses on his time as the eager protégé of the infamous Roy Cohn, though condensing such a sprawling story into two hours…
More interesting as a concept than in execution, 'Joker: Folie à Deux' is a bizarre, off-putting sequel that seems to reject everything that the first film stood for. The pairing…