‘IS THIS THING ON?’ Mic Checks a Middle-Aged Marriage
Will Arnett erupts onto the screen as a real dramatic actor in Bradley Cooper’s thoughtfully funny 'Is This Thing On?', a midlife crisis story that tackles themes of commitment and…
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‘NO OTHER CHOICE’ Is Park Chan-wook’s Darkly Comic Stand Against Humanity Becoming Replaceable
‘No Other Choice’ is an expertly constructed social satire from Park Chan-wook that harkens to its South Korean compatriot ‘Parasite’. Come for the bloody thrills, stay for the pertinent message…
STREAMING · HBO MAX
‘MARTY SUPREME’ Serves Up Another High-Tension Safdie Classic
Josh Safdie proves he was the chosen one with 'Marty Supreme', a chaos-riddled epic about a scumbag ping-pong player trying to scheme his way into proving that he's the world's…
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‘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.
STREAMING · DISNEY+
‘ZOOTOPIA 2’ and the Overwhelming Joy of the Meaningful Family-Friendly Film
Funny, heartwarming, and thematically potent, 'Zootopia 2' is one of the better animated movies of the decade—but more importantly, it marked a pivotal moviegoing experience for this critic: my daughter’s…
STREAMING · HBO MAX
The Tragedy of ‘HAMNET’ and the Absolution of Art
A profoundly moving portrait of family, tragedy, and how art binds us, 'Hamnet' is a stunning return to form for director Chloé Zhao, boasting one of the year’s best performances…
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‘WAKE UP DEAD MAN’ is A Holy Mystery a Few Beads Short of a Full Rosary
The winning combo of Daniel Craig and Josh O’Connor threatens to send 'Wake Up Dead Man' to the heavens, but the third 'Knives Out' entry — though the most thematically…
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‘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…
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‘PREDATOR: BADLANDS’ Is the Alien vs. Predator Movie We Deserve
The kind of effortlessly enjoyable franchise movie that we don't see enough of at the theater these days, 'Predator: Badlands' continues Dan Trachtenberg's absolute god-tier revival of this franchise, this…
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‘BUGONIA’ Is Alienating For All the Right Reasons
Amongst my favorite working directors, Yorgos Lanthimos has a way of poking at how we perceive reality that is unsettling, absurdist, and deeply satirical, and with 'Bugonia' he applies an…