Bradley Cooper proves to be a stellar triple-threat in directorial debut for “A Star Is Born”
"A Star Is Born" is a surprisingly impactful and tender movie.
Archives
Is “Assassination Nation” unique and original enough to be a good film?
Director Sam Levinson does a good job of utilizing his actors, and produces one incredibly memorable scene around a home invasion.
Is “White Boy Rick” Oscar fodder, or is it just a September also-ran?
“The Predator” is perplexing and shockingly incompetent
Saying the plot out loud will make you question everything
“Mandy” is Nicholas Cage at his most batshit insane
Truly a roller coaster of a movie
‘Searching’ is a refreshingly original twist on the suspense genre
Eighth Grade is a triumph that perfectly encapsulates our modern era
Effortlessly excellent
Hereditary is an unsettling thrill of a ride with a side of horror
Horror/thrillers don't get much better than this
Avengers: Infinity War is an appetizer, but still a superhero epic with plenty of gut punches (No spoilers!)
Come for the superheroes, stay for the bad guy.
Borg vs. McEnroe is surprisingly good, portraying two tennis icons not as different as believed
Don't dismiss this movie because of Shia LeBeouf.
Rampage works because it doesn’t try to adapt the video game
The Dwayne Johnson blockbuster is exactly what you think it will be.
HBO’s Andre The Giant is a nostalgic home run that leaves us wanting more
Covering Andre the Giant's career also serves as a high-quality introductory course on the history of pro wrestling.
Why Tomb Raider and Alicia Vikander break the bad video game movie trend
You don't need to be a fan of the video game to enjoy this one.
Does Annihilation know what kind of movie it is? Let’s try to figure out its identity crisis
Alien invasion? Horror? A war allegory? What is this movie?
Game Night uses all its pieces well, notably Rachel McAdams, for a twisty story full of laughs
Follow up Black Panther with a comedy chaser.
Black Panther is like no other Marvel film, reaching a higher bar as a result: 5 takeaways
Give us more King T'Challa as soon as possible, Marvel.
Netflix’s horror film The Ritual keeps things simple with creepy results
Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the most effective in horror films.
Christian Bale is great in Hostiles, making a relentlessly bleak Western compelling
Scott Cooper reminds us that the frontier west carries some difficult history.
I, Tonya is one of 2017’s best movies; our big takeaways from the film
If you thought Tonya Harding's life would make a great movie, you will not be disappointed.
Columbus didn’t get any Oscar love, but it was one of the best movies of 2017
A smart, realistic, beautifully made film, Columbus packages realism in a beautifully impressionistic fashion.
The Post is excellent, an ode to journalism with a typically outstanding Meryl Streep performance
So good it might make you want to buy a newspaper again.
The Commuter is familiar and reliably entertaining, like all Liam Neeson action movies
Golden Globes winner Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri explores grief through dark comedy and anger
With Molly’s Game, Jessica Chastain and Aaron Sorkin provide the ideal story for our current culture
Molly Bloom is the best role of Chastain's already impressive career.
Somehow, Netflix’s Bright takes the fun out of a modern world full of orcs and elves
There probably are more interesting stories to tell in a world where humans live with elves, orcs and fairies.
