Writer/ director Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” has a lot in common with her prior film, the celebrated “Promising Young Woman” (2020).
I’m not being complimentary.
Like “Promising Young...
Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” isn’t “Waterloo” (1970), or that Armand Assante-led TV movie from 1987, nor anything like what Stanley Kubrick designed and nearly made with Jack Nicholson decades...
At this point seeing an animated Bernie Sanders in a Disney film wouldn’t shock us.
The studio’s Leftward lurch, both in its battles with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and woke agenda, is Hollywood’s...
David Fincher’s new film, The Killer” is exactly the kind of movie you’d expect the brilliant dark prince of cinema to make once he got “Mank” (2020) out of his system.
Not based on the landmark...
We don’t appreciate how many perfect casting decisions Marvel made to bring its colorful heroes to life.
Robert Downey, Jr. Chris Evans. Scarlett Johansson. Benedict Cumberbatch. Samuel L. Jackson....
“It’s a Wonderful Life” remains a Yuletide treat for all the right reasons.
It’s sweet, sentimental and brimming with life-affirming moments that have made generations smile. Can anyone hear...
“The Royal Hotel” is the kind of bar you enter with an exit plan.
The titular dive teems with miners eager to blow off steam in the crudest way possible.
That leaves the film’s female leads scrambling...
“Priscilla” is everything “Elvis” wasn’t.
The Baz Luhrmann film relied on sizzle, not substance. We watched in awe as “Elvis” recreated the icon’s look and sound, never bothering to reveal...
We missed Alexander Payne movies.
Remember “About Schmidt?” “Sideways?” “The Descendants?” “Nebraska?”
Smart. Provocative. Adult. Comical. Wise.
He swung and missed so hard his helmet...
Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is unlike any film the director has ever made before, though you could pull “The Age of Innocence” (1993) as a possible reference.
Both are historical...
Hollywood finally cracked the code on video game adaptations.
Gone are the days when John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins embarrassed themselves, and us, as those wacky plumbers circa 1993.
Films like...
Chloe Domont’s “Fair Play” made a sensational debut at the January 2023 Sundance Film Festival, then made a belated premiere on Netflix this month.
Like any film festival favorite that premieres...
Crocodiles don’t get the genre love that sharks do, but Hollywood still finds something scary about the critters.
Modern croc romps like “Rogue,” “Lake Placid” and “Black Water” stoked...
Steve Miner’s “Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later” (1998) opens with “Mr. Sandman” by The Chordettes (as did “Halloween II”) and a pumpkin being stabbed with a large kitchen knife.
The filmmakers...
You can’t say Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese has bad instincts.
The “Taxi Driver” auteur knew on a gut level that David Grann’s nonfiction book “Killers of the Flower Moon” could resonate...
Woke has impacted virtually all film genres, including horror.
The recent “The Exorcist: Believer” rushes to mind, as does the Prime Video original “Totally Killer.” The last thing we want in...
We don’t deserve dogs.
The main character in “Muzzle” knows that better than anyone. Aaron Eckhart’s broken cop will do anything to avenge his canine partner in the grand John Wick tradition.
Except...
Sister Yulia’s belly isn’t the first cinematic womb to hold demonic potential.
The key character in “Deliver Us” offers a neat twist on the horror trope. Sister Yulia has not one but two babies...
Artificial Intelligence is top of mind for just about everyone.
Hollywood fears it. Tech giants crave it. Politicians wonder how they can leverage it against their opponents.
The rest of us worry A.I....
Writer/director Brian Duffield paints himself into a corner in “No One Will Save You.”
And, like too many genre storytellers, he never writes his way out.
Don’t blame star Kaitlyn Dever.
The...
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