Culinary films make our mouths water.
Think “Chef,” “Big Night” and “The Hundred Foot Journey.” They’re the worst thing to happen to diets since Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
“The Menu”...
Nicolas Cage is known for chewing a little scenery here and there.
OK, make that, “a lot” of scenery.
“Mandy.” “Vampire’s Kiss.” “Raising Arizona.”
So casting him as Dracula in...
Lee Cronin’s “Evil Dead Rise” begins seemingly a few miles down the road from that infamous cabin in the woods, where the original onslaught of explosive gore, decapitations, oozing fluids and monster...
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” answers several burning questions right away.
Is Harrison Ford, in his late 70s at the time of the production, too old to play the iconic swashbuckler? Shockingly,...
Don’t let “Barbie’s” dreamy, Day-Glo visuals fool you.
The film runs on hate, not affection.
“Barbie,” inspired by the Mattel toy dating back to 1959, loathes men to a degree that would...
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...
How many movies will be ruined by the filmmakers’ ideology before the woke fever breaks?
“Poor Things” teeters on that very edge, and it’s a shame given our quest for original storytelling.
Director...
Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” has a great deal of personality, marches boldly in unexpected directions and features imagery that I sometimes revisit in my daydreams.
It’s also an ugly, irritating...
Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” inspired a flood of flashy copy-cats.
His imitators aped his blend of hot action and cool banter. Suffice it to say few could come close to the real deal.
That’s...
One of the greatest works of criticism about the Coen brothers comes from Screentakes’s Jennine Lanouette in her review of “Inside Llewyn Davis.”
The 2013 drama is arguably one of Joel and Ethan...
Hollywood’s quest for inclusivity is both maddening and noble.
Forced diversity and Oscar-themed box checking are anathema to the creative process. Allowing more voices to share their stories?
Wonderful.
Enter...
No movie franchise is safe from revival.
Now, it’s “The Omen’s” turn despite a weak 2006 attempt to give the devil his due. Again.
“The First Omen” craves a do-over.
The prequel follows...
“Does your head hurt yet?” … “I have no idea what I’m talking about.”
Key characters in Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” utter those lines in the director’s...
Neil LaBute mastered the cinematic art of sexual politics long before “Me Too” entered the lexicon.
LaBute’s “In the Company of Men,” followed by the nasty “Your Friends & Neighbors,”...
Dwayne Johnson has been playing superheroic souls so long that putting him in tights feels redundant.
That means he’s a snug fit for “Black Adam,” a superhero yarn that isn’t sure if the title...
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” begins with a death that rocked Hollywood and Comic Con Nation.
Chadwick Boseman’s 2020 passing forced the MCU to alter the obligatory sequel to 2018’s “Black...
James Cameron has done it again.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” is a near-perfect sequel to his groundbreaking 2009 original. That isn’t as complimentary as it sounds.
“Water,” the first in...
One of the joys of catching up with the title characters of “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” is revisiting the perfect synergy of the title character and Antonio Banderas in the lead vocal performance.
When...
The little wooden puppet who longs to be a real boy is having quite the movie year.
Based on Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel, the character has been reborn in the form of two lavish, state of the art 2022...
What if you lined up all the core rom-com elements but forgot the most important ingredient?
Heart. You might have “Your Place or Mine,” a movie that seems perfect for a cozy, date-night style...
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