Irish humor can be quick, cutting and oh, so dark.
Filmmaker Martin McDonagh (“In Bruges,” “Seven Psychopaths”) delivers a master class in his culture’s humor via “The Banshees of Inisherin.”
The...
It’s only natural that for every 80 sunny Christmas films released each year there’s a few that start with a frown.
“Violent Night” fits that bill, and then some.
Crass, cynical and drowning...
Tom Cruise didn’t just prove audiences longed to go back to the theater.
The megastar delivered an apolitical smash that united critics and fans alike. Except “Top Gun: Maverick” did even more...
“I Wanna Dance with Somebody” feels like a CliffsNotes version of Whitney Houston’s life story.
The film hits all the obligatory notes, from Houston’s triumphant Super Bowl performance to her...
“Cocaine Bear” has a “Snakes on as Plane” problem that never goes away.
That 2006 romp rocked the zeitgeist for months. And then we saw the film itself, a mediocrity given a pulse by Samuel L....
Guy Ritchie’s “Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre” is the third in a trilogy I presume he’s calling Movies I Made to Distance Myself from “Aladdin” (2019).
If that doesn’t sound fair, consider...
The “Fast & Furious” saga officially jumped the shark when two “family” members found themselves in outer space in the ninth installment.
C’mon, man!
The “John Wick” franchise hasn’t...
Sports may be our last remaining meritocracy, much to ESPN’s chagrin.
Can you throw a 98-miles-an-hour fastball? Sign here, kid, no matter your race, color or national origin.
It’s why we’re...
Faith-based films have more on their mind than entertainment, and that’s often where the trouble begins.
A Christian message, like a progressive lecture amidst an otherwise generic story, can spoil...
When will Hollywood learn an old saw that grows more accurate over time.
More is less.
Or, in the case of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” much less.
Storyteller James Gunn’s third, and...
Hollywood writers are on strike, partly, over fears A.I. might replace them.
Even an ’80s-era Commodore 64 could write dialogue better than what’s heard in “Fast X.”
Those moments, as wince-inducing...
Every once in a while a movie changes everything.
Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” nailed the global warming (update: Climate Change) zeitgeist like nothing before or since. “The China Syndrome”...
You can’t out-Jaws “Jaws.”
Modern shark movies don’t bother competing with the 1975 classic (a wise move). They go the opposite route, leaning into broad comedy and broader caricatures.
While the world grapples with ever-changing social dynamics and the “woke” movement, a remarkable cinematic gem defies our perpetual adolescence and historical unawareness.
Christopher Nolan, renowned...
Just because you’re a whiz at “Call of Duty” doesn’t mean you could mow down enemy soldiers on the battlefield.
That thinking got turned on its head when Nissan gathered a gaggle of gamers to...
Warning: The review below may challenge the beliefs of nonbelievers who dismiss faith and deny the possibility of possession.
Picture a fusion of “Silence of the Lambs,” “The Exorcist” and “Primal...
Hercule Poirot has an almost supernatural knack for solving murders.
That makes “A Haunting in Venice” a natural extension of the character’s old-school universe.
“Venice,” adapted from Agatha...
It’s impossible to hate a movie about immigrants embracing the American dream.
Even “Flamin’ Hot,” which turned the “inspired by a true story” phrase upside down, showcased the hustle and...
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...
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...
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