Movies
Published on April 28, 2023 - Page 6
Seasons and years blow through the high Alpine peaks of the decades-spanning "The Eight Mountains." But a warm, abiding glow persists throughout this...
Published on April 21, 2023 - Page 7
Beau may be afraid but Ari Aster certainly isn't.
By Aster's high standards, "Beau Is Afraid" is notably less ghastly than his first two outings, "...
Published on April 21, 2023 - Page 7
Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, was an accomplished man in Marie Antoinette's France. He was a scholar, a fencer, a virtuoso...
Published on April 21, 2023 - Page 7
The king of rock 'n' roll died just three years ago in Tullahoma, Tennessee.
That's the persuasive case made by Lisa Cortes' documentary "Little...
Published on April 14, 2023 - Page 8
"Renfield" is not Nicolas Cage's first brush with a vampire.
In 1988's "Vampire's Kiss," he played a New York literary agent who thought he was an...
Published on April 14, 2023 - Page 8
When suburban mom Kristin (Toni Collette) gets the mysterious call to head to Italy to settle the affairs of a dead relative, she protests she's too...
Published on April 7, 2023 - Page 8
"The Super Mario Bros. Movie," with its vistas of primary colors, is here to brighten our dreary springs. The last time Mario hit the big screen was...
Published on April 7, 2023 - Page 8
"Murder Mystery," one of Netflix's most-streamed films, was chock full of exotic settings and mysterious murders. But the only thing that mattered...
Published on April 7, 2023 - Page 8
"Air" is technically about a shoe. As the Q-like Nike designer Peter Moore (Matthew Maher) explains, the last significant change to footwear was made...
Published on April 7, 2023 - Page 8
Michelle Williams plays a sculptor whose hot water heater has irritatingly busted in the languid "Showing Up." That's about it, plot-wise.
Director...
Published on April 2, 2023 - Page 23
Shopping expert Trae Bodge sees higher prices for products and services marketed to women: Socks, razors, shampoo and apparel are a few products...
Published on March 31, 2023 - Page 8
"You're not a lot of fun, are you," notes barbarian Holga (Michelle Rodriguez) to brave fighter Xenk (Rege-Jean Page) in the new "Dungeons &...
Published on March 31, 2023 - Page 8
Richard III didn't need a horse for his kingdom. He just needed Philippa Langley.
Langley, a single mother and amateur historian in Scotland, became...
Published on March 31, 2023 - Page 8
Yas and Dom meet-cute in the best possible way in the new rom-com "Rye Lane."
They're paired up by chance at a karaoke bar and leave the crowd...
Published on March 31, 2023 - Page 8
"A Thousand and One" is writer-director A.V. Rockwell's vivid and tender debut feature about a mother and son in New York in the 1990s.
The film...
Published on March 24, 2023 - Page 8
A trip to Paris should be on everyone's bucket list, even John Wick. The Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre -- what better way to refresh...
Published on March 24, 2023 - Page 8
All filmmakers should be so lucky to have Florence Pugh in their movies.
In Zach Braff's "A Good Person," Pugh is a New Jersey 20-something named...
Published on March 24, 2023 - Page 8
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are imposing names in cinema. The Belgian brothers have twice won the Palme d'Or. But you would be hard pressed to find...
Published on March 17, 2023 - Page 8
Four years after DC's "Shazam!" surprised us with a clever blend of innocence and enough wit to blunt the ridiculousness of the plot, we have "Shazam...
Published on March 17, 2023 - Page 8
"Moving On," written and directed by Paul Weitz ("Grandma," "About a Boy"), balances a darkly comedic conceit with authentic, emotional resonance. It...
Published on March 17, 2023 - Page 8
David Letterman joins Bono and The Edge in a new documentary about U2. An obvious question soon jumps out: What is David Letterman doing here?
The...
Published on March 10, 2023 - Page 8
In "Scream VI," the psychotic, knife-wielding serial killer known as Ghostface is set loose on the streets of New York City. Yawn.
The former terror...
Published on March 10, 2023 - Page 8
For anyone holding on to some latent hope Idris Elba will be the next James Bond, I have some bad news: "Luther: The Fallen Sun" puts (another) nail...
Published on March 6, 2023 - Page 15
What is in the shiny alligator briefcase?
That essential question lingers over much -- too much -- of the running time of "Operation Fortune: Ruse de...
Published on March 6, 2023 - Page 15
Civil wars over semicolons and heated debate over the word "looms" would not seem like the stuff of a gripping big-screen movie.
But "Turn Every Page...
Published on March 3, 2023 - Page 8
It must be a daunting prospect to pick up a franchise on the third movie. Add the pressure of following filmmakers like Ryan Coogler and Steven Caple...
Published on February 24, 2023 - Page 8
Yes, there's a giant bear and, yes, it does a ton of coke. And, yes, the movie blows.
We have officially sunk very low with "Cocaine Bear," way past...
Published on February 24, 2023 - Page 8
Though gently restrained and delicately crafted, "The Quiet Girl" has managed to make plenty of noise. Colm Bairead's modestly scaled drama, his...
Published on February 17, 2023 - Page 8
Peyton Reed's "Ant-Man" films have served as a kind of palate cleanser to the world-ending stakes of the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Paul Rudd'...
Published on February 17, 2023 - Page 8
That name on the book cover is our first warning bell.
Only two minutes into "Emily," an audacious retelling of Emily Bront?'s life starring an...