Movies
Published on November 12, 2021 - Page 9
There’s a joke on Twitter about releasing the “all-Julia cut” of “Julie & Julia.” Nora Ephron’s generation-hopping tale of Julia Child’s rise and...
Published on November 12, 2021 - Page 9
If you didn’t know Kenneth Branagh’s new film “Belfast ” was based (somewhat) on his own childhood, you probably wouldn’t know it by the end either....
Published on November 5, 2021 - Page 18
“Eternals” actually swipes language from the Book of Genesis. The Marvel Cinematic Universe just got biblical. “Eternals” is the creation myth for...
Published on November 5, 2021 - Page 18
Tom Hanks doesn’t need a human or even a sentient acting partner to make a film or a scene sing. Think Wilson the volleyball, Hooch and even that...
Published on November 5, 2021 - Page 18
The casting, with Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, is brilliant. The ending is sublime. So why is the rest of Pablo Larraín’s “Spencer” such a...
Published on October 29, 2021 - Page 20
One of the unlikeliest heroes to emerge from Zack Snyder’s horror-action flick “Army of the Dead” this year was an oddball safecracker named Dieter...
Published on October 29, 2021 - Page 20
There’s nothing quite like a decaying industrial town in the middle of a chilly, grey-skied fall to set an immediately gloomy mood in a film. Not...
Published on October 29, 2021 - Page 20
As Eloise Turner (Thomasin McKenzie) gleefully packs for London, her grandmother (Rita Tushingham) watches with trepidation. Eloise’s mother embarked...
Published on October 29, 2021 - Page 20
“Passing” is the hugely impressive directorial debut of actor Rebecca Hall. At its core, this film is about shades of gray. Motivations, desires and...
Published on October 22, 2021 - Page 19
A cool wind sweeps through the sands of “Dune,” Denis Villeneuve’s chilly, majestic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 science-fiction novel. It’s...
Published on October 15, 2021 - Page 13
The poor folks of Haddonfield, Illinois, are having the worst and longest Halloween ever. It seems one movie wasn’t enough to contain Michael Myers’...
Published on October 15, 2021 - Page 13
On its surface, “The Last Duel” seems like a familiar slog. The film, directed by Ridley Scott, begins with all the expected medieval trappings:...
Published on October 8, 2021 - Page 19
Welcome back, Mr. Bond. This is your most important mission yet. The fate of the movie business depends on your success. The 25th James Bond...
Published on October 8, 2021 - Page 19
The outcome is right in the title. Yet “The Rescue,” about the harrowing 18-day ordeal in which 12 young soccer players and their coach were saved...
Published on October 8, 2021 - Page 19
The piercing traumas of school shootings in movies have seldom carried quite the right tone. Fran Kranz’s “Mass” is a sober and wrenching exception...
Published on October 1, 2021 - Page 15
When “The Sopranos” is brought up, it’s usually for that now-famous cut-to-black final scene in a crowded diner while Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin...
Published on October 1, 2021 - Page 15
“Venom: Let There Be Carnage” is best when it’s not trying to be a comic book movie. Director Andy Serkis, screenwriter Kelly Marcel and star/...
Published on October 1, 2021 - Page 15
“Titane” is a shock to the system. Unbound by genre, decency or form, French writer-director Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or recipient is pulsating...
Published on September 26, 2021 - Page 18
There is no doubt James Wan knows his way around the horror genre. The man behind “The Conjuring,” “Insidious” and “Saw” franchises has not had many...
Published on September 24, 2021 - Page 13
The journey from stage to screen has been particularly bumpy for “Dear Evan Hansen.” The Broadway show starred Ben Platt as a lonely, anxiety-...
Published on September 24, 2021 - Page 13
An emergency dispatch center can be an inspired storytelling gimmick in the right hands, as it is in “The Guilty.” It’s directed by Antoine Fuqua,...
Published on September 24, 2021 - Page 13
NEW YORK (AP) — Hours before the HBO documentary “Jagged” was to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, Alanis Morissette criticized...
Published on September 17, 2021 - Page 15
Tammy Faye Bakker wore a lot of makeup. The mascara made her a target and a joke long before she and her ex-husband were brought down by brazen theft...
Published on September 17, 2021 - Page 15
Last year, Tom Hanks and George Clooney showed off their fatherly sides by taking care of a child in movie projects. This month, it’s time for Clint...
Published on September 17, 2021 - Page 15
“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” is a predictable and glossy “Billy Elliot”-like musical of British working-class aspiration that’s nevertheless a...
Published on September 10, 2021 - Page 12
The moment I sat down to write about “Queenpins,” the inspired-by-actual-events tale of a coupon scheme gone awry, a tantalizing coupon popped up on...
Published on September 10, 2021 - Page 12
You would have to shuffle a lot of movie ideas to come up with one that pairs a card sharp with the horrors of Abu Ghraib. The protagonist of “The...
Published on September 3, 2021 - Page 11
If the Marvel Cinematic Universe has taught us anything it’s that heroes arise from unexpected places. For their 25th film entry, that place is valet...
Published on September 3, 2021 - Page 11
Cinderella has an urgent request for her Prince. Can she get a lift to her business meeting? He scoops his new love off her feet to carry her to his...
Published on September 3, 2021 - Page 11
“What is life worth?” asks Washington lawyer Kenneth J. Feinberg (Michael Keaton) in the opening scenes of the based-on-a-true-story drama “Worth.”...