Movie Reviews

‘Better Man’ Tells the Story of Pop Singer Robbie Williams in Unique Fashion. Michael Gracey’s film charts Williams’ early life and rise to fame –– at least in the UK –– by having...

Nicole Kidman blows up her safe space in erotic, provocative ‘Babygirl’. Nicole Kidman’s fearless performance in ‘Babygirl’ turns what could be a conventional thriller into a medit...

‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Provides Familiar, Frenetic Family Fun and Double the Jim Carrey. The new movie about the swift blue creature is once again directed by Jeff Fowler and featu...

‘The Six Triple Eight’ Delivers a Compelling True Story in Sometimes Cliched Fashion. The new film from director Tyler Perry follows the historic work of the Black Women’s Army Cor...

‘Nickel Boys’ Tells a Searing Story in a New, Not Always Successful Way. Formally experimental, ‘Nickel Boys’ strives and sometimes succeeds at being immersive, but can also feel r...

‘The Brutalist’ Finds Director Brady Corbet in Epic Yet Overlong Mode. The young director’s latest film stars Adrien Brody as an architect who flees post-war persecution and takes...

‘Mufasa: The Lion King Suffers a Serious Case of Prequelitis as it Turns Back the Clock. The prequel to Jon Favreau’s 2019 CG redo of the animated classic is directed by Barry Jenk...

‘Carry-On’ Sees a Harried Taron Egerton Blackmailed by Criminals at an Airport. The latest action thriller from Jaume Collet-Serra also stars Jason Bateman and Sofia Carson in the...

‘The Order’ is a Compelling True Story of Domestic Terrorism and Law Enforcement. Justin Kurzel directs the based-on-truth tale of a white supremacist group that began robbing bank...

Amy Adams’ heartfelt star turn only partially elevates ‘Nightbitch’. An excellent Amy Adams begins to transform from a mom into a canine in ‘Nightbitch,’ an uneven horror-comedy th...

Riveting ‘September 5’ Captures a Harrowing Moment in History. The utterly gripping docudrama ‘September 5’ recreates how ABC Sports covered a heinous, world-changing act of terror...

‘That Christmas’ Finds ‘Love Actually’s Richard Curtis in Gently Amusing if Bland Festive Spirit. Directed by Simon Otto, the film adapts Curtis’ children’s book and sees multiple...

Awful ‘Kraven The Hunter’ Ends Sony’s Marvel-Based Film Cycle at Last. The soulless, insipid ‘Kraven The Hunter’ wastes a decent Aaron Taylor-Johnson performance in another pointle...

Timothée Chalamet Captures the Mystic of Bob Dylan in 'A Complete Unknown'. Director James Mangold delivers an exciting musical biopic, but it is Chalamet's transformative performa...

‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Mixes Anime With Tolkien to Mostly Successful Results. Directed by animation veteran Kenji Kamiyama, it adapts a story from one of...

A Poignant Daniel Craig Can’t Help ‘Queer’ From Wandering Off Course. ‘Queer’ stars Daniel Craig in a long, uneven meditation on longing and loneliness that turns into the bizarre...

‘Moana 2’ Is A Fun Sequel But Doesn’t Replicate the Magic of the Original. Auli’i Cravalho and Dwyane Johnson are back as Moana and Maui, respectively, and team up once again to ta...

‘Flow’ is a Beautiful, Meaningful Animated Adventure Featuring a Brave Feline. Co-written and directed by Gints Zilbalodis, ‘Flow’ reveals itself to be one of the most satisfying a...

‘Wicked’ Defies Gravity to Bring the Stage Musical to Screens With Resounding Success The first part of the adaptation of the wildly successful theatre production is i...

‘Gladiator II’: Ridley Scott Returns to Rome with a Stirring, Machiavellian Epic While the sequel to the 2000 original doesn’t quite reach the same level, it will cert...