Movie Reviews

The Play And Much More Is The Thing in Haunting, Harrowing ‘Hamnet’. Despite a truncated third act, Jessie Buckley gives a devastating portrait of grief as the wife of William Shak...

'Five Nights as Freddy's 2' Serves Up Perfectly Timed Scares. 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' leans heavily into the jump scares and fan service, while also being sure not to alienate...

‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’: A Miracle From Rian Johnson. Johnson brings Daniel Craig’s drawling detective Benoit Blanc back for another murderous whodunnit, this time...

'Zootopia 2' Is A Worthy Sequel That Welcomes Fans Back With Open Arms. Fans will be thrilled to see Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde back in 'Zootopia 2' as they take us on another thril...

A Clever Premise Can’t Stop ‘Eternity’ From Feeling Too Long. Elizabeth Olsen must choose whether to spend ‘Eternity’ with Miles Teller or Callum Turner in a moderately funny roman...

‘Rental Family’: Thoughtful Comedy Sees Brendan Fraser as a Fake Dad. Fraser plays American actor Phillip Vandarpleog hired by a firm in Japan to pose as different family members,...

‘Wicked: For Good’ Isn’t as Magical as the First, But Still Wonderful. The follow-up to last year’s smash-hit adaptation of the book and stage musical returns Cynthia Erivo and Ari...

Eerie, Atmospheric ‘Keeper’ Is Thin On Story, Heavy On Imagery. Its story may stretch the movie’s length to the breaking point, but Osgood Perkins’ ‘Keeper’ still manages to keep y...

‘In Your Dreams’ Offers a Fun Line in Surreal Imagery & Family Issues. Not everything works here, but the movie has enough imagination to appeal to a wide audience, while handily u...

‘Jay Kelly’: Noah Baumbach Steers George Clooney into a Cliched Crisis. Baumbach’s new movie also stars the likes of Adam Sandler and Laura Dern, and the movie constantly gives the...

‘The Running Man’: New Thriller is Frenetic Fun But Runs Out of Steam. ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and ‘Last Night in Soho’s Edgar Wright directs this new adaptation of the dystopian Steph...

'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' Recaptures The Magic Of Previous Films. 'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' proves itself more than worthy of returning nearly ten years later by recapt...

‘Sentimental Value’ Is A Profound Look At How Family And Art Collide. One of the best films of the year, Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ is wistful, moving, and brilliantly act...

Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die My Love’ Puts An Unhappy Marriage On An Endless Loop. Jennifer Lawrence prowls around on all fours while ‘Die My Love’ ends up going in circles, in Lynne Ramsay...

A Dark Turn And Sydney Sweeney’s Performance Elevate Standard ‘Christy’. The story of boxing pioneer Christy Martin follows well-worn biopic tropes – but goes darker than usual, wi...

‘Nuremberg’ Is Gripping When It Focuses On The Story It Should Tell. Russell Crowe and Michael Shannon are absorbing, but ‘Nuremberg’ truly comes to life when it focuses on the mos...

‘Predator: Badlands’ is an Effective, Nostalgic Alien Action Adventure. Dan Trachtenberg’s latest movie featuring the hunting aliens takes the story in a new direction with a young...

‘The Twits’: This New Roald Dahl Adaptation is Both Weird & Workmanlike. ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ director Phil Johnston conjures enough offbeat charm to make this new dip into...

‘The Hand That Rocks the Cradle’ (2025): a Low-Energy Thriller Remake. For all of its attempts to take a different path from the original and work from Mary Elizabeth Winstead and...

‘A House of Dynamite’: a Compelling, Terrifying Ticking-Clock Thriller. Kathryn Bigelow makes a welcome return to screens for this tense new movie about military and political reac...