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'Halloween Ends' and 'The Banshees of Inisherin': Return of the Big Figure, and Colin Farrell at a New Peak Oct. 14, 2022
'Halloween Ends' The story so far: 1978: In suburban Haddonfield, Illinois, teenage babysitter Lauri... Read More
'Amsterdam': Starlogged Oct. 07, 2022
How's your history? Do you remember a 1933 coup attempt in which a group of Wall Street fat cats plo... Read More
'Smile': Stressed to Kill Sep. 30, 2022
Let's call it the demon leer — the horror-movie effect created by pasting an incongruous grin ... Read More
'House of Darkness': Dropping in on Dracula's Daughters Sep. 09, 2022
Spooky-house movies have been a go-to genre for scrappy low-budget filmmakers at least since James W... Read More
'Uncle Tom II' Sep. 08, 2022
The sequel to "Uncle Tom," the 2020 documentary that I executive produced, just premiered. Watch it ... Read More
Thinking About the Cultural Theme of Spectacle in Jordan Peele's 'Nope' Sep. 02, 2022
As the second week of the 2022 fall semester is rapidly winding up for my English composition classe... Read More
'Emily the Criminal': Aubrey Plaza Gets in Touch With Her Inner Badass Aug. 19, 2022
Aubrey Plaza, the queen of weaponized deadpan, plays it all-the-way straight in "Emily the Criminal,... Read More
'Bullet Train': Running Late Aug. 05, 2022
People who rabbit on about "high-speed rail" all the time conveniently forget to mention the hitman ... Read More
'Nope': Not Quite Jul. 22, 2022
According to its production notes, Jordan Peele's "Nope" is a new take on "the granddaddy of genre m... Read More
Giannis Antetokounmpo Biopic 'Rise' Is a Summer Inspirational Hit Jul. 15, 2022
"Rise," one of the best summer movies this year, did not get as much attention as some of the most a... Read More
'Thor: Love and Thunder': Please, Hammer... Jul. 08, 2022
The last Thor movie was a lot of fun, you'll recall. Taking over the franchise reins for Marvel's th... Read More
'The Forgiven': The Sands of Crime Jul. 01, 2022
I don't know if it's true that a woman without discretion is like a gold ring in a pig's snout. What... Read More
'Elvis': King Me Jun. 24, 2022
Baz Luhrmann's new Elvis Presley biopic is set in an endless present in which Presley's music, a fou... Read More
Sometimes You Need a Really Big Screen Jun. 02, 2022
The super attendance numbers for "Top Gun: Maverick" has theater owners flying at Mach 10. Sequel to... Read More
'Top Gun: Maverick': Tom Cruise's Long-Delayed Return Flight May. 27, 2022
"Top Gun: Maverick" is of course custom-made to scratch the international itch for big-budget, star-... Read More
'Men': Boys Night May. 20, 2022
Women should be happy they have only one real problem in life. Unfortunately, that problem is men, o... Read More
Fright Nights: 'Dual' and 'Hatching' Apr. 29, 2022
Somewhere in the future a woman named Sarah is informed that she has a terminal disease. "What are m... Read More
Dreaming of Better Streaming Apr. 28, 2022
It came as mild surprise that Netflix reported a sharp drop in viewers and even less surprise that C... Read More
'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' and 'The Northman': Nicolas Cage Back in Action and Alexander Skarsgard Howling at the Moon Apr. 22, 2022
Why do we love Nicolas Cage? How could we not? Like the protagonist of "Drive Angry," one of his man... Read More
'Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore': Another Return to Potterville Apr. 15, 2022
There aren't a lot of surprises in "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore." Even the long-awai... Read More
