Review: ‘Him’ hits hard but doesn’t look deep
Justin Tipping’s horror movie follows a young college quarterback who is derailed from a pro career.
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Review: ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ is a big, bold swing, but a beautiful miss
Never rent a car from Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Or maybe do, because the car rental agency she staffs can magically send single people on a voyage through time and space.
Review: ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ is a fine farewell for the estate’s denizens
This feels like a fitting send-off for the beloved British drama, which follows the aristocratic Crawley family and their staff amid the tumultuous beginnings of the 20th century.
Review: ‘The Long Walk’ adapts, darkly, Stephen King’s story about a teenage death march
It's directed by Francis Lawrence, who has helmed most of “The Hunger Games” films, and it pulls no punches.
Review: In ‘Preparation for the Next Life,’ a woman in her 20s is caught between her future and her now
During a dark moment in Bing Liu’s “Preparation for the Next Life,” our protagonist, Aishe (Sebiye Behtiyar), seeks guidance in a place she did not think she’d return to: a...
Review: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ is a horror series that’s given all it can
The story of Ed and Lorraine Warren has been thoroughly wrung dry at this point, and there’s no juice left to squeeze from this carcass, as demonstrated in the dirge...
Review: Austin Butler shines in Darren Aronofsky’s crime caper ‘Caught Stealing’
Adapted from the 2004 novel by Charlie Huston, “Caught Stealing" is rife with a deep sense of nostalgia for the louche, grimy environs of Lower Manhattan in the late ‘90s.
Review: ‘The Roses’ wilts despite Cumberbatch and Colman’s thorny banter
Like drops of water hitting a hot pan, Jay Roach’s “The Roses” makes a dramatic sizzle, then evaporates on contact.
Review: ‘Honey Don’t’ is another uneven entry in B-movie trilogy
In 2024, the screwball caper “Drive-Away Dolls” posed a cheeky question: What if crime comedies could be way less masculine, and way more sapphic? This second installment, a California-set neo-noir...
Review: ‘Splitsville’ is a near-perfect comedy about intertwined couples
In the opening scene of Michael Angelo Covino’s friendship dramedy, Kyle Marvin’s character flees his wife (Adria Arjona) when she asks for a divorce.