Review: ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is Amazon’s lavish bid for buzz. It’s off to a pretty good start. By Michael Phillips September 1, 2022 at 7:09 p.m. They dwell in utterly different worlds. HBO's "Game of Thrones" spinoff, "House of the Dragon,"...
Review: Regina Hall shines, but ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ is a muted religious satire By Katie Walsh August 30, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. Adamma Ebo's directorial debut, "Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul" is a bracing and bold...
Review: ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ has more questions than answers By Katie Walsh August 25, 2022 at 11:25 a.m. Australian filmmaker George Miller's latest cinematic exploration of humanity is a far cry from the...
‘Funny Pages’ review: A teenage cartoonist quits school to follow his dream. In Trenton. By Michael Phillips August 25, 2022 at 5:53 a.m. Pick your mentors carefully: Without any overt lectures or lesson plans for the audience, that's...
Review: Cyberterrorism thriller ‘The Undeclared War’ imagines a plausible 2024 premise — but it’s not as gripping as it should be By Michael Phillips August 20, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. A hit in England and now streaming on Peacock, the six-part Channel 4/Peacock coproduction "The...
‘Beast’ review: Idris Elba is a father who goes mano-a-gato with a rogue lion. Anything for your family. By Michael Phillips August 18, 2022 at 10:55 a.m. I squared up with "Beast" in full-on beast mode, meaning: pad, pen, popcorn and proportional...
Jim Belushi has done his stretches and is ready to kick off Blues Brothers Con with Dan Aykroyd this weekend By Darcel Rockett August 20, 2022 at 10:50 a.m. Days away from the inaugural Blues Brothers Con, one starts to wonder: Do I have...
‘She-Hulk’ review: Disney Plus can thank Tatiana Maslany for keeping the MCU’s ‘fun lawyer show’ on the rails By Michael Phillips August 17, 2022 at 5:27 p.m. "I don't want to be a Hulk. I just got my own office!" As Los...
Review: ‘Five Days at Memorial’ dramatizes just how bad it got for a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina By Michael Phillips August 13, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. Did Dr. Anna Pou, a surgeon at what was then known as Memorial Medical Center...
Column: Netflix has an action movie problem. Over on Hulu, ‘Prey’ reveals a better way. By Michael Phillips August 12, 2022 at 12:37 p.m. You know what the Netflix movies "The Gray Man," "Red Notice" and the forthcoming Jamie...