‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ review: Gods, goats, Hemsworth and Portman, as Marvel tests the limits of camp By Michael Phillips July 5, 2022 at 12:39 p.m. Twenty-nine films into the Marvel Cinematic Universe — a playful and flexible narrative arena in...
Column: When prosthetics get in the way of performance, what do you get? Tom Hanks in ‘Elvis’ By Michael Phillips July 1, 2022 at 5:30 a.m. This column is not about trashing Tom Hanks in "Elvis." How Tom Hanks sounds in...
Review: ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ takes nonsensical trip to 1970s By Katie Walsh July 1, 2022 at 5:00 a.m. When the aliens finally invade, they will find the vestiges of our Minions-based civilization and...
Review: Ukrainian war movie ‘Sniper: The White Raven’ tells story of unlikely soldier By Katie Walsh June 30, 2022 at 11:44 a.m. The world has watched in shock and horror at the bloody Russian invasion of Ukraine...
‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ review: I’m in love with a mollusk, the tiny hero in a most unexpected and welcome movie By Michael Phillips June 30, 2022 at 11:46 a.m. Marcel Proust had his memory-infused madeleines. Marcel Marceau had his invisible dog and a lifetime...
‘Elvis’ biopic ties with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for top spot at weekend box office By Associated Press June 26, 2022 at 1:15 p.m. Baz Luhrmann's Elvis Presley biopic "Elvis" shook up theaters with an estimated $30.5 million in...
Column: With Roe v. Wade overturned, America returns to an era of criminalized abortions far worse than ‘Dirty Dancing’ By Michael Phillips June 27, 2022 at 9:02 a.m. With the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 overruling of Roe v. Wade, eliminating a woman's constitutionally...
A forgotten 1983 travelogue ‘Here’s Chicago! The City of Dreams’ makes a comeback at the Music Box By Michael Phillips June 23, 2022 at 12:50 p.m. When I was nine my mom and I drove to Milwaukee (from Racine) to catch...
‘Elvis’ review: Austin Butler’s a decent Presley but Baz Luhrmann’s movie gyrates more than its subject. As for Tom Hanks … By Michael Phillips June 23, 2022 at 12:06 p.m. Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" is all show and no tell — an impatient blur, competing in...
Review: ‘The Black Phone’ is a brutally violent take on a recent trend in horror movies By Katie Walsh June 22, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. There's been a flood of throwback 'tween terror on movie screens and streaming services for...