‘Echo Valley’ Review: Julianne Moore & Sydney Sweeney Are Trapped in Twisty Yet Tepid Apple TV+ Thriller
Few of the films to come out this year will have a more unintentionally fitting title than “Echo Valley.” It...
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‘Materialists’ Review: Celine Song Crafts A Soulful Drama About The Romantic Capital Of Being Valued
In the modern world of love, where our value as people has greatly diminished thanks to a swipe left, swipe...
‘The Scout’ Review: Paula González-Nasser’s Fantastic Feature Debut Is a Fascinating Discovery [Tribeca]
Too often in modern film and television (as well as the conversations we have around them), an emphasis can be...
‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Review: Toothless & Gerard Butler Soar In Rare Live Action Remake Winner
As we round the first quarter of the 21st Century, live-action remakes of iconic animated films have gotten something of...
‘Stick’ Review: Owen Wilson Mixes Golf With A Dash Of ‘Ted Lasso’ For Something Inoffensive & Redundant
By now, knowing what to expect from Owen Wilson’s next form of output shouldn’t be difficult in any way, from...
‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Jai Courtney Understands The Assignment In A Serial Killer Kidnapping Escapade
Is it safe to label Quint, the rogue-ish shark expert played so memorably by Robert Shaw in the now-40-year-old shark...
‘A Poet’ Review: Prize-Winning Comedy Of Manners Gently Skewers The Festival Audience It Was Made For [Cannes]
At a key moment in “A Poet,” the directors of a poetry festival suggest that Yurlady (Rebeca Andrade), a 15-year-old...
‘Ballerina’ Review: Ana De Armas Leads A Fun But Frustrating From ‘The World Of John Wick’ Spin-Off
“From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” makes most sense when viewed as intellectual property first and a work of...
‘A Useful Ghost’ Review: Award-Winning Thai Horror Comedy Deftly Navigates The Supernatural, Personal & Political [Cannes]
By the midpoint of “A Useful Ghost,” when a refrigerator and a vacuum cleaner throw down in an all-out brawl,...
‘Tornado’ Review: John Maclean’s Period Thriller Underwhelms In Spite of Inspired Visuals, & Cast Including Tim Roth, Jack Lowden & More
There’s a scene with a puppet show in “Tornado” where the storyteller narrates the thematic underpinning of his story, explaining...
