‘Salvable’ Review: Toby Kebbell & Shia LaBeouf Can’t Help This Boxing Drama To Feel Original
Have we reached a point where no amount of spin can create something fresh within the boxing film genre? It’s...
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‘Electra’ ‘Review: Maria Bakalova, Daryl Wein Star In A Genre-Confused Romp With Little To Say
While hardly the first entry in that tried-and-true subset of film revolving around someone lured to any manner of nondescript...
‘Poker Face’ Season 2 Review: Natasha Lyonne’s Detective Series Takes Big Swings With Absurdist Mysteries
Created by Rian Johnson and starring Natasha Lyonne in a role tailor-made for her, the first season of the Peacock...
‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Marvel’s Shamed Misfits Defeat Self-Doubt & Find Their Heroic Purpose
You’ve seen this story before, the notion of a disparate group of irredeemable characters who discover a modicum of redemption...
‘Havoc’ Review: Tom Hardy & Director Gareth Evans Deliver Maximum Sicko Mode Chaos In Slight, But Entertaining Cop Thriller
Expectations have no business in movie reviews, but occasionally, they cannot help but seep in. And filmmaking, for better or...
‘The Pitt’ Review: Max’s Engrossing Medical Drama Is ‘ER’ Meets ‘24’ With A Little ‘Industry’
A belated catch-up on MAX’s “The Pitt” that took viewers by surprise and storm this late winter and spring. Take...
‘Andor’ S2 Review: Tony Gilroy’s Searing Life During Wartime Drama Is A Triumphant & Rousing Tale About The Heartbreaking Costs Of Rebellion
Academy Award-nominated writer/director Tony Gilroy (“Michael Clayton”) rejects the premise that prequels are, or at least can be, fundamentally uneventful because we...
‘Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling’ Set Biopic Bar Sky High
Richard Pryor’s “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling” (1986) is a harsh, strange and wildly entertaining drama by producer/co-writer/director/star...
‘Sinners’ Offers Colossal Upgrade to Vampire Genre
Calling “Sinners” a vampire movie is both accurate and misleading. Yes, the main characters fend off an army of the...
Why ‘Mission to Mars’ Failed to Launch
Brian De Palma’s “Mission to Mars” was the first of three high-profile, sci-fi event films about the red planet in...
