‘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...
reviews
‘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...
“Life Signs”
The first single from the Brooklyn DIY punks’ new album, It’s a Beautiful Place, is filled with unresolved tension.
‘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,...
“ig reels”
The rapper-producer helms a five-minute, nine-artist freestyle with a beat that squeaks “like two hyenas fighting.”
‘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...
‘It’s All Gonna Break’ Review: Re-Emerged, Reconstituted Documentary Finds Beauty In The Chaos Of Broken Social Scene
“You can’t break up something that’s already broken. The only way to destroy it is to actually fix it,” Emily...
