We’ve reached that pivotal part of the year where it seems every single film that’s been sitting on the shelf…
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“Rebel Moon” is diet “Dune,” sugar-free “Star Wars,” splenda “Seven Samurai,” the “Jupiter Ascending” for Snyderbros.
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” may be lost at sea, but if the voyage itself doesn’t make sense and we’re happy to put this all behind us and start fresh, it is at least having fun as it stares its own death in the face.
There are so many layers to peel back in Todd Haynes “May December” that it can be difficult to extrapolate…
“Wonka,” in a nutshell, is the kind of comfort film with hope and optimism we rarely encounter anymore. It’s a…
Writer/director Sean Durkin most surely has a knack dark and tense films. These tend to wind up as parables of…
“Poor Things” is a wonderful world of weird, packed to brim with stunning production design, laugh out loud humor, an odyssey of self reclamation and a sexual awakening with lots and lots and LOTS of sex.
“Our Son” layered emotional characters get more arresting, mixed with queer overtones that give the film its unique heart at the core.
“Silent Night” feels regressive in the most disappointing ways, delivering a few action set pieces that are decent enough but don’t wow and are surrounded by dull, muted (literally) melodrama that, when you strip away the shtick of silence, becomes no more than the sum of its redundant and uninspiring parts.
“American Fiction” is a can’t miss comedy and one of the best films of the year.