‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ is bafflingly bipolar
Maleficent may have been Disney’s final act of good before completing their turn to the dark side. Sure, they can…
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‘Lucy in the Sky’ is a haphazard collision of squandered talents
Film and television are very different mediums. The age of binge streaming has diluted their differences, to an extent—some showrunners…
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The protagonist of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver was almost a villain. Travis Bickle, a working-class man who’s sick of the…
Read More‘Ad Astra’ crashes under its compulsion to over-explain
Studios have a hard time marketing James Gray movies. His style errs toward methodical, downbeat, and ruminative—not exactly the kind…
Read More‘Hustlers’ is unique and unapologetically female
Strippers are extraordinarily talented people. Pole dancing is a fine art and a difficult sport, dealing with strip club clientele…
Read More‘The Goldfinch’ is a mishmash of bad decisions
You’re a serious person, sitting down to see a serious movie. A movie based on a novel—a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,…
Read More‘It Chapter Two’ cast exceeds quality of the script
A number of book adaptations have been needlessly split into two movies—the final entries of Harry Potter and The Hunger…
Read More‘Aquarela’ is a remarkable feat of pure cinema
Of all the movies coming out this weekend, the documentary about water probably isn’t high on your priority list. But…
Read More‘Peanut Butter Falcon’ needs a little less saccharine
Representation is a double-edged sword in the entertainment industry, in that it’s deeply necessary but so often handled poorly. Let’s…
Read More‘Ready or Not’ is a cracking good time
The summer movie season should be wrapping up, but since humanity is preparing to endure an endless summer, we’re still…
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