‘Yesterday’ gets a Fab 4 stars
Yesterday is about a singer-songwriter who gets hit by a bus, wakes up in a world where The Beatles never existed, and achieves worldwide fame by passing Beatles songs off…
Yesterday is about a singer-songwriter who gets hit by a bus, wakes up in a world where The Beatles never existed, and achieves worldwide fame by passing Beatles songs off…
Movies both bring us together and bridge generational divides. They help us relate to each other and understand past eras. Great movies also shape a generation, creating a common experience.…
The summer of 2019 has been rather Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with its franchise sequels. The industry’s good face has given us successes like Avengers: Endgame and John Wick:…
Godzilla is supposed to be ancient, but extremely scientific methods tell us that his year of origin was 1954, when he first appeared in the Japanese kaiju film Gojira. That’s…
If Batman is the hero that we deserve but don’t need right now, John Wick is the opposite. For years, moviegoers have been obsessing over mediocre action films and shelling…
The romantic comedy is one of Hollywood’s oldest genres, but like many things around the world, it was born in misogyny. During Hollywood’s first few decades, studios geared many movies…
I recently joined a round table of critics to interview Joe Berlinger, the director of the Ted Bundy biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Joe’s answers ended up being…
When Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile and its cumbersome title were first announced, the Internet exploded with reactions, as it tends to do. Most of the online furor surrounded…
A classic superhero movie said it best: you either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. One could say that of the Marvel Cinematic…
Trying to describe High Life, the first English-language film from French director Claire Denis, is a difficult endeavor. It’s a bleak sci-fi starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, and André 3000…
Hellboy starts off great. From the first scene, it’s clear that this reboot isn’t taking itself too seriously: it kicks off in the Dark Ages (in black and white because…
The 2010s may seem like the renaissance of Stephen King adaptations, but in reality, they never really stopped. Starting with Brian De Palma’s Carrie in 1976, there have been at…