A lot can change in two weeks. My screening of Cold Pursuit occurred in late January, when this movie would’ve been significantly easier to review. I’m writing this, however, in…
Say what you will about M. Night Shyamalan, he’s left his mark on culture in a way that few of us will achieve: he’s gotten terms named after him. A…
Biopics are tricky things. If you’re making a movie about a remarkable person, the last thing you want to produce is an unremarkable movie, especially if it’s about someone as…
It should come as no surprise that “Vice”—a politically charged movie coming out at a politically charged time—is proving divisive. What’s actually surprising is that the debates over “Vice” have…
Michael Bay’s “Transformers” franchise has been the subject of much ridicule, and deservedly so. At its best, the series is inoffensively mindless. At its worst—which is most of the time—it’s…
The DC Extended Universe has been collapsing ever since it began. It kicked off with “Man of Steel” and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, signifying the two types of…
Disney has not been kind to P. L. Travers. The writer once said that sorrow lies behind everything she’s written, which holds true for her “Mary Poppins” novels. Disney’s 1964…
Period pieces aren’t always thrilling. Amid the meticulous recreation of history, this genre often forgets to fill its movies with valuable characters and themes, eventually producing a hollow shell of…
Usually the independent film scene is the place to be if you want to avoid movies feeling too repetitive, but there’s an exception to every rule. “Ben Is Back” is…
The neighborhood is being overrun by Spider-Men! The web-slinging hero of “Into the Spider-Verse” is the fourth cinematic iteration of the character in just eleven years. Two Spider-Man franchises died…
Have you seen “Citizen Kane”? It’s a 1941 movie written and directed by Orson Welles, and it’s commonly cited as the best film ever made. Welles’ masterpiece pioneered and even…
The original “Rocky” is a bona fide classic. Its sequels—not so much. After the original ascended those Philadelphia steps and introduced Rocky Balboa to the world, its follow-ups descended into…
