Halloween Ends sounded like sweet surrender after Halloween Kills, the cruel, moralistic middle chapter of Michael Myers’ latest rampage. The 2018 reboot was good fun, but Kills, ever the high-minded…
Just in time for World Vegetarian Day (Oct. 1) and World Vegan Day (Nov. 1 ), WalletHub recently released its report on 2022’s Best Cities for Vegans & Vegetarians, and…
Smile is at nearly every moment exactly what you think it is. Written and directed by Parker Finn and based on his short film Laura Hasn’t Slept, it’s a high-concept…
Blonde is torture. Not for the viewer, necessarily—though your mileage may vary—but for Marilyn Monroe, whose life the film distills into a series of tragedies. Marilyn (born Norma Jeane) was…
It’s referred to by many names — java, cup of Joe, morning juice, magic — it’s responsible for the happiness of many early risers and its absence can (in some)…
See How They Run, a murder mystery set in 1950s London, is a little too self-assured. Its opening monologue complains that murder mysteries are too samey: “you’ve seen one, you’ve…
Barbarian understands that the central thrill of horror is not wanting someone to go in there. Those alarm bells go off almost immediately, when Tess, a young woman traveling for…
Over the summer, a slew of visual effects artists came forward with claims that Disney and its subsidiaries have been abusing VFX teams for years. From overworking artists to the…
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. may sound like a faith-based film, but don’t worry—it’s not here to preach! It’s a mockumentary/comedy-drama about a megachurch pastor and his wife staging…
George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing is unlike anything he’s done before, which is in and of itself a feat—the man’s directed everything from Mad Max to Babe: Pig…
Eagle-eyed viewers may notice that Bullet Train, a Japan-set adaptation of a Japanese novel, has a shortage of Japanese characters. That’s no accident, obviously and unfortunately. Attempting to rationalize this…
Resurrection finds Rebecca Hall at her most psychologically fraught, which is to say that a knockout performance is guaranteed. In the vein of The Gift and The Night House, Hall…
