“Cruella” dons a sundry wardrobe of styles: clever, eccentric, safely gritty. Compared to other blockbuster hopefuls, it’s pleasant, easy viewing, the boyfriend jeans of movies always in vogue....
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The latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – confusing as it is regarding implications at state levels – seems to cement the return of a pre-COVID tradition: blockbuster...
Amazon Prime’s new series “Invincible” joins a growing list of both adult-oriented superhero media and animated fare. Separately, such things seem standard, mundane even. But with their power...
Renowned comics writer Gail Simone said it best about the minds behind “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” streaming now on Netflix. They “created one of the best films of the year and should get a parade,”...
Why do I cling to hope? I should know better. I do. Movie trailers aren’t always an accurate barometer of a film’s quality. But a polished piece of marketing pulls at the cinephile within. That...
Parenthood is a peculiar combo move: press A to defend against baby-jumping barrage, press B to activate midday snuggles. The kids’ screen time, however, feels more lopsided – in a bad way. Pixar...
At a midnight screening of “Zombieland,” Oct. 2, 2009, the audience didn’t seem unique, hardly the level of energy now famous in a viral reaction video to the “Avengers: Endgame” climax....
Humans are dumb, according the latest installment of the “Godzilla” and “Kong” rebooted series. They’re boring, an obstacle to the real prize. They probably shouldn’t be so tedious in a kaiju...
Marvel can do no wrong. OK, that might overstate things a bit, but the film studio’s second foray into small-screen territory continues a 13-year streak of generating wildly entertaining media, now on multiple...
After a tumultuous journey, Zack Snyder’s cut of 2017’s “Justice League” arrived on HBO Max, now called “Zack Snyder’s Justice League,” to far more critical praise than any other extended...
Please make more films like “Moxie” that stress the necessity of social action at a young age. Please highlight sexism and complicity that allow patriarchy to coast by normalized. And please...
After the Irish romance “Once” premiered, Steven Spielberg said the film gave him “enough inspiration to last the rest of the year,” he told USA Today at the time. Considering the musical reached...
Amidst Kal-El’s limbo at the movies, The CW’s “Superman and Lois” reminds diehard fans and hopefully some burgeoning stories with pure characters can be just as narratively complex...
A week ago, the NASA rover Perseverance landed on Mars, sending back new photos and actual audio from another planet. Let that sink in and feel the weight of that achievement. And to celebrate, let’s...
Finally a comedy brightens the dreary abyss of features that fit the bill in name only. “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” available to rent, is easy viewing that goes down like a sea breeze....
Is life little more than a simulation? This metaphysical question drives Rodney Ascher’s latest documentary “A Glitch in the Matrix.” Too bad no good answers come, especially when so few compelling...
Classism in India often graces the big screen, but few films do so with the style and tonal diversity of Netflix’s “The White Tiger.” What begins as a gripping exploration of castes and scheming...
Gossip, sexual tension and the next James Bond sizzle in Netflix’s answer to “Downton Abbey.” OK, fine. Breakout star Regé-Jean Page probably won’t become the next 007, but he’s got charm...
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