On Netflix, you can watch a film or TV series at a faster pace, up to 150% faster. The idea of speeding through an emotional moment for the sake of binging the next thing is troubling. But some mediocre...

Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie? It’s an old debate. The arguments against focus on the film’s “action” status, claiming John McClane’s barefoot romp through the Nakatomi Plaza only...

We know the story well. Protagonists young and old crave the hottest toy of the year, thwarted at every turn to bring it home. The outcome supports a sentimental reminder that the season is about more...

Venus (Saniyya Sidney) and Serena (Demi Singleton) are destined for greatness. We all know that now, but their father Richard Williams (Will Smith) intended it from before their births with a 78-page...

Before I pitch why you should watch “The Expanse,” a marvelous, complex sci-fi political thriller gearing up for season six’s Dec. 10 premiere, the show’s biggest fans set the groundwork for me. When...

Sometimes critics are a tiresome a bunch. That’s especially true when they unite in their hyperbole. We’ve seen this several times over the years; the gatekeepers of taste damning something enjoyable...

Halloween is over. Long live Halloween. While the spooky season dies down, one highly-watchable gem arrives just in the time to quell those candy withdrawals. “Last Night in Soho” knows its way around...

For a sci-fi opera set some 20,000 years in the future, “Dune’s” complex, intergalactic story is a unique multigenerational product, dating back to the first novel’s debut in 1965. Over the next...

Acclaimed director Ridley Scott borrows from the #MeToo movement and “Rashomon” storytelling to deliver the “Blade Runner” auteur’s most enjoyable film in several years. That doesn’t...

Across five films, Daniel Craig transformed James Bond into the modern hero, more gloomy than enviable, more tragic than cool. Certainly some consider those revisions a betrayal. Shouldn’t the iconic...

When director Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep” premiered, the horror auteur made a dramatic turn. Once a master of brisk pacing, jolting, mind-bending flicks, his Stephen King adaptation spent...

  Steven Martin and Martin Short enjoy a charming friendship dating back to 1986’s “The Three Amigos,” though they don’t share much screen time together. At least scripted with Hulu’s...