Reviews

In Review: 'Mickey 17,' 'Eephus'

Bong Joon Ho returns with an audacious sci-fi satire and baseball season arrives early via a knockabout comedy with an elegiac streak.

Mar 6 •

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In Review: 'The Monkey,' 'The Gorge'

A pair of new genre films offer threats both small and large with mixed results.

Feb 20 •

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In Review: 'Captain America: Brave New World,' 'Paddington in Peru'

Franchise fatigue is a theme in this week's reviews, but one series proves far more exhausted than the other.

Feb 13 •

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In Review: 'Presence,' 'Grand Theft Hamlet'

Steven Soderbergh gets spooky and experimental while a new documentary chronicles an unusual staging of Shakespeare.

Jan 23 •

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In Review: 'Wolf Man,' 'I'm Still Here'

A classic monster gets a revival while the latest from Walter Salles explores a more commonplace threat.

Jan 16 •

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In Review: 'The Room Next Door,' 'Hard Truths'

Two intimate films from old masters quietly slip their way into theaters.

Jan 9 •

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In Review: 'The Fire Inside,' 'Better Man'

Two true stories enter the ring. One emerges triumphant.

Dec 26, 2024 •

In Review: 'A Complete Unknown,' 'Babygirl,' 'Nosferatu'

If you had a musical biopic, an edgy erotic drama, and a vampire movie on your holiday wishlist, all your wishes are about to come true.

Dec 24, 2024 •

In Review: 'The Brutalist,' 'Mufasa: The Lion King'

This week brings a new American epic and the story of what happened before a beloved Disney movie.

Dec 19, 2024 •

In Review: 'Nickel Boys,' 'September 5'

In this week's new releases Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer-winning novel gets a distinctive and moving adaptation while a docudrama revisits the Munich…

Dec 12, 2024 •

In Review: 'Nightbitch,' 'Queer,' 'Y2K,' 'Oh, Canada'

This week's new movies include a retro apocalypse, a woman turning into a dog, a literary titan bumming around Mexico City, and the confessions of an…

Dec 5, 2024 •

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In Review: 'Moana 2'

A terrific Disney film gets a less-than-terrific sequel.

Nov 27, 2024 •

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