“Robot Dreams” Review
Robot Dreams evokes a certain sense of loss and laughter that can only exist within the medium of animation. It has the allure of experimental shorts despite being fairly grounded
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“Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” Review
We live in a golden age of giant monster movies. Last December, I watched Godzilla serve as an example of post-war Japanese anxiety in the Academy-Award-winning Godzilla Minus One. Less
“Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.” Review
Several questions arise about the provocative and award-winning Slave Play. They’re questions that usually don’t have easy answers. Or, rather, answers that never want to be easy. The documentary on
“Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” Review
In the same way that Will Smith and Martin Lawrence seemed to slip so easily back into their cop roles for Bad Boys, so too does Eddie Murphy with his
“MaXXXine” Review
There’s a lot of pressure on Ti West’s MaXXXine to bring the X trilogy to a strong conclusion. After two amazing films (X, Pearl) released in the same year, one
“I Can’t Breathe (God Forgive Them)” Review
Most people know the phrase “I Can’t Breathe” as a movement against police brutality in the wake of Eric Garner’s death in 2014. Garner was unarmed and pled that he
“Despicable Me 4” Review
14 years ago, the villain Gru (Steve Carell) found himself reforming his ways to become a reluctant adoptive father to three sweet girls. Remember those girls? Because Despicable Me 4
“Civil War” (2024) Review
Despite the title, the marketing, and the setting of dystopian state division, Civil War is less of a film about the electoral divide and more about journalism in times of
“Brats” (2024) Review
The story behind the Brat Pack is more interesting than the fallout of its effect. The collective of young actors from the 1980s never chose that title. It was the
“Kinds of Kindness” Review
For as charmingly wondrous as Poor Thing was, Kinds of Kindness finds director Yorgos Lanthimos returning to his wild roots (and not simply because he’s reunited with co-writer Efthimis Filippou).