“In Your Dreams” (2025) Review
For the second year in a row, Netflix has graced the holiday season with an animated adventure about a family grappling with divorce. While the subject is one worth exploring,
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“Frankenstein” (2025) Review
There’s a love that Guillermo del Toro brings to his take on the classic literary and film monster. While his version of Frankenstein stays closer to the Mary Shelley novel,
“Nouvelle Vague” Review
Trying to divulge the role Jean-Luc Godard played in the French New Wave is a task littered with landmines of artistic ego and pretension. Thankfully, director Richard Linklater doesn’t do
“Ballad of a Small Player” Review
In the same way that gamblers become addicted to the thrills of casinos more than the odds, Ballad of a Small Player is too dazzled by its own decadent decor
“A House of Dynamite” Review
Where were you when the world ended? Kathryn Bigelow’s intensely directed A House of Dynamite explores this somber question. Using multiple perspectives of those in power, she highlights what goes through the
“Fixed” Review
Adult animation has changed a lot in the past 20 years. It used to be a big draw that cartoons started slinging profanity, having sex, and letting the poop and
“Fear Street: Prom Queen” Review
The scariest thing about Prom Queen is that it feels less like a step down and more like a full-on tumble from the other Fear Street movies. There was a
“Plankton: The Movie” Review
After the dismally lifeless Sandy Cheeks movie, my hopes for this SpongeBob spin-off movie were low. But armed with a script co-written by the voice actor himself, this film felt
“The Six Triple Eight” Review
Tyler Perry is a name closely associated with melodramas that range from light comedy to trashy thriller. That tone is still present in The Six Triple Eight, a true story
“Maria” (2024) Review
The best part of Pablo Larraín’s films about 20th-century women is that he digs more into the psychological horror than the historical decadence of his subjects. His past films of