Friday, June 6, 2025

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Modern Social Commentary Derails DeCosta’s ‘Candyman’ from being Special

Director: Nia DaCosta Writer: Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo Plot: A "spiritual sequel" to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified...

Movie Review: ‘Sweet Girl’ Will Frustrate Many and Impress Virtually Nobody

Director: Brian Andrew Mendoza Writers: Gregg Hurwitz, Philip Eisner Stars: Jason Momoa, Isabela Merced, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Amy Brenneman, Adria Arjona, Justin Bartha, Raza Jaffrey, Lex Scott Davis, and Michael Raymond-James Plot: A devastated husband vows to bring justice...

Movie Review: ‘Reminiscence’ is a Painfully Dull Dystopian Misfire

Director: Lisa Joy Writer: Lisa Joy Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Thandiwe Newton, Cliff Curtis Plot: Nick Bannister, a private investigator of the mind, navigates the alluring world of the past when his life is...

Movie Review (EIFF): ‘The Bright Side’ is a Life-Affirming Take on Death

Director: Ruth Meehan Writers: Jean Pasley, Ruth Meehan Stars: Gemma-Leah Devereux, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Karen Egan, Derbhle Crotty, Siobhan Cullen, Derbhle Crotty Plot: A cynical stand-up comedian is diagnosed with breast cancer and decides to die,...

Movie Review: ‘The Night House’ Guarantees to Keep You Up All Night

Director: David Bruckner Writers: Ben Collins, Luke Piotrowski Stars: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin, Vondie Curtis-Hall Plot: A widow begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets. Many of us know the...

Op-ed: Reevaluating Lars von Trier and ‘Dancer in the Dark’ Twenty-One Years Later

In Lars von Trier’s 2000 masterpiece Dancer in the Dark, the female hero Selma Jezkova makes the confident assertion that “In the musicals, nothing bad ever happens,” contradicting what film lovers familiar...

Movie Review: ‘Beckett’ Will Take Your Breath Away

Director: Ferdinando Cito Filomarino Writers: Kevin A. Rice Stars: John David Washington, Boyd Holbrook, Vicky Krieps, and Alicia Vikander Plot: Following a tragic car accident in Greece, Beckett, an American tourist, finds himself at the...

Movie Review: Jennifer Hudson Disappears as Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’

Director: Liesel Tommy Writers: Tracey Scott Wilson, story by Tracey Scott Wilson and Callie Khouri Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald Plot: Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from child singing in her...

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