Reviews “Hitmen” puts Mel and Sue in the middle of a frothy action comedy By: Megan Sunday The former Great British Bake-Off hosts retool themselves as witty assassins in a cute, if scattershot, series of vignettes.
Anniversaries “The Other Guys” indulges in the crimes it condemns Now 10 years old, Adam McKay's screwball screed against Wall Street is hindered by being a cop-centric affair.
Reviews “Star Trek: Lower Decks” kicks off with an irreverent “Second Contact” By: Clint Worthington The Rick and Morty vibe takes a lot of getting used to, but there are glimmers of promise in the latest Star Trek adventure.
Reviews “The Secret Garden” is just lively enough By: B.L. Panther Marc Munden's adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel is too myopic to fully bloom, but it has just enough flourishes to work.
Reviews “A Thousand Cuts” dissects journalism’s relationship with authoritarianism By: Theo Estes Ramona S. Diaz’s latest documentary showcases Filipino journalist Maria Ressa's fight against Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
Reviews Ghostly justice comes for Guatemalan tyrants in the atmospheric “La Llorona” By: Beau North A genocidal general is haunted by the women he's wronged, both living and dead, in this eerie historical chiller.
Reviews “An American Pickle” is an odd mix of salty and sweet By: Matt Cipolla Brandon Trost's directorial debut finds two Seth Rogens balancing old, new, and distant family, to largely mixed results.
Reviews “Made in Italy” is “Under the Tuscan Sun” for dudes By: Sarah Gorr James D'Arcy's directorial debut is a thin, derivative bore that wastes its otherwise-game cast.
Columns The “Moneyball” we got delivers a baseball movie for Ben Shapiro Bennett Miller's adaptation of Michael Lewis' book is an overlong, overcrowded sports biopic partially redeemed by its cast.
Reviews Perry Mason Chapter Seven Recap: Thank this nice man By: Megan Sunday The show barrels toward its finale and finally starts to pick up steam, as Perry finds his lawyerly footing.
Reviews “Summerland” dazzles in the past more than the present By: Clint Worthington Gemma Arterton is bristly and charming in this WWII-era melodrama, but it's almost a little too weightless for its own good.
Reviews “Olympia” pulls back the curtain on screen legend Olympia Dukakis By: B.L. Panther Olympia Dukakis is given a warts-and-all portrait that highlights her tremendous power and the foibles of "no bullshit" Method acting.
Reviews “The Secret: Dare to Dream” serves up a steaming pile of hokum By: Gena Radcliffe Rhonda Byrne’s bestselling “law of attraction” nonsense gets a cloying, predictable romantic spin with better performances than it deserves.
Filmmaker of the Month We’ll never forgive Joel Schumacher his “Trespass” Joel Schumacher's final film is a hodgepodge of hokey thriller twists and a ridiculous performance from Nic Cage.
Reviews “Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy” rolls out a worthy first chapter with “Siege” By: Justin Harrison Netflix and Rooster Teeth team up for a dark, compelling set of stories about everyone's favorite robots in disguise.
Reviews Shudder’s “Host” mines effective scares out of COVID-era communication By: Clint Worthington Rob Savage wrangles a tight, heart-stopping screen-based horror flick out of six actors, practical scares, and a Zoom call.
Reviews “The Weight of Gold” explores the mental hurdles of Olympians By: Clint Worthington Michael Phelps produces and narrates a heartfelt piece of mental health advocacy for Olympic athletes.
Anniversaries “Look, it’s the gentleman guppy”: “Waterworld” at 25 Say what you will about Kevin Costner's disasterpiece, but it's a reminder of the time when studios were willing to wade into uncharted seas.
Anniversaries 25 Years of “The Net,” and the new age of techno-thrillers A look back at a time when "the internet" was portrayed as a mysterious boogeyman that could destroy your life.
Reviews “The Umbrella Academy” keeps the apocalypse light for season 2 By: Tim Stevens The second season of Netflix's comic-book adaptation sends its fractured superhero family into the past, to mixed results.
Features “Charlie Wilson’s War” wins some of its battles A token of the aughts and a swan song for Mike Nichols, this 2007 drama runs on more hermetically sealed Aaron Sorkin writing to okay results.