Reviews Luck keeps tripping over its uninspired feet By: Lisa Laman The debut title from Skydance Animation is too in love with exposition and cutesy character designs for its own good.
Reviews I Love My Dad’s stranger-than-fiction tale succeeds through sheer will By: Michael Frank James Morosini enlists the great Patton Oswalt to bring the time his own dad catfished him to the silver screen.
Reviews Reservation Dogs returns with a stellar second season By: Ashley Lara Reservation Dogs' sophomore run layers drama and comedy to excellent effect.
Reviews Netflix’s Carter is chaotic, carefree, and continuous By: Nguyên Lê The Villainess director’s new actioner powers through flaws to score an extended combo of mind-melting antics.
Reviews They/Them has a clever title, and not much else to offer By: Gena Radcliffe An engaging young cast & a timely premise is wasted on a plodding script that stretches the definition of a “slasher film.”
Reviews Bullet Train delivers a bloody but intoxicating ride By: Sean Price This action-comedy goes off the rails in a good way, but some riders may get motion sickness.
Recap Better Call Saul returns to Breaking Bad to map out a bleak ending for Jimmy By: Andrew Bloom Saul’s choice to visit Walter White mirrors Gene’s choice to pursue one more cancer patient.
Features Nope & a brief, shameful history of live primates as entertainment A look back at the use of chimpanzees as clowns & sidekicks for humans, & how it relates to a strange & haunting subplot of Jordan Peele's hit sci-fi horror.
Interviews We Met in Virtual Reality: Joe Hunting on the Positives of VR The director opens up about the challenges of filming a doc entirely inside virtual reality and advocating for safe, positive communities in that space.
Reviews DC’s League of Super-Pets has just enough bite to be entertaining By: Sean Price This animated superhero film is a blast for kids and dog lovers but may be kryptonite to everyone else.
Reviews Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick dulls its message with messy storytelling By: Sarah Gorr Dunham’s story of a young woman’s sexual awakening is a frustrating mess concealing some honest gems.
Reviews Better Call Saul lets Cinnabon Gene pull off one last thrilling heist By: Andrew Bloom The firmest glimpse of the future yet delivers tons of fun and a moment of truth for Saul.
Reviews The Last Movie Stars is a thoughtful, affectionate documentary By: Michael Frank The Last Movie Stars sees Ethan Hawke study the lives and times of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward with care and precision.
Reviews Alone Together is a simple, sweet rom-com By: Ashley Lara Alone Together, from writer/director/star Katie Holmes, is a flawed but enjoyable lockdown-set romance.
Fantasia 2022 Fantasia 2022: Shin Ultraman, Stellar: A Magical Ride, Demigod: The Legend Begins By: Clint Worthington We look at the return of a tokusatsu giant to the big screen, a feature-film extension of a legendary Taiwanese series, and a South Korean romp about a man and his dead dad's haunted car.
Fantasia 2022 Fantasia 2022: Special Delivery, Fish Tale, & Identikit By: B.L. Panther A thriller with a friendship at its core, a touching story about the struggle to fit in, and a remastered 70s camp drama are just a few of the unique offerings at this year's Fantasia Film Festival.
Fantasia 2022 Fantasia 2022: We Might As Well Be Dead, The Mole Song: Final, Country Gold By: Clint Worthington Sizzling social drama, Lynchian meditations on country music, and Miike's latest wacky cop farce stud this newest round of films from the fest.
Reviews Tuca & Bertie Season 3 Levels Up By: Ashley Lara The beloved bird buddies are back with laughs and trauma unpacking for a third go-round of Adult Swim’s animated comedy.
Reviews Jordan Peele’s Nope will make you hate how much you love movies By: Jon Negroni His third film is an almost-masterpiece, aiming at the entertainment industry's relentless thirst for spectacle.
Recap Better Call Saul drops one more bombshell in an epilogue to the last six seasons By: Andrew Bloom Jimmy, Kim, Mike, and Gus pick up the pieces after last week’s bloody climax to more than one mortal threat.
Reviews The Deer King only rules in its epic scope By: Nguyên Lê Production I.G's film fumbles whenever it has to address something else besides its epic attributes.