Reviews Blood Red Sky is baleful, boring, and ultimately defanged By: Justin Harrison This attempt to combine a vampire movie with an airborne Die Hard-alike is disappointingly bloodless and dull.
Reviews McCartney 3,2,1 strikes the right notes for music fans By: Tim Stevens This loose conversational look at McCartney's work has plenty for those into him or music, but little for the casual viewer.
Reviews A mother’s love leads to bloody consequences in the creepy Son By: Gena Radcliffe Ivan Kavanagh writes & directs an uneven but chilling story about a woman who goes to unspeakable lengths to keep her sick child alive.
Reviews Monsters at Work is a photocopied imitation of the Monsters, Inc. universe By: Lisa Laman While it's got the original voice cast, Disney+ continues the story of the hit Pixar film to rudimentary results.
Reviews Schmigadoon! is a delightful pastiche of the cloying Golden Age musical By: B.L. Panther Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key lose themselves in a sunny song-and-dance in Apple TV+'s short, but inviting, musical comedy.
Reviews Fear Street 1978 pays homage & improves on horror movies of the past By: Lisa Laman Though still plagued by problems, this second Fear Street movie is more thoughtful than its predecessor.
Reviews Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway is a must-watch for fans of the series By: Justin Harrison The latest entry in the venerable anime saga is compelling, thrilling, and rather reliant on series history.
Reviews Do not gaze upon The God Committee By: Tim Stevens Not at all what the doctor prescribed, unless you're looking for a way to feel even worse about health care.
Festivals Tribeca 2021: Last Film Show, Brighton 4th By: Michael Frank Our coverage of Tribeca closes out with two international films that handle everything from the power of cinema to parental sacrifice.
Festivals A Dispatch from the 2021 AFI Docs Film Festival By: Soham Gadre Documentaries from Zac Manuel, Garrett Bradley, Dilsey Davis and more highlight a difficult year taking its furtive steps back into a potentially post-COVID world.
Reviews The Forever Purge closes the series with a nihilistic whimper By: Clint Worthington James DeMonaco's bracing, didactic series about the evils of American carnage hits its end, as brutal as it is thunderously unsubtle.
Anniversaries “I’ll finally be free” – Psycho III at 35 By: Peter Sobczynski Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates himself - steps behind the camera to make a morbidly funny and surprisingly moving Psycho sequel.
Reviews Flimsy time-travel aside, The Tomorrow War is reasonably fun By: Jon Negroni The Tomorrow War, a Chris Pratt-starring future war epic, is derivative and messily constructed, but it boats some charm.
Reviews Fear Street: Part 1 is too in love with the past for its own good By: Lisa Laman A lack of scares and too much vulgarity drag down the better parts of this inaugural Fear Street film.
Reviews Neighbors are the real danger in the hilarious Werewolves Within By: Gena Radcliffe Josh Ruben directs a horror comedy that’s both social satire and a clever whodunit.
Reviews Black Widow is an (above average) international super spy By: Tim Stevens The MCU's latest delivers what you want, but feels a little bit too late.
Reviews Season 2 of “Central Park” gets off to a wonderful & imaginative start By: Lisa Laman The animated show from the creators of Bob’s Burgers continues to be utterly delightful and surprisingly creative.
Festivals Tribeca 2021 Roundup: “Roaring 20s,” “Shapeless” & more By: Gena Radcliffe The New York-based festival roars back to post-lockdown life with its usual solid lineup of future award winners and indie gems.
Reviews “F9” is more of the same, for better and for worse By: Jonah Koslofsky The latest entry of the perennial series is a mixed bag of the movies' trademark ridiculousness and shoddy, lackluster action sequences.
Reviews Blu-ray review: “The Paper Tigers” is one of 2021’s very best films By: Justin Harrison Quoc Bao Tran's dramedy about aging gung fu students' quest to avenge their murdered sifu is funny, thoughtful, and boasts excellent fights.
Festivals Tribeca 2021: Vanessa Kirby wanders through a hazy NYC in “Italian Studies” By: Clint Worthington Adam Leon's foggy mood piece is as endearingly formless as its amnesiac protagonist, a moody reflection on creativity and youth.