Reviews The good-natured “Coming 2 America” mostly plays the same notes By: Gena Radcliffe While the script is almost entirely a retread of the original, an engaged and enthusiastic cast makes it worthwhile.
Reviews “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run” eventually sinks into formula By: Clint Worthington The latest trip to Bikini Bottom soaks the sea in garish CG animation and a creaky level of sentiment, but plenty of the show's surreal delights remain.
Reviews “Crisis” milks the opioid crisis for a seedy, multi-pronged crime thriller By: Marshall Estes Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Gary Oldman, and others tackle different facets of the drug trade in an enjoyable, if flawed, procedural.
Reviews Brea Grant tackles the trauma of male violence in “Lucky” By: Theo Estes Brea Grant writes and stars in a mostly-successful thriller about a woman trying to hold herself together as her world falls apart.
Reviews “Pacific Rim: the Black” brings the action to the small screen By: Sarah Gorr An anime spinoff of the cult hit will satisfy all your robot v. kaiju fighting needs.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: “Language Lessons” is a celebration of human connection By: Reyzando Nawara Natalie Morales directs herself and Mark Duplass in a tender look at the bonds we form to save ourselves in a hard world.
Reviews “Last Chance U: Basketball” scores in profiling the lives of college athletes By: Lisa Laman Though the episodes can get samey, Last Chance U: Basketball works well enough to charm even basketball novices.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: “Petite Maman” is Céline Sciamma’s ode to innocence By: Peter Sobczynski Céline Sciamma's followup to Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a graceful tale of rediscovered childhood.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: Giallo meets Jeffrey Epstein in “The Scary of Sixty-first” By: Peter Sobczynski Dasha Nekrasova leaps out of the gate with an audacious, out-there horror debut as creepy as it is transgressive.
Berlinale Berlinale 2021: “I’m Your Man” is a bittersweet meditation on love By: Reyzando Nawara Dan Stevens stars as a seductive but malfunctioning robot companion in Maria Schrader's refreshing, tender exploration of longing.
Reviews “Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell” leaves the viewer wanting more By: Oluwatayo Adewole While the documentary about legendary rapper Biggie Smalls is somewhat lacking, the occasional insider's look at his all-too-short life makes it worthwhile.
Reviews “Raya and the Last Dragon” is a rollicking Southeast Asian-styled fantasy By: Clint Worthington Disney's high-fantasy adventure is spirited and dynamic, even as it flattens a host of Southeast Asian cultural signifiers into a homogenous whole.
Columns P.S.H. I Love You: “Money for Nothing” puts Hoffman in dire straits John Cusack tries to make off with a million bucks in this queasy but charming crime caper, with Philip Seymour Hoffman in tow.
Interviews How Henry Jackman crafted the experimental score for “Cherry” The blockbuster composer talks to us about his freewheeling experimentations for the Russo brothers' latest film.
Reviews “Tom & Jerry” will make you wish for animated death By: Clint Worthington Tim Story crafts a horrid live-action/animation hybrid straight out of the 2000s -- fans of old-school cartoons beware.
Reviews Learn a little more about Billie Eilish in a winning documentary By: Ashley Lara Apple TV+'s Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry traces the music sensation's rise to fame, without falling prey to the usual music doc cliches.
Reviews “Cherry” is sour, artificial, and goes down like cough syrup By: Justin Harrison The Russo brothers’ Avengers: Endgame follow-up wastes the potential of a grown-up Tom Holland, and tries way too hard.
Reviews “Punky Brewster” is an exercise in empty nostalgia By: Megan Sunday Peacock's attempt at reviving the classic 80s sitcom with some vague modern touches is as meaningless as it is harmless.
Columns Criterion Corner: “Parallax View”, “Mandabi”, “Smooth Talk” '70s conspiracy thrillers, African social dramas, and Laura Dern's breakout performance number among Criterion's February lineup.
Columns PSH I Love You: Hoffman blinks in and out of “Next Stop Wonderland” Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a selfish ex in this Hope Davis-led indie romance.
Reviews “Ginny & Georgia” is the grift that keeps on giving By: Sydney Urbanek Netflix's latest is a charming, if tonally confused, young adult series about a mother-daughter duo starting over.