Netflix’s flagship feel-good Christmas series kicks off with another comfortably cheesy romp.
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Disney’s sequel enjoys another robust weekend, while the Rian Johnson whodunit clues moviegoers to the joys of original crowdpleasers.
Melina Matsoukas’ vivid debut makes a Bonnie & Clyde story out of the dangers of being black in America.
Alex Ross Perry’s punk-rock elegy isn’t just a bittersweet portrait of rock stardom, it’s a beautiful model of the long, hard road to sobriety.
Nora Ephron’s charming Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan comedy also makes the case for letting yourself be vulnerable and brave.
Frozen 2 breaks the ice of November’s box-office chill — and the year’s downward trend of family movie sequels.
Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott book is sensitive, challenging, and earnestly engages with the source material.
Netflix’s Christmas offerings get an animated upgrade in this familiar but handsomely hand-drawn take on the Santa story.
Tom Hanks fills the loafers of childhood’s kindest saint in Marielle Heller’s case study of Mr. Rogers’ impact.
Netflix continues its ongoing battle with Hallmark for the souls of middling Christmas movies everywhere. In an effort […]
This sequel to the 2013 animated hit delivers on the songs and some lovely messaging, but essentially delivers more of the same.
There’s a lot more nuance to be found in the discourse surrounding Marvel movies and arthouse cinema.
Trey Edward Shults trots out every filmmaking trick in the book to spruce up an overly-novelistic family drama.
Todd Haynes steps outside of his wheelhouse with a well-intentioned, but messy piece of narrative journalism.
Your dad’s favorite racing movie races to a $31.5 million opening weekend.
Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen elevate an otherwise warmed-over thriller as two people wrapped up in a late-life romance gone terribly wrong.
Elizabeth Banks revives the girl-power action franchise with new blood and a solid if formulaic actioner.
The Stephen King sequel checks out with a disappointing opener, but Roland Emmerich’s WWII epic flies high.
