jake gyllenhaal Archives

April 7, 2022

Michael Bay’s Ambulance resuscitates the mid-budget heist thriller

Armed with $40 million worth of drones and Jake Gyllenhaal, the action auteur delivers one of his most relentlessly entertaining exercises in cinematic excess.

June 1, 2021

The “Spirit Untamed” is willing but the script is weak

All-too-familiar staples of the Horse Girl genre get mechanically trotted out in DreamWorks' latest kids fare.

December 19, 2020

“Zodiac” and the very slow walk to justice

Arguably one of David Fincher's best films, Zodiac focuses on the tedium of a murder investigation, rather than the crimes themselves.

April 28, 2020

“Spider-Man: Far From Home” forces Peter Parker to grow up

The latest Marvel film to date is more than a mid-sized follow up to Avengers: Endgame -- it establishes Peter Parker as the beating heart of the new MCU.

December 19, 2019

Review: Hang Out With “John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch”

The comedian’s gentle parody of children’s television boasts charming performances and catchy Broadway-style tunes.

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June 27, 2019

Spider-Man Far From Home Review: Peter Parker’s European Vacation

It doesn't reach the swinging heights of Homecoming, but Jon Watts' follow-up gets Marvel's Phase Four off to a charming enough start.

May 26, 2019

“The Day After Tomorrow” and Disaster Flicks as Political Polemic

Fifteen years after its release, Roland Emmerich's environmental disaster film is no less corny, but its warnings about climate change ring depressingly more urgent.

February 18, 2019

What to Watch on Streaming: Week of February 22nd, 2019

From food porn to mumblecore to frightening docs about the global economy, we tell you what to watch on streaming this weekend.

February 1, 2019

Sundance 1/31 Dispatch: Share, Velvet Buzzsaw

Day 4 of Sundance shows us a neon-lit social media nightmare in Share, as well as Dan Gilroy's arch, uneven art world critique Velvet Buzzsaw.

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