Review: A Family’s Reunion Turns Terrifying in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
One of the things you should know going into Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is that it’s not really a mummy movie at all. It’s certainly not anything like the 1932 […]
Review: Russell Crowe Co-Writes and Cameos in Beast, an MMA Drama That at Least Gets the Fighting Right
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. Beast, directed by Tyler Atkins, follows the story of Patton (Daniel MacPherson), an MMA fighter who put the octagon behind him after knocking […]
Review: A Radiant Carmen Maura Anchors Calle Málaga’s Story About Aging and Community
Has the Spanish government declared Carmen Maura a national treasure? If not, what are they waiting for? Maura stands shoulder to shoulder with such icons as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, […]
Review: Riz Ahmed Brings Shakespeare’s Hamlet to Modern-Day London with a Fitting Temperament and Intensity
If you know anything about me, you should know that I love live theater, and my favorite subsector of live theater is the works of William Shakespeare. But the only […]
Review: Now Streaming on Hulu, Pizza Movie Is a Drug-Infused Trip Where a Simple Delivery Becomes an Epic Journey
This is a good month for filmmakers Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney. Later this month sees the release of the terrific dark horror/comedy/love story Over Your Dead Body (an English-language […]
Review: Based on the Video Game Franchise, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is for SuperFans, but Few Others
If you like The Super Mario Galaxy Movie or its 2023 predecessor (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the second-biggest film of that year, situated squarely between Barbie and Oppenheimer), then […]
Retrospective: The Who’s Tommy Has Its 50th Anniversary; IMAX Screens Crisp 4K Scan
This article was written by Lauren Weiner. The late ‘60s were a glorious time for music. A big force in that gloriousness was the UK. Said nation produced dozens of […]
Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark at 45 Is Still a Thrill—Live With the Chicago Philharmonic
The Chicago Philharmonic returned to play a live soundtrack in the Philms at the Auditorium series, with guest conductor Thiago Tiberio on Saturday night. The occasion was the 45th anniversary […]
Review: Time Traveling, Mafia Crime and Romantic Affairs in a Messy but Entertaining Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
When your script is in doubt, add a time-travel plot line. That’s what it feels like writer/director BenDavid Grabinski (Happily) deduced could save his decidedly average crime comedy Mike & […]
Review: They Will Kill You Offers Familiar Horror Tropes and Mediocre Action in an All Too Common Subgenre
It’s shocking to consider that there was a time not that long ago when this film and Ready or Not 2 were coming out on the same weekend, instead of […]
Review: Alpha Follows a Teen Facing Her Fate in an Apocalyptic Alternate Timeline Featuring an Inexplicable Epidemic
Alpha (Mélissa Boros) is a troubled 13-year-old girl living with her single mother (the great Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani, Paterson) in coastal France as the earth is dealing with multiple […]
Review: Sofia Coppola Turns to Documentaries in Marc by Sofia, But She’s a Bit Too Close to Subject, Friend and Designer Marc Jacobs
I’ll fully admit: I have a soft spot for fashion-related documentaries, probably typified by The September Issue, which admittedly is more of a doc about publishing…but still. And while I […]