Review: Aiming for a Timely Satire, Comet Comedy Don’t Look Up Misses the Mark
Writer/director Adam McKay is a lot of things, but subtle isn’t one of them. Most of the time, he’s found…
Review: Disney Aims to Create a Following for Cruella; Barely Manages More than Great Costumes
On the surface, there’s nothing terribly objectionable about the idea to make a film centered on the villain of Disney’s…
Review: Ryan Murphy’s Film Version of The Prom Is All Sequins and No Real Heart
In what may just hold the record for stage-to-screen adaptations, Ryan Murphy brings to Netflix a gaudy, busy, over-the-top film…
Review: Old Friends Navigate Stormy Waters in Steven Soderbergh’s Largely Improvised Let Them All Talk
Director Steven Soderbergh continues to enjoy (and thrive in) his un-retirement with such works as Logan Lucky, Unsane, High Flying…
Review: The Laundromat Marks a Rare Miss from an Otherwise Reliable Filmmaker
Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Traffic, Magic Mike) is one of those filmmakers who can make even the driest material seem…
Review: Building on a Legacy, Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns Is Sure to Delight
I’ll be the first to admit, I never really understood the mystique of the Mary Poppins character. Or perhaps to…
Review: For Summer Fun at the Movies, Mamma Mia! Sequel is a Sure Thing
Let’s get this out of the way up front: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, like its predecessor (and smash hit,…
Film Review: Spielberg’s The Post Is an Important Story—And a Great Film
Taking a similar approach to earth-shattering news events as 2015’s Spotlight, Steven Spielberg’s The Post barrels through a lot of…
TCR Mixtape No. 14: Resistance
Chicagoans carried a heavy heart this week after President Obama delivered his Farewell Address in the very town where he began his…
