MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Hagiography 101
The King of Pop’s long-gestating, much re-shot biopic finally lands and Michael is exactly the biopic you should expect.
Roads to Perdition
You can’t accuse Óliver Laxe of lacking the courage of his narrative convictions when it comes to Sirāt.
Almost Re-animated
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy ain’t your daddy’s mummy movie. It’s more your brother’s Sam Raimi.
Feeling So-so
It may feel like a day in a dark theatre given how deliberate A New Dawn can be.
Riding the Wave
Indonesian filmmaker Edwin strikes another genre off his list with a gorgeous gluey modern folk chiller.
Truth in Advertising
Kristoffer Borgli manages to partially deconstuct a thorny subject for us non-Americans in The Drama.
Everyone’s Problem
First time director Yoo Jae-in has a few thoughts about anyone who thinks they can control a woman’s body.
Bleak. Beautiful
Taiwanese animator Joe Hsieh is a picture perfect example of how art and artist don’t necessarily need to match.
What Finish Line?
Pegasus 3 is exactly the same movie as Pegasus and Pegasus 2, so at least there’s no disappointment.
Image is Everything
Now this… We’re Nothing at All is the Herman Yau we’ve all come to know and love.
Going in Circles
Zazie Beetz is a great action star that deserves a better vehicle than the exhausting They Will Kill You.
Just Go With It
The Secret Agent is a demanding watch, but it’s also a really, really rewarding one.
More Like Extreme
You may care about ping pong as much as Chalamet cares about opera, but Marty Supreme is one of his best.
All ‘Hail’
If competency porn is high on your entertainment score card, then Project Hail Mary has it all over.
Beaver Tales
Pixar may need to do more work to convince us it hasn’t totally been subsumed by the Mouse, but Hoppers is a good start.