MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Kid’s Alright
It’s as predictable as it gets but Karate Kid: Legends is better than it has a right to be, even with that guy.
Tiny Dancer
Weird to say, but Ballerina needs to shed John Wick from this John Wick franchise entry.
Sand Blasted
Zhang Qi’s neo-western noir-thriller Trapped comes really close to greatness.
To Forgive, Divine?
Lam Sen and Antonio Tam ask some pretty heady questions about the nature of faith in Valley of the Shadow of Death. Brace.
Can’t Un-see
RackaRacka’s Philippou brothers add a grisly dose of body horror to their resurrection formula in Bring Her Back.
You Know What This Is
Wes Anderson gonna Wes Anderson and he Andersons hard in The Phoenician Scheme.
Just… Stop
I guess… if it’s really hot out… maybe… you got to Lilo & Stitch? Or if the kids demand it.
More Like Untenable
A power-trio of young Japanese actors headlines Unreachable and is almost entirely wasted.
Never Say Die
Oh, baby, get ready for the gnarliest Rube Goldberg deaths so far in series best Final Destination: Bloodlines.
A Spouse To Die For
Steven Soderbergh marries modern and retro highjinks in the thoroughly entertaining spy romp Black Bag.
A Bolt From the Blue
OMG we’ve gotten the first good MCU movie in a dog’s age with Thunderbolts*.
Credits & Debits
Who knew we needed a sequel to The Accountant? Evidently Gavin O’Connor and Ben Affleck did.
School Daze
The Uniform is a love triangle melodrama first, class-based education piss-take second.
Little Joy
Oliver Chan’s Montages of a Modern Motherhood is a film you respect, not one you have fun at.