MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Golden ‘Years’
Oh hell, yes. Nia DaCosta just guaranteed that third rage virus horror flick with 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
All Squawk
Benedict Cumberbatch stands out with normal skin in so-so semi-horror novel adaptation, The Thing with Feathers.
Feeling a Bit Blue
It’s Oona Chapin to the rescue in the third, too familiar entry in James Cameron’s billion dollar franchise, Avatar: Fire and Ash.
‘Past’ Imperfect
Fans: Louis Koo is going Back to the Past. Non-fans? Maybe try SpongeBob.
A Tale as Old as Time
Russell Crowe is a suitably chilling Hermann Göring in James Vanderbilt’s chillingly timely Nuremberg.
Treading Water
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for Squarepants carries the series’ torch nicely – and with no stolen recipes.
More of a Duke
Animated Jesus origin story The King of Kings has a very specific market and not enough creativity to attract anyone else.
Almost Campy Enough
A bit more camp and less Sydney Sweeney being toted around like a knapsack and The Housemaid could be a kinky pleasure.
Who Needs Plot?
Sho Miyake’s quiet, spare, thoughtful Two Seasons, Two Strangers proves he’s one of Japan’s best right now.
Desu… Janai Desu-ka?
Mamoru Hosoda’s ambitious Scarlet doesn’t come close to Hamlet’s depth or storytelling grace.
Animal Crackers
This is getting repetitive. Zootopia 2 is a lot more of what made Zootopia such a chamer… but less.
Raising Something
Bi Gan’s Resurrection goes down a very, very, very deep Cannes rabbit hole.
Sex and the Single Girl
Tam Wai-ching turns a glaring spotlight on our blindspots about people with disabilities and sex in Someone Like Me.