There’s something different about Chucky in the new Child’s Play remake. Originally birthed as a very creepy-looking killer doll possessed by […]
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Who gets to make country music? Who gets to define what’s authentic and what’s appropriative? These questions have dogged alt-country — […]
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Well, folks — we’re now batting two for two when it comes to summer comic book movies and their (wildly superficial) […]
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The new Shaft, starring Jessie T. Usher as anxious FBI data analyst John Shaft, is a direct sequel to the 2000 […]
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Jim Jarmusch’s films are frequently populated by richly drawn characters who move through the world at a pace that could generously […]
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Taking a cue from Disney — which makes sense, given the Mouse’s involvement here — writer-director Simon Kinberg jarringly opens Dark […]
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If you live in L.A. and have writer friends connected to the TV world, you’ve likely heard phrases like “diversity hire” […]
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Coming on the heels of its shaky predecessor, The Secret Life of Pets 2 is a mild, playful surprise with the […]
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Look, we’ve got to get one thing out of the way here. If you go into Ma expecting incisive commentary on […]
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If there’s one thing Godzilla: King of the Monsters makes abundantly clear, it’s that we’ve collectively warped our definition of the […]
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Having seen your share of formulaic biopics, you brace yourself when the first scene of Rocketman has Elton John (Taron Egerton) in […]
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The Souvenir — British filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s haunting semi-autobiographical fourth feature — takes its title from a painting Hogg was taken […]
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