The new Nicolas Cage vehicle ‘Pig’ is being sold as an action-heavy ‘John Wick’ riff. It is not that movie AT ALL.
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The kindest reading of Space Jam 2: A New Legacy is that it exists only to extend the brand of NBA superstar and media mogul LeBron James. A more cynical — but likely more accurate view — is that the live-action/animation hybrid was made by Warner Bros. merely to sell merch and HBO Max subscriptions. […]
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The first sequel to “Alien,” released 35 years ago this week, pushed one of the primary themes of the series: that in an ultra-capitalist future, humans are always expendable.
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J.D. Salinger famously refused to sell the movie rights to ‘The Catcher in the Rye.’ But in 1998, Wes Anderson released the closest thing to a film version we may ever get.
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Spike Lee’s 1989 classic thoughtfully and provocatively explores how shared spaces – and the desire to fill them – can ignite conflict.
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John Sturges’s 1960 Western – now streaming on Amazon Prime Video – is a masterfully crafted and perfectly cast blast of fireworks.
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Marvel is back in the theaters – with a low-energy, checkbox-ticking entry, noteworthy only for the happy addition of a welcome supporting player.
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The recently departed director Monte Hellman took a wildly unconventional approach to filling the leading roles of his 1971 cult classic.
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Netflix’s second “Fear Street” film is a stronger effort than the first – and more steeped in the style (and gore) of its era.
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From ‘Siberia’ and ‘The Lighthouse’ to ‘Antichrist’ and ‘The Last Temptation of Christ,’ Willem Dafoe has refined the archetype of the modern man confronting the forces of nature.
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This month, we examine the woefully misguided flight attendant “comedy” ‘View From the Top,’ which Weinstein and company tastefully shelved after 9/11.
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Mini-reviews of ‘Scenes from an Empty Church,’ ‘Hatched,’ ‘Road to the Lemon Grove,’ and more of new direct-to-VOD titles.
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