Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone’s latest has a couple of good ideas, but squanders them in its creaky jokes and general half-heartedness.
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When it hit theaters 45 years ago, Alan J. Pakula’s Watergate explainer seemed like a giant risk. Some thought on how they pulled it off – and how it plays now.
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In memory of the brilliant character actor Yaphet Kotto, we look back at two of his onscreen deaths, and what they tell us about his considerable gifts as an actor.
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Our mini-reviews of ‘Embryo,’ ‘The Slaughterhouse Killer,’ ‘Sugar Daddy,’ and more of this week’s fringe VOD releases.
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Fellini’s first color feature spotlights one of his most important leading ladies, and presents a striking contrast to his better-known works.
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Emma Seligman’s acclaimed feature debut is tense, uncomfortable – and wildly funny.
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The rise and fall of WeWork could make for a compelling documentary, but the new Hulu feature isn’t it.
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The VOD and streaming eras have robbed us of one of the greatest pleasures of the ‘80s and ‘90s: stumbling upon something absolutely inexplicable in the middle of the night on cable TV.
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The queen of ’90s rom-coms has fallen out of Hollywood’s favor – and we’re all poorer for it.
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With the 1945 classic streaming on HBO Max, we take a look back at its considerable pleasures – and the thorniness of its messaging.
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What should be a slam-bang monster extravaganza is instead a confused mess of subplots, backstories, and nonsense.
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The 2005 action/comedy – one of Pierce Brosnan’s wonderful subversions of his Bond years – hits a little differently now.
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