Asteroid City The second feature film of director Wes Anderson, “Rushmore,” released in 1998 and still recognized as a classic, is about Max Fischer. The teenage boy is arrogant and also something of an academic disaster he has so many extracurricular activities he can’t keep up with his classwork but he’s also a tireless “can […]
Ferrari Throughout his career, Michael Mann has always been fascinated with the flawed personalities of difficult men which makes him a great fit to unpack the imperfections of Enzo Ferrari, a man who was all about winning the race of life. The image that sticks from Mann’s “Ferrari” is of someone who is never satisfied:
May December “May December” opens with a lot of confusing activity happening in two different places. A glamorous woman (Natalie Portman) checks into a boutique hotel, talking quietly into her Bluetooth. Another woman (Julianne Moore) is planning a gathering at her waterfront house. She opens the fridge and stares inside. The camera then pushes in
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania The “Ant-Man” movies live by the unspoken mantra of “think small,” a philosophy that has allowed them to paradoxically stand apart from other corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which tends toward the grandiose. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” toys with that idea by shrinking Ant-Man/Scott Lange (Paul Rudd) and
When Evil Lurks While the leads in Jeff Rowe’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” spoke with the momentum of a bottle of Prime energy drink, I thought about fast paced versus hyperactive when it comes to this kind of movie “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and its amazing sequel are undeniably fast paced, but that’s
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem The Lucio Fulci inspired “When Evil Lurks,” which world premiered in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness section on Friday night, is best remembered for its anarchic brutality. This movie doesn’t play fair dogs and kids are not safe or innocent, for the record and it gains strength
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Janet Planet When the young, melancholic Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) begs her mother Janet (Julianne Nicholson) to pick her up from summer camp early, it feels urgent. “I’m going to kill myself,” she says. “I said I’m going to kill myself if you don’t come get me.” But when Janet arrives the next morning, Lacy’s tune
Upgraded When I first saw Upgraded on Amazon Prime, my initial reaction was excitement Camila Mendes in a leading role that’s not high school themed! The 29 year old Riverdale alum (who’s so game for whatever batshit curveball that show throws her) and Netflix romp Do Revenge standout is a veteran at commanding the screen
Saw X It’s not often that the tenth installment of a successful franchise corrects the sins of past films, but if anything could have sent the people behind this cash cow back to the drawing board, it was the failure of “Spiral From the Book of Saw.” “Saw X” fixes many of the problems that
A Haunting in Venice “A Haunting in Venice” is the top Hercule Poirot movie by Kenneth Branagh. It also ranks among one of the best films by Branagh himself because he, along with the screenwriter Michael Green, takes apart and re-imagines the source material (Agatha Christie’s Hallowe’en Party) to make a relentlessly ingenious, visually rich
