Click here for the flashback interview with Destin Daniel Cretton for SHORT TERM 12. When we last saw Peter Parker, aka Spiderman, in SPIDERMAN: NO WAY HOME he was being selfless. In SPIDERMAN: NEW BEGINNINGS, he is living with that choice, which was to keep safe have the love of his life, MJ (Zendaya) and… Read More »
EVIL DEAD BURN
This is what you need to know about EVIL DEAD BURN. It is a masterpiece of its genre. It does not, however, transcend that genre. Not really. If you love the garish gore that is the trademark of this franchise, you will adore it. If dangling entrails and exposed bones, lots of them, don’t work… Read More »
THE INVITE
THE INVITE is a blisteringly brilliant dissection of relationship dynamics and the effects of radical honesty on self-delusion. Taking place over the course of one evening, two couples will get more out of their revelatory get-together than charcuterie and tequila shots. By the end, we will have gotten to know them with all their faults,… Read More »
SUPERGIRL
I know it may seem minor detail on which to dwell, but it’s a significant one. The 2026 incarnation of SUPERGIRL, played with cynicism suffused anger by Milly Alcock, sports her super-heroine costume accessorized by boots that are low-heeled with a closed, square toe. Yes, they are thigh-high, but they are not form-fitting latex, and… Read More »
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE
There are, alas, all manner of bad movies out there. The ones that are so bad that they’re good. The ones that are so bad that they are a tedious slog designed to quell the will to live among its viewers. The ones that start out offensive and then escalate their assault on their audiences… Read More »
OBSESSION
The familiar theme in OBSESSION is given a bracing re-boot by filmmaker Curry Barker. While the narrative addresses the oft considered dangers of getting exactly what you wish for, the subtext, that bursts through with the force of a spurting aorta, deals firmly with the insidious nature of male toxicity, female objectification, and what happens… Read More »
PILLION
In PILLION, we learn a great deal about gay biker culture in the UK. This is to be expected in a film wherein a sweet man (Harry Melling) discovers a side of himself he never suspected after falling under the commanding spell of one of those ci-mentioned bikers (Alexander Skarsgård). What is unexpected is discovering… Read More »
THE MOMENT
THE MOMENT is wise enough to know that the standard for a satire about the music industry has already been set, and any attempts to impinge on SPINAL TAP’s brilliance is a fool’s errand at best. Hence, this deep dive into the Brat Summer of Charlie XCX goes in a different direction, not one that… Read More »
WICKED: FOR GOOD
The one thing you can say about WICKED: FOR GOOD without fear of contradiction is that there is a lot of it. Not just the running time, which feels like so much more than 138 minutes, but in the Rococo exuberance of the production design. So much production design. It goes beyond mere attention to… Read More »
NOBODY 2
The question, of course, is whether the puckish premise of NOBODY has enough going for it to warrant a sequel. The good news, as we learn in NOBODY 2, is that it does. Once again tweaking the stereotype of family values and the monotony of suburbia, Bob Odenkirk and company take us on an unexpected… Read More »
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