Movie Reviews

MEGALOPOLIS Trailer (2024) Adam Driver
Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is bloated and unforgivably dull
Daniel Craig
Queer is a pretentious, if visually appealing, slog
Jharrel Jerome as Anthony Robles in Unstoppable
Unstoppable is a schmaltzy sports drama with its heart in the right place
Robbie Williams at TIFF
Better Man is a thoroughly unique musical biopic centered on British pop star Robbie Williams
Hugh Grant from Heretic
Hugh Grant bedevils in Heretic, a theological debate wrapped in horror trappings
The Order Jude Law
Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult face off in solid crime thriller The Order
All of You Imogen Poots and Brett Goldstein
Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots devastate in romantic drama All of You
Amy Adams in Nightbitch
Amy Adams dominates in Nightbitch, a wholly original take on primal motherhood
Eden Ron Howard Behind-The-Scenes
Eden is an uneven survival drama with compelling performances from Jude Law and Daniel Brühl
The Last Showgirl Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson sparkles in poignant Las Vegas tale of The Last Showgirl
The Room Next Door Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton probe friendship and death in pensive The Room Next Door
The Substance Demi Moore
The Substance is a piercing indictment of society's attitude toward women's aging told via body horror
The Cut Orlando Bloom
In The Cut, Orlando Bloom transforms into a washed-up prizefighter in an otherwise overwrought boxing drama
Angelina Jolie in Maria
Maria is an exquisitely crafted tone poem with Angelina Jolie enacting Maria Callas' final days
Saturday Night
Saturday Night is an adrenaline-fueled nostalgia trip with pitch-perfect casting
emilia Perez
Emilia Pérez is a joyfully erratic opera swirled with a soapy melodrama
piano Lesson
August Wilson's The Piano Lesson receives a haunting film adaptation
Conclave
Ralph Fiennes leads a riveting religious thriller in Conclave
Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse in 'Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel gets a staggering, abstract adaptation in Nickel Boys
Saoirse Ronan appears in The Outrun by Nora Finscheidt
With The Outrun, Saoirse Ronan reminds us why she's one of the greatest working actresses
Sebastian Stan transforms into Donald Trump in first look at 'The Apprentice'
The Apprentice is a riveting if familiar account of Donald Trump's years spent at Roy Cohn's knee
BIRD
Andrea Arnold offers up another tale of social realism with mixed results in Bird
the friend
Naomi Watts gives a poignantly paw-sitive take on grief in The Friend
TOUT ANORA, Mikey Madison, 2024
Anora marks Sean Baker's most earnest depiction of sex work yet
TOUT: The PIECE BY PIECE Trailer is Here | Pharrell Williams
Piece by Piece is a by-the-brick documentary that tells Pharrell's story with animated whimsy
The Union
Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry's 'The Union' delivers a capable action-comedy without requiring overtime
Cailee Spaeny in ALIEN: ROMULUS
Alien: Romulus launches Cailee Spaeny into winning gross-out orbit
TRAP
Trap lacks the heft of some of M. Night Shyamalan’s best films, but none of the thrills
(L-R): Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios' DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
Deadpool & Wolverine is relentlessly irritating, with cheap jokes instead of stake
Longlegs
Longlegs delivers on creepy tone, with a side order of wacky Nicolas Cage
Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones), Javi (Anthony Ramos), and Tyler (Glen Powell)
Twisters is hot, dumb, and fun — like a great summer movie should be
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F chases cheap nostalgia over creativity
Lupita Nyong'o as Samira in A Quiet Place: Day One
A Quiet Place: Day One finds touching moments between the silent scares
Kevin Costner Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1 takes 3 hours to clear the stable
Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2 adds new emotions, but it’s the same old story
FURIOSA : A MAD MAX SAGA
George Miller's Furiosa is not as good as Fury Road, but it's still uniquely thrilling
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons in KINDS OF KINDNESS.
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos' trippy third collaboration Kinds of Kindness is not our favourite
Marisa Abela stars as Amy Winehouse in director Sam Taylor-Johnson's BACK TO BLACK
Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black is exploitative and tone-deaf
(L-R): Noa (played by Owen Teague) , Freya Allan as Nova and Raka (played by Peter Macon) in 20th Century Studios' KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
The lavish Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes introduces a new primate protagonist
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy turns the summer blockbuster into an earnest love letter to the movies
The Idea of You Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine
The Idea of You review: Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine smolder in age-gap romance
CIVIL WAR, Kirsten Dunst, 2024
Alex Garland’s Civil War is a political thriller that’s light on politics
Zendaya stars as Tashi in director Luca Guadagninos Challengers
Challengers serves up a grand slam of psychosexual passion and tension
A still from A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg
Sebastian Stan transforms in the discomforting drama A Different Man
Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg appear in A Real Pain by Jesse Eisenberg
Kieran Culkin is heartbreaking and hilarious in Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain
Kristen Stewart and Katy O'Brian appear in Love Lies Bleeding by Rose Glass, an official selection of the Midnight program at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Kristen Stewart is brutal and brilliant in the bloody lesbian thriller Love Lies Bleeding
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES
The American Society of Magical Negroes doesn’t live up to its magical premise
A still from Presence by Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh spooks Sundance with the haunting (and surprisingly funny) Presence
Pedro Pascal appears in Freaky Tales
Pedro Pascal, Normani shine in the raucous, blood-splattered Freaky Tales
June Squibb and Fred Hechinger appear in Thelma by Josh Margolin, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
June Squibb channels Tom Cruise in rollicking action-comedy Thelma
Avantika plays Karen Shetty, Angourie Rice plays Cady Heron, Renee Rapp plays Regina George and Bebe Wood plays Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls
Mean Girls review: A grool musical update of the teen classic
FERRARI
Ferrari review: Adam Driver scowls through biopic that can’t get off the starting line
THE COLOR PURPLE
The Color Purple review: Fantasia Barrino sings her face off in lackluster movie musical
Timothee Chalamet as Willy Wonka in WONKA
Wonka review: Timothée Chalamet leans into sense of pure imagination in musical prequel
Disney's Wish
Wish is cute for a feature-length Disney advertisement
May December
Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore make magic in May December
The Killer
The Killer review: David Fincher's latest is as brutal and unfeeling as its central subject
THE MARVELS
The Marvels review: One of these stars shines brighter than the others
Pain Hustlers
Emily Blunt is a morally murky girlboss in the predictable Pain Hustlers
Priscilla
Priscilla review: Sofia Coppola's Priscilla and Elvis biopic presents an American fairy tale all shook up
Maestro
Maestro review: Bradley Cooper's new film has flashes of genius
Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot in 20th Century Studios' A HAUNTING IN VENICE.
A Haunting in Venice review: Kenneth Branagh scares up his best Poirot film yet
FINALMENTE L'ALBA (FINALLY DAWN) - Actress Lily James
Finally Dawn review: Lily James steals the show in Italian mid-century drama