It’s like the National covering Coldplay, or a motivational speaker with her eyes closed.
Read MoreWords can only sell it so much; there's an odd feeling here that cuts right to a world that gets in the way of love in its purest form.
Read MoreIf you’re out on something that can be described as “Saved by the Bell: The Reboot: The Movie: The Nightmare,” that’s fine. It’s also your loss.
Read MoreShares its main character’s instability until it falls apart completely, failing to mix broad attempts at humor with startling violence.
Read MoreIt’s not called “Red Notice (Taylor’s Version),” all descriptive and emotional and important. There’s a place for that (on “Red [Taylor’s Version]”). This is not that place. “Red Notice” needs few words: Action good. Lines funny. Movie fun enough.
Read MoreLike trying to capitalize on name recognition and winding up at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, but much, much less funny.
Read MoreIt might be a stretch to call the film “The Player” for the Me Too era, but you could make a case.
Read MoreShould win an award for crushing its casting process.
Read MoreA striking commentary on sexuality and oppression for anyone who passes the low bar of enlightenment required not to reject the fantastic “I Am Not a Woman, I’m a God” on title alone.
Read MoreLike “You” was loaded into a computer program that froze but forced us to watch the glitchy result anyway.
Read MoreThe same policy applies to “The Voyeurs” as to social media: Take it too seriously at your own risk, but don’t pretend there’s nothing there to see.
Read MoreWouldn’t feel so gruesomely indulgent if it felt like a story and not an outline.
Read More“Vacation Friends” is repetitive, exhausting, and sluggishly paced. I enjoyed it anyway.
Read MoreDespite being based on a video game, “Werewolves Within” feels more like the rewarding, feminist answer to a “What if?” question about populating a red herring-filled monster movie with almost exclusively comic specialists.
Read MoreThere is a point in “Beckett” where you really expect there to be a three-armed man.
Read MoreJust because this common American song remains relevant doesn’t mean it doesn’t need some new lyrics.
Read MoreThis movie is a lot, and a lot of it rules.
Read MoreYou almost forget what stories about love and sports and family are supposed to feel like because this one feels so shopworn.
Read MoreI want to sing and dance to the songs and laugh at the jokes and feel very sad about a lot of the material.
Read MoreEmitted the vibe of people who feel like everyone should be grateful they at last came down from their cloud to grace us with superficial nostalgia.
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