Pete Davidson channels Pete Davidson in ‘Big Time Adolescence’
I’m a little worried about Pete Davidson. Then again, that’s the enduring brand of Davidson, the proudly unstable “Saturday Night Live” comicwho’s having a moment with a…
Haley Bennett is heartbreaking and fierce in ‘Swallow’
Last week, “The Invisible Man” served up a potent meditation on domestic abuse, then diluted it with campy scares. The quieter “Swallow” follows with a different body…
Elisabeth Moss gives it her all, but this ‘Invisible Man’ isn’t a must-see
Bad movies are one thing, but there’s a more potent disappointment reserved for ones that coulda been contenders. Director-writer Leigh Whannell’s reboot of “The Invisible…
‘The Night Clerk’ review: Implausible thriller stokes autism stereotypes
A young autistic man (Tye Sheridan) witnesses a murder at his hotel job in this indie noir from director/writer Michael Cristofer (whom you may know…
‘Emma.’ movie review: Anya Taylor-Joy is an Austen heroine to remember
All Jane Austen’s heroines are clever, but Anya Taylor-Joy brings an unusually sharp edge to her rendition of Emma Woodhouse in “Emma.” Maybe it’s the lingering influence…
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’: The smoldering lesbian romance snubbed by the Oscars
Racy lesbian sex scenes put the French movie “Blue Is the Warmest Color” on the map back in 2013. The director of a new French…
‘The Lodge’ review: Riley Keough learns that family bonding is hell
It’s prime horror-movie season, and psychological chiller “The Lodge” does not disappoint. The follow-up to 2014’s “Goodnight Mommy,” from writer-directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala,…
Oscars 2020: Animated shorts nominees are heart-wrenching
Don’t sit down to watch this year’s batch of animated shorts without a handful of Kleenex. The five Oscar-nominated films, featuring a remarkable range of style…
‘The Assistant’ is Julia Garner in a Weinstein-esque nightmare
The mood of “The Assistant,” with its sparse soundtrack of copier machines, phones and dinging elevators, is deceptively banal. Yet I’ll bet any woman who’s…
Tommy Chong: Nicolas Cage is ‘one of the finest actors in America’
A trippy horror movie about an alien-borne pink hue that drives everyone crazy might seem a natural fit for stoner legend Tommy Chong — but…