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…
Robert Downey Jr.’s ‘Dolittle’ is a little extra
There’s got to be a moment, as an actor watches himself on-screen pulling bagpipes out of a CGI dragon’s rear end, that he thinks, “Have…
Heavy teen angst is the forecast in ‘Weathering with You’
In the Japanese animated film “Weathering with You,” teenage emotions are so strong that they can, like, change the world. Of course!