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!
Even in bad movies, Kristen Stewart’s crushing it
Kristen Stewart’s latest movie, “Underwater,” is not what you would call great art. Or even a decent movie. Still, like many a film before it,…
‘Like a Boss’ movie review: Another witless chick flick
Sometimes Hollywood feels hopelessly out of touch, like a movie’s director and writers haven’t set foot outside the studio walls in years. It’s rare, though,…
‘The Grudge’ review: Why do good actors do bad horror movies?
For connoisseurs of the “Grudge” series, the brief prelude of this fourth installation links it to the ones that came before. Everybody else, good luck…
We have officially reached peak TV
Years ago, when Peak TV was just becoming a thing, a friend or colleague’s recommendation of a great new show was a little gift. Hurray!…
The best movies of 2019: ‘Parasite,’ ‘1917’ top critics’ lists
It was a year that saw Martin Scorsese go to Netflix, Adam Sandler and Shia LaBeouf get critical acclaim and Greta Gerwig taking on a classic novel….
‘Clemency’ review: Alfre Woodard is masterful as prison warden
The unthinkably tough job of a prison warden (Alfre Woodard) who oversees executions is the subject of this delicate drama from writer/director Chinonye Chukwu (“alaskaLand”).
The most satisfying ‘Little Women’ film yet does justice to its creator and my hometown
(CNN) I knew Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” was meant for me the moment I first cracked the book, somewhere around age 10. Nowhere else…
‘Just Mercy’ movie review: Profoundly moving and unbearably sad
At the start of this year, “Green Book” won the Best Picture Oscar for its upbeat (or, some said, overly tidy) take on race relations in the…