THOR: LOVE & THUNDER– 2 STARS LESSON #1: THIS IS THE MOST INCONSISTENT CHARACTER IN THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE– To date, there has not been a more inconsistent main Marvel Cinematic Universe hero than Thor,
BOTH SIDES OF THE BLADE– 3 STARS There’s a key high crest amid the emotionally churned waves that comprise the Claire Denis film Both Sides of the Blade that triggers the greater descent to come.
THE GRAY MAN– 4 STARS Directors Joe and Anthony Russo knew exactly what they were doing to bend rules, cliches, and, more symbolically, colors when it comes to The Gray Man. The title, matching the
RELATIVE– 5 STARS About two-thirds of the way into Relative, the new film from Chicago-based independent filmmaker Michael Glover Smith, the patriarch of the Frank family offers a toast to his college graduate son that
MY OLD SCHOOL– 3 STARS Maybe it’s a moment played up more in movies and television, but who had a frustrated high school teacher in their day who laid down the challenge of “If you
ALONE TOGETHER– 3 STARS Establishing a very pleasing attitude in the opening credits hopping through Manhattan, writer-director Katie Holmes uses a willowy cover of the Great American Songbook staple “Blue Moon.” When applied to the
NOPE– 3 STARS As admittedly peculiar as it is to say, the most dependable places of comprehension and safety, as it were, for a viewer to latch onto in Jordan Peele’s Nope are the horses.
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS– 4 STARS LESSON #1: THE LOGIC BEHIND GIVING TREATS– With a guarantee that this line of thinking is digging too deep for an animated family movie, DC League of Super-Pets calls
EASTER SUNDAY– 2 STARS The list of standup comedians who victoriously made the jump to movies is long and distinguished. From George Burns to Jamie Foxx and many in between, you will find Oscar winners
PREY– 4 STARS Prey marks the return of the true visceral edge that has been missing from the Predator franchise for the better part of three decades. Somewhere along the way, across six films and