Black Bag

"When it's so easy to lie about everything, how do you tell the truth about anything?"

Warfare

How do you review a dramatic re-enactment? Accuracy isn't an option, as the story being told is based on co-director Ray Mendoza's experience as a Navy SEAL during the Iraq War. I've no reason to doubt his recollection, but I can't comment

Mickey 17

"Have a nice death! See you tomorrow!"

Eephus

"Why do they care so much? Don't they have anything better to do?" This comment from a young girl to her brother echoes throughout the film, a call for you to meditate on that very topic yourself. On the surface, we're watching a recreational

The 2025 Oscars

What an exciting year for the Academy Awards! I haven't been paying close attention to the Oscars for all that long. But the years I have featured an early consensus regarding the major awards, be it the winner or a head-to-head matchup. While that's basically true

The Monkey

"Everybody dies."

Cleaner

Cleaner feels like a relic from a bygone era. The many comparisons it's received to Die Hard are debatable, although the marketing is certainly inviting them. To be fair, their cores are the same: an action-thriller in the style of an airport novel about an unassuming person thrust

Armand

A new Renate Reinsve movie is always a reason to celebrate, especially one like this which lets her fully utilize her wonderful range.

Captain America: Brave New World

Julius Onah throws The Winter Soldier into the microwave a decade later, and expects us to applaud.

Bring Them Down

"Y'know what they say. Where there's livestock, there's dead stock."

Heart Eyes

"You can be so Clueless sometimes. It's one of the 10 Things I Hate About You, honestly. You can't let him go to his Best Friend's Wedding and hook up with a bunch of Bridesmaids and move to Notting Hill."

Love Me

The core theme of Love Me destined it to be labeled a pandemic-era movie. While Americans had already been experiencing epidemic levels of loneliness in the late 2010s, the outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent lockdowns highlighted what was already there while deepening that isolation. We were drowning in a preponderance