“Saturday Night Live” may have brought sketch comedy into the mainstream, but now its entire premise is just recapping the news and hearing Scarlett Johansson’s boyfriend’s terrible takes, and it is not good.
“Spider-man: Far From Home” is set in the Marvel universe, so it’s a CGI-driven movie with a plot full of heavy-handed allegories and vaguely amusing jokes that will generate billions of dollars for Disney. This one has Tom Holland in it though, so it is kind of charming.
Editor’s note: This movie is good and the plot is fully explained in this article, so please go see it before you read. Thank you.
The movie “Midsommar” is the best type of scary movie — the type that isn’t actually scary at all.
John Wick gets his first kill of “John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum” in the New York Public Library when NBA player Boban Marjanovic (playing an assassin) attacks him because John Wick has been declared excommunicado, which means everyone can start trying to kill him. John Wick takes a book,…
Episode 5 has aired, King’s Landing has fallen, and “Game of Thrones” has some answering to do.
This week you’re getting a special two-for-one “Game of Thrones” breakdown, sort of.
The reunions and negotiating of the first episode is done. Episode two is about the camaraderie of those who are waiting to die.
Editor’s note: This has spoilers in it, so don’t read until you’ve watched the episode, which aired last Sunday.
Okay everybody, it’s what you’ve all been waiting for: Orange County Madness continues. If you missed the first round of the tournament, please catch up here. Let’s go.
I grew up watching “Friends,” and I always kind of liked it. It was always on, it’s generally unobtrusive and it’s great for taking a nap to. Unproblematic King Paul Rudd even got a recurring guest spot.
There are a few things to note about “Alita: Battle Angel” before getting into a critique. First, prior to movie they show a preview for a new “Men in Black,” which is very exciting. Second, 3D movie technology has apparently progressed quite a bit in the last three years and is now a bit di…
There’s a lot of action movies out there, so in honor of them all let’s take a look back at “Mission: Impossible” (1996), the most absolutely bonkers production of all time.
Reality shows are, obviously, the peak of human entertainment. And dating shows make a strong case for best reality genre.
Some of the earliest known examples of performative storytelling came around the 6th century B.C. in ancient Greek theaters. Of course, societies had been swapping tales for thousands of years prior, but that’s where the root of the modern film tradition began, so that is where we shall start.
“Bird Box” is a Netflix original movie you might have heard of due to the massive influx of memes about it when it released, which may or may not have been pushed by Twitter bots as part of a massive social media marketing campaign.
“Aquaman” is a superhero origin tale, and as such it must package a complicated, convoluted world into an easily-digestible storyline.
The Fyre Festival can be remembered two ways. It was either the culmination of a series of escalating frauds, or it was the funniest thing to happen online during the 2017 calendar year.
Based on a true story about an elite group of firefighters called the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the film “Only the Brave” portrays the physical and emotional aspects of wildland firefighting — from the tactics of fighting fire with fire to the toll it takes on the crews’ families.
Disney set itself up for disappointment in their most recent live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” It’s been 25 years since the original animated version was released to theaters and apparently they felt it was time to add this beloved “tale as old as time,” to their growing list of …
Oh how the mighty have fallen. The actor who once thrilled audiences as Jason Bourne, the CIA operative-gone-rogue has reached a new low in his otherwise stellar career (aside from that one 2003 mishap “Stuck On You” we’d all rather forget about).
Every once in a while a movie comes along that provides the ultimate retreat from reality. You cozy into your theater seat, break out the Junior Mints and sip your fountain drink as the world melts away into cinematic fantasy. “La La Land,” directed by Damien Chazelle, is the ultimate escapi…
Welcome back to Casablanca. It’s been a good 70 years since we were last transported to the glamour and danger of 1941 French Morocco, but apparently director Robert Zemeckis thought it was time to revive the splendor and intrigue of that time and place in “Allied.”
Prepare to be swept off your feet once again into the whimsical world of witches and wizards. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” is a spectacular menagerie of marvelous creatures that could only have been thought up by the imaginative mind of J.K. Rowling. This clever adventure, full…
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With an eloquent ferocity, director Nate Parker brings to life the historical figure of Nathaniel Turner, a slave, and his bloody 1831 rebellion in the drama “The Birth of a Nation.” It’s an emotional and brutal story of unwavering faith, justice and the ultimate fight for freedom against op…
Viggo Mortenson gives the most sincere performance of his career in perhaps the most underrated movie of the year. Flying too far under the radar, “Captain Fantastic” is an offbeat, heartwarming celebration of life, death and the family that guides us.
If you’re going to rob a bank, don’t do it in Texas — you won’t be the only one with a gun.
Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer took on a remake of one of the most decorated films of all time this summer, braving the task of a revamp of the 1959 classic “Ben-Hur.”
If there were any two more unlikely 20-something year olds to make a $300 million dollar arms deal with the Pentagon, it would be David Packouz and Ephraim Diveroli, two stoner friends living in Miami. It’s their real-life near-success story that serves as the inspiration for Todd Phillips’ …
Usually, a good test of a movie’s impact is whether it leaves a lasting impression. The way the images shoot into your mind at the faintest reference — not just parodies, but the way I imagine my own feet kicking underwater, with the music from “Jaws” playing, when I step into the ocean.
At first glance, “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” might appear to be nothing more than another excuse for Zac Efron to take his shirt off for the camera, but, depending on what your priorities are, you may be disappointed.
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Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the much-anticipated “X-Men: Apocalypse” brought enough intensity and extravagant special effects to own it’s place as the first of the summer season’s onslaught of action-packed blockbusters. Armed with an all-star cast, an experienced director and $17…
Wrapped in the glow of a burning spotlight, the sinewy silhouette of Hank Williams stood in sharp contrast. It was the perfect metaphor for his story in the new film “I Saw the Light” — since it is, ironically, about darkness.
“Allegiant” is the perfect example of something good going horribly wrong. This was the third installment of “The Divergent Series,” which jumped from the Veronica Roth books onto the big screen in 2014. For two years fans waited impatiently for yet another sci-fi omnibus to chug through the…
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It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. Unless, that is, you live in Zootopia, a city without humans, where every member of the animal kingdom, from carnivores to herbivores, lives in harmony.
