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As issues of uneven tone and shoddy CGI have plagued many superhero franchises as of late on both the big and small screen, it’s reassuring to know that the filmmakers behind the animated [...]

Want to give a horror film atmosphere? Just add dark rooms and nighttime settings. Create a scary monster? Make their motivation murder or bloodletting. Want a vulnerable hero? Make your lead a [...]

Filmmaker Nicole Holfcener hasn’t directed a movie since 2013, but she’s back with the new character study YOU HURT MY FEELINGS and it makes me wish she’d get the opportunity to write and direct [...]

There is a school of thought, clearly the one taken by the leaders of the Disney corporation, that any IP they own is ripe for an update whether it’s Cruella DeVille, the Fantastic Four, or Han [...]

If you’ve ever seen Jennifer Lopez at the top of her form, as in the films OUT OF SIGHT, SELENA, and HUSTLERS, you know she can have fun onscreen. Unfortunately, she’s decided to play the new, [...]

Who can you trust? That is the central question at the core of THE DIPLOMAT, the sharp new Netflix series created by Debora Cahn (THE WEST WING, GREY’S ANATOMY). It’s the dilemma facing [...]

Watching the documentary A PEBBLE IN THE POND, available on DVD, VOD and Amazon Prime, the weekend of the Met Gala could not have made for a more striking contrast. While the Gala spotlighted [...]