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An animated film from Disney is almost always guaranteed box office, so it’s terrific to see the studio pushing the envelope more and more with each new project. RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON is their [...]

As two characters in COMING 2 AMERICA discuss their love for movies, they both bemoan sequels that no one asked for, especially ones that are done too late. This meta moment might be the most [...]

It’s terribly ironic that the new film MINARI has been nominated as Best Foreign Language Film by the Golden Globes. Granted, the majority of the film is spoken in Korean, but it could not be [...]

If intentions ensured results, THE MAURITANIAN would be a great film. It wants to be a searing expose of Guantanamo Bay, and indeed, a lot of the true story about imprisoned Mauritanian Mohamedou [...]

Sometimes watching a movie can feel like a party, a raucous good time. Occasionally, it can feel like a chore, a drag to muddle through. And ever so rarely, viewing a film feels like a privilege, [...]

Christopher Plummer, the legendary actor of stage, screen, and television, died February 5 at the age of 91. He did so many big roles and so many notable films in his last two decades that it [...]

  While watching JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, the brilliant new drama about the events that led to the shooting death of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in 1969, you’re bound to get [...]

I recently was asked by Peter Griffith, a faithful reader of this film blog, if there were any movies that I changed my mind about in subsequent years after my original review. It was an [...]

Just how you respond to MALCOLM & MARIE, the new drama from filmmaker Sam Levinson might depend upon how comfortable you are seeing lovers argue onscreen for two hours. To anyone who’s [...]

There’s an excellent idea in the middle of THE LITTLE THINGS, the new thriller from writer/director John Lee Hancock. It concerns what would happen if the police had a suspected serial [...]