Maleficent: Mistress of EvilDirected by Joachim Rønning Angelina Jolie is back as Maleficent in this surprisingly dark and not especially kid-friendly sequel to the 2014 film. Aurora (Elle Fanning)...
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JokerDirected and Co-Written by Todd Phillips There’s a lot that’s been said about “Joker,” much before it opened – including opinions that seemed formed before many had seen the film. It’s a harder...
JudyDirected by Rupert Goold By 1969, and the occasion of her untimely death from a barbiturate overdose, Judy Garland had been performing for approximately 45 of her 47 years. And by her own...
Ad AstraDirected by James Gray “Ad Astra” will likely disappoint those viewers hoping for an action-oriented space drama, as it delivers an experience more “2001: A Space Odyssey” than, say, “Gravity...
The Peanut Butter Falcon Written and Directed by Tyler Nilsen and Mike Schwartz “The Peanut Butter Falcon” is one of those films that manages to feel unique and yet reminiscent of other films at the...
Where’d You Go Bernadette?Directed by Richard Linklater Throughout Richard Linklater’s filmography, there are films that deal more with experience and growth than with complex narrative plots...
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw Directed by David Leitch It’s probably best not to wonder how one movie franchise presents another, but it’s not a film you should think that hard about...
The Lion KingDirected by Jon Favreau Twenty five years after the much-loved, more traditionally animated version of “The Lion King,” this new film is the latest Disney project to re-make classic...
On the fateful day four gunmen took forty-one Sacramentans hostage at a Good Guys electronics store in 1991, filmmaker Nick Leisure was but a teenager captivated by the live event transmitting just a...
Spider-Man: Far from HomeDirected by Jon Watts Although many seem to have viewed the still very recent “Avengers: Endgame” as the last installment in an era of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)...