THE POPE'S EXORCIST (2023)
“it may have enough going for it to be a fun time and save it from being awful.”
Read MoreGUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
“Songs, splosions, cuteness, and movement standing in for story.”
Read MoreFIST OF THE CONDOR (2023)
“ruminative grace of nature and its intertwining with peak physicality of the fighting”
Read MoreDUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES (2023)
“This was a dungeon of delight and worth the watch.”
Read MoreJOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (2023)
“if you are looking for broken bones, slashed torsos, and enough bullets fired to make Ol’ Painless blush, Wick 4 is an unadulterated success”
Read MoreSHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS (2023)
“just blah and pedestrian - certainly nothing super about it”
Read MoreCREED III (2023)
“this pairing jumps off the screen as one I want to see again and again in the future”
Read MoreELVIS (2022)
“dull bombastic affair”
Read MoreMARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (2022)
“most adorable movie of the year”
Read MoreDOCUMENTARY ROUND-UP
“This isn’t all the documentaries I see, but the ones that stuck out enough to say something”
Read MoreCLOSE (2022)
“subtly knifing youth acting”
Read MoreARGENTINA, 1985 (2022)
“a tobacco stained real-life political thriller”
Read MoreTHE SEA BEAST (2022)
“The water effects are pretty spectacular”
Read MoreBARDO: FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS (2022)
“like grains of sand falling through your fingers, it left me unfulfilled”
Read MoreEMPIRE OF LIGHT (2022)
“It’s all steak, no sizzle.”
Read MoreTHE QUIET GIRL (2022)
“it wasn’t just a clever title”
Read More2023 OSCAR ANIMATED SHORTS
“Can the spastically styled tale of losing one’s virginity beat the star-studded kiddie cutie?”
Read More2023 OSCAR LIVE ACTION SHORTS
“Perhaps not the strongest grouping but, like the docs, not full of depression and sadness”
Read More2023 OSCAR DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Surprisingly, these weren’t soul crushing as with most years.
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