‘Merrily We Roll Along’ tells a cautionary tale about fame and fortune, but includes some suggestive situations, language and alcohol …
Netflix’s ‘The Rip’ spends most of its dialogue on crudities while its characters navigate a police-centric money-based mystery.
In ‘It Was Just an Accident’, survivors of an Iranian prison debate what to do with a kidnapped man they …
Song Sung Blue plays some dissonant notes. But the movie’s likable characters, its sometimes heartwarming messages and buoyant soundtrack help …
The action/horror mashup ‘Dust Bunny’ has style, but it tries to make up for a lack of substance with a …
‘Rental Family’ showcases a struggling American actor playing rent-by-the-hour roles in Japan. It’s a funny and thoughtful pic but with …
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ lives up to its bestselling novel source material. But it stumbles under the worldview of …
‘Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution’ is a glorified recap of the show’s violent second season stitched with a couple of the third …
‘Predator: Badlands’ is the most navigable film in the Predator franchise. But given the franchise’s problematic history, that’s not saying …
‘Nuremberg’ transports moviegoers back to difficult historical truths—but with deeper thoughts on the reality of evil.
‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ brings back the magical Horsemen for a new abracadabra scheme. That’s not to …
‘Sentimental Value’ may be mostly in Norwegian, but it still speaks powerfully about some difficult issues. Alas, what it says …
The Thing With Feathers depicts a giant crow as the physical embodiment of grief, forcing a man to come to …
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, despite being a classic, comes with crudities that make it a difficult present to wrap for …
‘Eternity’ is quirky, charming and sometimes poignant. But its afterlife is full of confused spirituality, sexual content and language, too.














