On the basis of his two solo outings as a writer-director, the filmmaker Zach Cregger has established a bit of a lane to himself in…
How do you solve a problem like Superman? This legendary IP has been sitting either unused or abused for the better part of 20 years, subject…
Until semi-recently, Formula 1 racing was only immensely popular pretty much all over the world except in the United States, but a combination of the…
The Final Destination franchise is anything you want it to be. Its six not-so-varied variations of death engaging in a cruelly one-sided game of chess…
The most laudable thing about director Jared Hess’ feature adaptation of Minecraft is the “A” of the title. In contrast with, say, The Super Mario…
The rapid ascension of Ryan Coogler as a pop-filmmaker of some stature has taken a somewhat counterintuitive route. After bursting onto the scene with an…
“This must be my punishment,” narrates Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson), as he recalls the frog he tortured in a grade school science class. Mickey is…
Million Dollar Baby might open abruptly onto a brightly lit boxing ring, with two men contained in its boundaries and loudly grunting as they vigorously…
How does one engage critically with Companion, a film whose chief attribute and function is as a plot twist delivery machine? Even its very premise…
Clint Eastwood’s latest project Juror #2 is rumored to be his final film after nearly 70 years in the entertainment industry and having directed 40…
The 1954 version of A Star is Born should never have turned out as well as it did. It was a remake of a remake…
You might remember the 2019 movie sensation Joker. Todd Phillips, the guy who made the Hangovers, directed an allegedly searing portrait of mental illness, thwarted…
“They said, ‘Take the money while it is being offered, and then you go make your own personal movie.’ And there’s a lot of sense…
It’s interesting — the degree of profundity with which one interprets the word “interesting” here obviously being a “your mileage may vary” situation — that…
Following a brief, but productive apprenticeship with Roger Corman, young Francis Coppola continued to explore numerous opportunities in film and theater while finishing his master’s…
The release of a new Tim Burton film prompts any number of critical referendums on the filmmaker’s work and legacy. For critics of a certain…
M. Night Shyamalan’s proudly idiosyncratic career continues unabated with Trap, a profoundly silly and extremely entertaining little thriller that only becomes more of a blast…
The film begins with a man and a tripod. He swivels, shifts his body, scrutinizes the line. He’s not making moving pictures, living as he…
There’s an immediate insecurity to The Watchers, the directorial debut from Ishana Night Shyamalan. Mina (Dakota Fanning), a flatly cynical American decamping in a dead-end…
By the time Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mamá También) took over from Chris Columbus to direct Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third…