film reviews
'My Dead Friend Zoe' Hits Like a Ton of Bricks
Directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2025
While writer and director Kyle Hausmann-Stokes was fortunate to return home after serving in the United States Army in Iraq, not everyone...
'Parthenope' Is Suffering
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2025
As 2022 became 2023, I found myself at an all-inclusive resort on the cusp of a depressive episode whose primary cause, I later realized...
Pixar's 'Win or Lose' Does Both
Created by Carrie Hobson and Michael Yates
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2025
Rather surprisingly, 'Win or Lose' marks Pixar's first original series, and unsurprisingly, the animation house has created a show filled...
'The Monkey' Kills to the Beat of its Own Drum
Directed by Osgood Perkins
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2025
After becoming a household name among both horror and movie fanatics alike after 2024's 'Longlegs,' Osgood Perkins continues his killing...
'Captain America: Brave New World' Has Five Writers and It Shows
Directed by Julius Onah
PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2025
It seems unfair that one movie has to carry the weight of a whole studio on its back, but things haven't been going so great for Marvel...
'The Gorge' Is Promising but Empty
Directed by Scott Derrickson
PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2025
Unique ideas are hard to come by, and while 'The Gorge' begins strong with a great concept, it falls apart in the back half. In the earliest...
‘Paddington in Peru’ Fails to Live Up to Its Predecessors
Directed by Dougal Wilson
PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2025
Threequels, ugh. Sometimes, they become timeless classics — much beloved and endlessly rewatchable — others serve as the black sheep of the...
‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Captures the Success, Not the Headlines
Directed by Bernard MacMahon
PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2025
To be or not to be: a question that engaged some stodgier, sexless Brits maybe, but not rock's mightiest quartet, Led Zeppelin. From the on...
