film reviews

'Severance' Presents More Questions Than Answers in Creepy Season 2

Created by Dan Erickson

PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2025

As 'Lost' viewers will surely remember, thrillers that rely on ambiguity tend to be all setup and no payoff. The mystery is so gripping that...

'Young Werther' Puts a Fresh Toronto Twist on a Classic

Directed by José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025

Based on the 1774 novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Young Werther' follows the time-honoured tradition of...

'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera' Borders on Parody

Directed by Christian Gudegast

PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025

'Den of Thieves,' the first entry in the heist thriller series from 2018, was a quiet financial hit earning a worldwide box office return of...

'The Room Next Door' Is Cathartic but Clumsy

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2025

How much would you be willing to show up for an old estranged friend? In 'The Room Next Door,' Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha...

'Squid Game' Loses Its Own Deathmatch in Season 2

Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025

Season 1 of Hwang Dong-hyuk's anti-capitalist thriller 'Squid Game' sits atop the Netflix throne. The cultural phenomenon debuted in 2021...

'Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird' Humanizes Two of the Era's Greatest Rock Outsiders

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025

Relationships are hard. Friends, family, lovers, acquaintances — none of it comes without effort on both sides. "People think that love is...

'Wallace & Gromit' Inventively Tackles the Digital Age in 'Vengeance Most Fowl'

Directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham

PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2025

After three shorts, a full feature and the greatest novelty mug to ever exist, 'Wallace & Gromit' returns to screens, and it's going post...

'Vermiglio' Paints a Pensive Family Portrait with Secrets and Snow

Directed by Maura Delpero

PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2025

'Vermiglio' might take place in a remote village in the snowy mountaintops of the Italian Alps during World War II, where isolation and...