film reviews

Cameron Diaz Is 'Back in Action' with Dodgy CGI and Electric Chemistry
Directed by Seth Gordon
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2025
For all the action films Netflix churns out, their CGI remains the biggest letdown — and the studio's latest, 'Back in Action,' fails to be...
'The Last Showgirl' Ushers In the Pamassaince
Directed by Gia Coppola
PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2025
The Pamaissance is here. After 2022's 'Pam & Tommy' reappraised Pamela Anderson as a sympathetic hero, the 2023 doc 'Pamela, a love story'...
Though 'Grand Theft Hamlet' Be Madness, Yet There Is Method In't
Directed by Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls
PUBLISHED Jan 15, 2025
English teachers absolutely love anything that makes classic literature seem cool to young people. Someone rapping 'The Canterbury Tales'?...
'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...