Articles by Rachel Ho
'Presence' Is an Unexpected Fake-Out
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2025
More often than not, Steven Soderbergh's career is spoken of as this kind of Soderbergh movie or that kind of Soderbergh movie. His...
John Magaro Didn't Want 'September 5' to "Be Hollywood"
PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2025
In the early morning of September 6, 1972, the ABC Sports broadcast control room in Munich, West Germany went quiet. Led by a young Geoffrey...
'Midas Man' Seeks to Understand the Fifth Beatle
Directed by Joe Stephenson
PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2025
The final shot of 'Midas Man' shows Brian Epstein, who found success and fame as manager of the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967...
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...
Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in January 2025
PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2025
We'll heed Larry David's statute of limitation over New Year greetings and not hope everyone's had a good start to the year 2025. Instead...
Robbie Williams Explains How 'Better Man' Allowed Him to Release "Another Rock in my Rucksack"
PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2025
Self-doubt and anxiety aggressively permeate 'Better Man,' layering the stardom Robbie Williams found as a member of Take That with...
RaMell Ross Seeks "a Sort of Realism" in 'Nickel Boys' and Its POV Perspective of the South
PUBLISHED Jan 10, 2025
Midway through a conversation with director and writer RaMell Ross, he recommends Scott L. Matthews's book...
'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...
