Dolittle (2020 | USA | 100 minutes | Stephen Gahan) Over the past decade, Robert Downey Jr. has almost exclusively played Tony …
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What You See Is What You Get with Bad Boys for Life
Bad Boys for Life (2020 | USA | 120 minutes | Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah) If there’s anything that reminds …
Underwater is Visually Stunning, but is That All There is?
Underwater (2020 | USA | 95 minutes | William Eubank) William Eubank’s first film was a beautiful, very small budget sci-fi movie …
Like a Boss is Little More Than a Vehicle for Tiffany Haddish to be Funny (But That’s Enough)
(2020 | USA | 83 minutes | Miguel Arteta) Let’s get this out of the way first: Like a Boss isn’t a …
Chris’s Favorite Movies of 2019 (And the Rest of the 2010s)
No. 1: Pain & Glory (Pedro Almodovar) Antonio Banderas always does his best work with Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, and here, it’s …
The Safdie Brothers Continue Documenting the Dirtbag Experience in Riveting Thriller ‘Uncut Gems’
(2019 | USA | 135 minutes | directors: Josh and Benny Safdie) In the 2012 NBA playoffs, the second round saw the …
Spies in Disguise is Harmless Fun (That Can Distract the Children for 100 Minutes)
Spies in Disguise (2019 | USA | 101 minutes | Nick Bruno, Tony Quane) It is my immutable belief that when it …
Wyatt Earp Helped Write His Own Hagiography, Says New Documentary, ‘And With Him Came the West’
And With Him Came the West (2019 | USA | 77 minutes | Mike Plante) It’s easy to see why Wyatt Earp …
Knives Out is the Most Fun You Can Spend with a Terrible Family this Holiday Season
Knives Out (2019 | United States | 130 Minutes | Rian Johnson) For his eighty-fifth birthday, legendary mystery writer Harlan Thrombey used …
Here We Let It Go Again: Frozen II is Even Better Than You Hoped It Would Be
Frozen II (2019 | USA | 103 minutes | directors: Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee) According to Lester Dent’s formula for writing …