There were many concerns going into Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17.” His return to filmmaking after his landmark 2019 drama “Parasite” was to be a dark sci-fi comedy under Warner Brothers, an adaptation...

While a movie or photograph can be physically kept until the end of time, the experience of live theater can never be replicated. No matter the show, that performance you watch live will never be recreated...

Of every video game that I’ve sunk hundreds of hours into and pulled plenty of all-nighters on with friends over the years, few have as dear a place in my heart as Grand Theft Auto V. The second-bestselling...

Ouch. “Love Hurts,” indeed.  Hollywood loves a comeback, but few have felt as genuinely moving as Key Huy Quan’s triumphant return to screen. Decades after “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,”...

CW: This piece briefly discusses sexual harassment and assault.   A few weeks ago, I was sexually harassed for the first time. I boarded a Red Line train midday on a Tuesday. Shortly after I...

I don’t know a thing about superheroes. I think I’ve seen three Marvel movies, and I can’t even tell you which ones. But somehow, I ended up on the receiving end of a very long Wolverine info dump...

There’s nothing more embarrassing than bad comedy. A horror which fails to scare its audience may at least result in a mocking enjoyment of its attempts at gravitas (see “Wish Upon.”) The same goes...

Ridley Scott’s 29th film “Gladiator II” revolves around family intrigue, sprawling sets, and a muscular man with eyes set on a throne. “Gladiator II” follows Lucius Verus (Paul Mescal), son...

“Wicked”(2024)  does nothing less than defy expectations and redefine assumptions of what a movie musical can be. Based on the Broadway hit, “Wicked” itself is based on the novel “Wicked:...

Aaron Schimberg’s “A Different Man” is about its own creation. Around halfway through the film, the character of Ingrid Vold (Renate Reinsve) discusses the ethics of casting her theater production...

The end of the 2010s were the apex of superhero popularity: everything from “Avengers: Endgame” to “Shazam!” were at the forefront of pop culture’s interaction with cinema. The first “Joker”...

DreamWorks Animation has had a mixed output of quality since their inception. Its hit-or-miss tendency hasn't stacked up against the competition within the animation industry, with Pixar and Disney swiping...