‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Is One Giant Leap Backwards for Rom-Coms
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It has two real-deal movie stars, a sharp premise about marketing the space race and a ring-a-ding retro 1960s vibe. So why does nothing about this movie work?
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ Gives You Thrills, Chills and Pizza (Just Not in That Order)
Posted in: Movie ReviewsFranchise prequel rewinds to the beginning and watches as an extraordinary Lupita Nyong'o and her cat navigate a postapocalyptic Manhattan for survival... and a really good uptown slice
‘Inside Out 2’ Is All the Feels — Now With 50-Percent More Anxiety Attacks!
Posted in: Movie ReviewsPixar's sequel to one of its best movies ups the emotional ante by tackling teenhood, including the negative parts. Especially the negative parts
‘Hit Man’ Confirms Glen Powell Is the 21st Century’s Cary Grant
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe star and director/longtime buddy Richard Linklater turn a true story of a mild-mannered guy pretending to be a professional killer into a screwball crime-comedy hit
‘The Apprentice’ Is the Most Brutal Donald Trump Biopic Imaginable
Posted in: Movie ReviewsIt’s not like we didn’t know about the real-estate-mogul/reality-TV president’s horrible early years with Roy Cohn — but this Cannes Film Festival entry doesn’t pull punches
‘Megalopolis’: Francis Ford Coppola’s Decades-Long Dream Project Is Truly Epic
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe filmmaker finally unveils his sprawling, hopeful statement on fallen empires, visionary artists and Utopias Now at Cannes — and it was worth the wait
‘Furiosa’ Isn’t Just a Prequel to ‘Fury Road’ — It’s a Perfect Origin-Story Saga
Posted in: Movie ReviewsFilmmaker George Miller returns to the Wasteland to tell us how the 'Mad Max' savior took her own hero's journey — and delivers another high-octane knockout
‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Takes the Series One Evolutionary Step Backward
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe rebooted franchise had distinguished itself from typical blockbuster I.P.s crowding multiplexes — but this new entry is just monkey business as usual
‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Is About to Become Gen-Z’s Favorite Cult Movie
Posted in: Movie ReviewsFilmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's addition to the midnight-movie canon starts with a shared love of a TV show — and then goes down the fandom rabbit hole
‘Poor Things’: What If Emma Stone Was Frankenstein But Feminist and Horny?
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe actor outdoes herself in Yorgos Lanthimos’ brilliant take on the Prometheus myth brimming with satire, female empowerment, and sex — lots of sex
