Making her feature filmmaking debut, A.V. Rockwell took home the Grand Jury award at Sundance with this fresh and intimate portrait of the Black experience.
The “John Wick” franchise is revered for its ever-escalating action sequences and rich mythology, which helps overcome story shortcomings this time around.
“Scream VI” is the series’ first in a new setting and without Neve Campbell. The makers change things up smartly for the most brutal and freshest sequel to date.
Star and director Michael B. Jordan clearly learned a lot from collaborations with Ryan Coogler. Ultimately, though, sports-movie formulas must be obeyed.
Two-dimensional supporting characters and bloated, derivative universe-building feel like pink filler in a world-building film proclaiming “All hail the Kang.”
Viewers are immersed in Chase Joynt’s ambitious, rapid-paced, comprehensive, experimental documentary, and likely even more so if one is unfamiliar with the stories of trans people in the 1950s and the media’s approach to them.
Who doesn’t want to take a break and listen to Whitney’s greatest hits for two-plus hours with period-perfect re-creations of music videos and performances?
This sequel lays the foundation for a franchise that can survive Chadwick Boseman, the first Marvel Black Panther, and a strong third act makes it actually feel good.