For the fourth time in sixty years, the events of the post-World War II trials at Nuremberg are receiving cinematic treatment. The first time, in 1963, director Stanley Kramer (High Noon, Inherit the Wind, The Defiant Ones) had legendary actors like Spencer Tracy,...
Just to be clear: I've never played the videogame version of The Last of Us. But I've been totally engrossed by the dynamics of the story that involves the broken and battered emotional father figure Joel (Pedro Pascal) and his surrogate daughter Ellie (Bella Ramsey)....
When I was a little kid, I loved Superman. I loved the character, the way he carried himself, the fact that he could appear as one thing in broad daylight (Clark Kent), and that no one could see it was really him (Superman). Superman the Movie still is one of my...
Warner Bros. has released three Clint Eastwood films in 4K Ultra HD and Digital: Pale Rider, The Outlaw Josey Wales, and Dirty Harry. Regularly included in the top third of Eastwood's films, the westerns represent his acting and directing, while Dirty Harry showcases...
Freaky Tales is a weird, funny, violent, tragic look at life in Oakland, California, in the 1980s, loosely and wildly based on Ryan Fleck's experiences and memories from that time. For reference sake, Fleck and Anna Boden are best known for directing Captain Marvel,...
Before the camera shows us the sad, disconnected life of Judy Greer's Janice Larue, we discover that her son Eric (Nation Sage Henrikson) murdered three of his classmates at school. The audience won't actually meet Eric until the film is nearly over, but in Brett...
Director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer, Amazing Spider-Man films) delivers the latest Walt Disney live-action adaptation based on Erin Cressida Wilson's (The Girl on the Train) script. Starring Rachel Zegler (West Side Story, Shazam: Fury of the Gods) as the titular...
Malik (Jason Mitchell) and Alexis (DreamDoll) are riffing about the best quotes from Boyz 'N the Hood, driving down a typical city street. Their appreciation for each other - and willingness to debate - seems like a reasonably typical buddy film, and then the guy in...
Titus Kaphar, painter, speaker, and now filmmaker, delivers a slow-building knockout of a film with a semi-autobiographical message in Exhibiting Forgiveness. Tarrell (André Holland) and Aisha (Audra Day) have a beautiful marriage, happy life, and successful careers....