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December 2022

December 23, 2022

A Christmas film with spirit

Review of "Spirited" on AppleTV+

November 2022

November 04, 2022

The Simpsons Shines Again

Review of "The Simpsons" Season 34, Treehouse of Horror XXXIII

September 2022

September 23, 2022

Not another Reboot

Review of Hulu's "Reboot"

August 2018

August 24, 2018

‘Support the Girls’ Shows Sympathy Toward Deeply Flawed Characters

A day in the life of a group of working-class women brings a light touch...

August 14, 2018

Formulaic Fun Feels Fresh Again in “Crazy Rich Asians”

It’s taken 25 years, since “The Joy Luck Club” for Hollywood to offer another film...

July 2018

July 18, 2018

Comedy, Class Consciousness Make for a Potent Combination in ‘Blindspotting’

A high-wire act, Blindspotting puts race, gentrification and class under the microscope, somehow managing to...

March 2018

March 19, 2018

“The Death of Stalin” Shows There’s Life in Anticommunist Comedies

It sends up Communist ideology with glee, but shows a tendency toward corruption, insularity and...

May 2016

May 18, 2016

The Meddler: Interview with Lorene Scafaria

An ode to loving mothers and how to cope with grief

September 2015

September 25, 2015

The Intern hits us right in the millennial feels

The struggle is real

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Irrational Man is a hopeless triumph of the conscience

It sure would be comforting to be a Christian…

August 2014

August 08, 2014

Calvary: A Passion Week of his own

Why Christ-figures are ultimately no substitute for the real Thing

July 2014

July 25, 2014

Magic in the Moonlight: Is Magic Real?

Woody Allen’s take on spirituality and the life worth living.

July 02, 2014

A tribute to authenticity

It may not be the key to success, but it is the key to happiness.

June 2014

June 13, 2014

Of Family and Training Dragons

This is Dreamworks' best franchise.

June 11, 2014

Child-Like Wonder at E.T.

Death, Childhood, and Reeses Pieces

June 06, 2014

Words and Pictures: Let the battle of the arts begin!

A delightful mashup of rom com and Dead Poets Society

April 2014

April 11, 2014

Dom Hemingway – the myth, the legend, and so on and so forth

A middle-aged, cockney-accented, safecracking bro.

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Muppets Most Wanted a True Friend

A lesson in not getting what you want.

March 14, 2014

Come stay at The Grand Budapest Hotel

A brilliant (if irreverent) experience

March 14, 2014

Veronica Charms

How to make a movie out of a TV series, and do it right.

February 2014

February 07, 2014

Everyone who has ever loved Legos should see this movie

A delightful ode to youth and the best toys ever.

February 07, 2014

Monument’s Men: Is Art Worth Dying For?

A potentially monumental film falls short.

January 2014

January 08, 2014

Laughs and crazies in American Hustle

One dose insanity + one dose comedy = Oscar bait

December 2013

December 25, 2013

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Our Understated Habit of Daydreaming

Big dreams in everyday life.

December 25, 2013

Grudge Match Teaches Forgiveness

A surprising story of second chances.

October 2013

October 30, 2013

Redbox Review: ‘Warm Bodies’—A feel-good zombie flick?

This Halloween, try an indie gem that offers zombies for him, romance for her, and...

October 23, 2013

Redbox Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is nothing special

Joss Whedon's latest film is a mixed bag that misses the point.

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Parents Are the Problem in Enough Said

An enjoyable, if sometimes frustrating, viewing experience.

August 2013

August 23, 2013

The World’s End: We can finally laugh at ground zero of the apocalypse.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are back for a journey through small-town England to the...

August 09, 2013

2 Guns and Lots of Swag

Mark and Denzel take on the world with a pair of pistols. . . and...