‘Ready or Not’ Film Review: The Game of Hide and Seek’s Afoot in Twisty, Violent Dark Comedy
This perverse tale isn’t a total triumph, but it’s a savage delight all the same
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What’s New on DVD in August: ‘Charlie Says,’ ‘Shadow,’ ‘The Banana Splits Movie’ and More
Alonso Duralde’s monthly column spotlights the best Indie, foreign, doc, grindhouse, classic and TV releases on DVD and Blu-ray
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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Film Review: Tom Holland Goes Abroad in Globetrotting Marvel Romp
This latest Spidey series continues to charm, as a teen road comedy periodically becomes a superhero saga
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‘Ophelia’ Film Review: Daisy Ridley Gives Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroine a Provocative Do-Over
The melancholy Dane’s beloved is no wilting flower in this lush, intelligent adaptation of Lisa Klein’s novel
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‘Toy Story 4’ Film Review: Woody and Company Return for a Sequel That’s No Buzz-Kill
It may not reach the emotional heights of “3,” but contemporary American animation’s gold standard remains untarnished
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‘Katie Says Goodbye’ Film Review: A Young Woman’s Destruction Served Up as Entertainment (Again)
First-time writer-director Wayne Roberts clearly empathizes with his young heroine, but ties her to the railroad tracks anyway
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‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters’ Film Review: Hollywood Finally Gets Kaiju Right
Director Michael Dougherty successfully takes the all-thriller-no-filler approach both to monsters and the human drama
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‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ Film Review: Sisters Hide From the World in Riveting Shirley Jackson Adaptation
Taissa Farmiga, Alexandra Daddario, Sebastian Stan and Crispin Glover are electrifying in Stacie Passon’s second feature
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Doris Day Appreciation: Sweetness and Light Met Grit and Tenacity, Both on Screen and Off
She was the sunniest of singers and actresses, but that sparkle came from a place of strength
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‘Detective Pikachu’ Film Review: Humans and Pokemon Pal Around in Overstuffed, Underwritten World
Live-action-plus-animation take on the popular game feels both ambitious and lazy, frenzied and sluggish
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All 10 ‘Star Wars’ Movies Ranked, From ‘A New Hope’ to ‘Solo’
“Solo” doesn’t tell us anything about Han or Lando we didn’t already know — but hey, look at that gleaming new Millennium Falcon!
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‘Non-Fiction’ Film Review: Olivier Assayas Comically Mourns the Death of Literature
Venice 2018: Juliette Binoche co-stars in this witty drama that does for print what “Summer Hours” did for art
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What’s New on DVD in April: ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ ‘Destroyer,’ ‘Tickled’ and More
Alonso Duralde’s monthly column spotlights the best Indie, foreign, doc, grindhouse, classic and TV releases on DVD and Blu-ray
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‘Avengers: Endgame’ Film Review: Superhero Season Finale Gives Fan Service a Good Name
Some movies give us what we need, but there’s something to be said for one that’s so skillful in just giving us what we want
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‘Her Smell’ Film Review: Elisabeth Moss Puts the Rock in Rock-Bottom in Redemptive Music Tale
Writer-director Alex Ross Perry continues to examine humanity at its worst, but this time he offers a little hope
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‘Shazam!’ Film Review: DC Comics Gets a Bouncy Burst of Big-Screen Ebullience
This sweetly silly escapade puts the gee-whiz into Whiz Comics’ most famous character
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Agnès Varda Appreciation: She Had Endless Curiosity About People and Filmmaking, And It Shows
Even in her 80s, the French New Wave icon embraced digital technology to make moving, witty, empathetic documentaries
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‘Dumbo’ Film Review: Tim Burton Remake Trips Over Its Own Ears
Neither poignant nor eccentric, this just feels like a lesser 1970s Disney live-action comedy smothered in digital effects
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‘A Madea Family Funeral’ Film Review: Tyler Perry’s Leading Lady Single-Handedly Resuscitates Moribund Comedy
When the Perry-in-latex senior citizens are off-screen, this farce is DOA
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‘Cold Pursuit’ Film Review: Liam Neeson Plows Through an Action-Comedy With ‘Fargo’ on Its Mind
This remake of Norway’s “In Order of Disappearance” strives for that Coen Brothers flavor, and falls just short of making it work
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‘Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins’ Film Review: Vital, Hilarious Texas Pundit Remembered in Vivacious Documentary
There might be a lot of talking heads, but few heads talked as wittily or wisely as this legendary political columnist
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‘Holmes & Watson’ Film Review: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Stagger Through Stultifying Sherlockian Spoof
The game’s a-flat in this tedious and unfunny letdown that feels too much like a comedy first draft
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13 Christmas Movies That Definitely Aren’t for Kids (Photos)
“Anna and the Apocalypse” isn’t the only film that brings an R-rated sensibility to the holiday season
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‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Film Review: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda Languish in the Shadow of Giants
The stars give their all to a never charmless (but often charm-adjacent) movie that slavishly follows in the original’s footsteps
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12 Worst Movies of 2018, From ‘Happytime Murders’ to ‘Ready Player One’ (Photos)
TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2018: Naughty puppets, toe shoes and midlife crises all had a role in the year’s lousiest films
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11 Best Movies of 2018, From ‘Paddington 2’ to ‘Eighth Grade’ (Photos)
TheWrap’s Best & Worst 2018: TheWrap reviews editor Alonso Duralde picks the best narrative features in a competitive year
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11 Best Documentaries of 2018, From ‘Minding the Gap’ to ‘Monrovia, Indiana’ (Photos)
TheWrap’s Best & Worst of 2018: Critic Alonso Duralde picks the best non-fiction films that span a gamut of styles and stories
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‘Roma’ Film Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s Intimate Epic Proves Less Is More
This intimate tale of a housekeeper in early-70s Mexico proves the “Gravity” director doesn’t need a sprawling canvas to tell a powerful story
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‘Once Upon a Deadpool’ Film Review: Ryan Reynolds Cleverly Milks Cash Cow a Second Time
It’s a PG-13 “Deadpool 2,” but the highlights are new interstitials with Reynolds and Fred Savage
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‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ Film Review: Ebullient Doc Sheds Light on Musicals Aimed at Corporate America
It’s a wild look at song-and-dance extravaganzas aimed at Xerox salesmen, yes, but it also celebrates post-irony
