Reviews
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‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Review: A Slight, Sensitive, Inexpensive Ode to Childlike Wonder
Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy star in a refreshingly relaxed, playful fantasy film based on Enid Blyton’s books
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‘It Ends’ Review: Life May Feel Pointless, but at Least the Horror Movies Are Great
Alexander Ullom’s unnerving, profound debut compares life to an infinite road — but is the point to reach the end, or decide when to give up?
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‘Outer Banks’ Season 5 Review: Netflix YA Hit Ends With One Last Overstuffed Adventure
Netflix’s treasure-hunting series finds paradise (on Earth) in an overly long final season without much to say beyond goodbye
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‘Insidious: Out of the Further’ Review: Horror Franchise Shows Its Teeth, but Lacks Some Bite
The sixth installment utilizes sound design to tell a satisfying, if not predictable, standalone ghost story
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‘Mutiny’ Review: Jason Statham’s ‘Die Hard on a Boat’ Gets a Sea Minus
An underwhelming thriller that plays like two generic action scripts got mixed up at the printers
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‘The Brink of War’ Review: Angel Studios’ Shallow Cold War History Lesson
The drama imagines negotiations between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in a one-sided fashion
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‘Six: The Musical Live!’ Review: They’re the Tudor Queens of Pop, and They Rule
The award-winning musical about Henry VIII’s pop star wives comes to the big screen with the original West End cast
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‘Lanterns’ Review: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre’s Superhero Show Is More ‘True Detective’ Than DC, and That’s OK
With complex characters, astute racial politics and easter eggs, HBO’s adaptation weaves a rich tapestry of intriguing elements
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‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ Review: Matthew McConaughey’s Got Honey Troubles in This Genre-Defying Wonder
A beekeeper ties a community together in Andrew Patterson’s electrifying heist thriller-bluegrass musical-Christian-neo-western-noir
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‘The Wrong Girls’ Review: When Kristen Stewart and Alia Shawkat Invite You to Get Blazed, You Say ‘Yes’
A mystery drug gives stoner besties Stewart and Shawkat psychic powers — and also makes them frickin’ hilarious
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‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Review: Ingenious, Timely Looney Tunes Legal Comedy Gets the Last Laugh
Warner Bros. tried to shelve a hilarious, inspiring film about why we should never stop fighting corporate monopolies — gee, I wonder why?
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‘The End of Oak Street’ Review: Don’t Tell Mom the Velociraptors Are Widespread
Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor defend the suburbs from man-eating dinosaurs in this toothless monster flick
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‘Don’t Say Good Luck’ Review: Melanie Lynskey Deserves a Standing Ovation for Bittersweet Netflix Original
Sunny Sandler co-stars in a sincere, flawed drama about life, death and a high school production of “Waitress”
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‘Reacher’ Season 4 Review: The Bloodiest, Funniest and Most Political Season Yet
The Amazon series gives Alan Ritchson his timeliest threat so far in a season full of gory and thrilling action
