Reviews
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‘Heart Eyes’ Review: Josh Ruben’s Rom-Com Slasher Is the Best Emoji Movie Ever
A serial killer ruins Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding’s Valentine’s Day in an exceptional genre hybrid.
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‘Love Hurts’ Review: Ke Huy Quan Deserves More Than This Harmless, Generic Action Rom-Com
The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Oscar winner partners with Ariana DeBose to kick butt and kill time
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‘Apple Cider Vinegar’ Review: Netflix Swindler Drama Is an Influencer Cautionary Tale
Kaitlyn Dever and Alycia Debnam-Carey headline a six-part tale of wellness and lies
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‘Kinda Pregnant’ Review: Amy Schumer’s Fake Pregnancy Rom-Com Is Kinda Bad
In the Netflix movie, the comedian plays a woman who pretends to be pregnant because she’s miserable — kinda like the audience
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‘Magic Farm’ Review: Idiots Abroad Comedy Takes Exploitative News to Task
Sundance 2025: The film, starring Chloë Sevigny and Alex Wolff, struggles to dig deep
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‘Lurker’ Review: A Compelling Meditation on Young Men’s Need to Belong
Sundance 2025: “Beef” and “The Bear” writer Alex Russell’s debut feature chronicles a hanger-on’s relationship with fame
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‘Plainclothes’ Review: Tom Blyth Drama Puts a Personal Spotlight on Gay Male Identity
Sundance 2025: Filmmaker Carmen Emmi’s debut features stirring turns from Blyth and Russell Tovey
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‘Dog Man’ Review: Cheerfully Chaotic Kid Flick Will Delight Young Fans and Entertain Tolerant Parents
The latest from “Captain Underpants” creator Dav Pilkey hits theaters Friday
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‘Sugar Babies’ Review: Flirty TikTokers Documentary Is All Filler
Sundance 2025: Rachel Fleit’s film follows a twentysomething college grad who makes money by flirting with men online
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‘Last Days’ Review: ‘Fast & Furious’ Director Justin Lin’s Return to Indies Falls Flat
Sundance 2025: This feature about doomed missionary John Chau pales in comparison to the documentary that already exists
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‘Zodiac Killer Project’ Review: Netflix True Crime Found Dead in a Ditch
Sundance 2025: Charlie Shackleton’s clever documentary is a wake-up call for the true crime genre
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‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Review: Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall Bring Life to Ira Sachs’ Quietly Devastating Drama
Sundance 2025: A recreation of a conversation between two friends finds slivers of meaning in mundanity
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‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: ‘Jinx’ Filmmakers’ New Doc Is the Bloody Sunday of Inmate Rights and Prison Reform
Sundance 2025: The HBO-backed documentary uses raw cell phone footage to capture shocking conditions in one of the country’s deadliest prisons
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‘Move Ya Body’ Review: Doc Doesn’t Definitively Answer Its ‘Birth of House Music’ Claim
Sundance 2025: While interesting, Elegance Bratton’s documentary falls short of being the definitive voice on Chicago’s role in house music
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‘You’re Cordially Invited’ Review: No Need to RSVP for Disappointing Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell Affair
When it’s over, you’ll either instantly forget it or wonder why you’ve got such a sour taste in your mouth
