Reviews
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A Pokemon Superfan Reviews ‘Detective Pikachu’: Problems Come Out to Play in Disappointing Film (Guest Blog)
Unfortunately, the mechanics that often make a video game fun and meaningful don’t always translate to a good story
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‘Tolkien’ Film Review: Laughable Biopic Indulges in Infinite Great-Artist Clichés
Nicholas Hoult is set adrift in a film seemingly more interested in Tolkien as a spawner of blockbusters than as a man of letters
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‘My Son’ Film Review: Efficient French Thriller Sends Divorced Father to Find Missing Kid
Guillaume Canet’s portrayal energizes this familiar but tight entry in the vigilante-dad genre
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‘All Is True’ Film Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Shakespeare Biopic Aims High, Falls Flat
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff, particularly with this much talent on both sides of the camera
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‘Charlie Says’ Film Review: Drama Explores Charles Manson From the POV of His ‘Girls’
“American Psycho” adapters Guinevere Turner and Mary Harron re-team in an attempt to understand the women Manson manipulated
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‘Wine Country’ Film Review: Amy Poehler Comedy Celebrates the Vintage of 50-Something Women
Poehler makes an impressive directorial debut co-starring Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer and Paula Pell
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‘Driveways’ Film Review: Impeccable Performances Enhance Charming Tale of Intergenerational Friendship
The late Brian Dennehy shines in Andrew Ahn’s exquisite follow-up to “Spa Night”
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‘El Chicano’ Film Review: Well-Intentioned Latinx Superhero Movie Gets More Wrong Than Right
Overstuffed with specific references to Chicano culture, the movie nonetheless offers up more fear-mongering cartel tropes
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‘Shadow’ Film Review: Zhang Yimou Thrillingly Contemplates Duality
The yin and the yang dominate both the design and the storytelling of this exhilarating, bloody period saga
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‘Meeting Gorbachev’ Film Review: Werner Herzog Gets Up Close and Personal With Former Soviet Leader
Herzog and André Singer’s film is no definitive historical portrait, but it is an intimate one
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‘Ask Dr Ruth’ Film Review: America’s Favorite Sex Therapist Gets a Cheerful, Enlightening Doc Portrait
Built around the natural star power of the colorfully accented sexpert, Ryan White’s film is a personality-driven charmer
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‘The Intruder’ Film Review: Dennis Quaid Stalks Homeowners in Dopey Thriller
Motivation, character, suspense and excitement are all in short supply here
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‘UglyDolls’ Film Review: You’ve Seen This Toy Story Before
A dazzling cast of voice talent — including Kelly Clarkson, Janelle Monáe and Nick Jonas — get bogged down in an all-too-familiar kid cartoon
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‘A Dog’s Journey’ Film Review: Reincarnating Dog Returns to the Margins of a Young Girl’s Troubles
In this fluffy, sappy sequel, it’s heroine CJ who goes on the journey while the canine antics feel mostly extraneous
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‘Knock Down the House’ Film Review: Rousing Documentary Follows AOC and Three Other Women on the Road to Congress
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the marquee name, but Rachel Lears’ inspiring film covers a whole new generation of determined politicians
