Skin I Live In: Hide and Sick
OK, here’s one of the more messed-up things I’ve seen in a while, and I mean that mostly in a good way. Much of...
Far From Home: Swing and a Miss
Spider-Man: Far From Home has a big problem: It cannot let Iron Man go. Before I come out swinging, I love Spider-Man: Homecoming so...
Happening: A Cinematic Event
Well, looky here. Just a week after that Supreme Court opinion leaked signaling the end of constitutional rights to abortion in America, here comes...
Absolutely Fabulous: Passing Fashion
I should start off by saying I’m an Absolutely Fabulous virgin. I had never seen a single episode of the cult 1990s British sitcom...
Dating Games with Shut Up and Prance
Talking to some filmmaking teams is like talking to a smoothly oiled publicity machine. Talking to the comedy troupe/filmmaking collective Shut Up and Prance...
Odd One Out
Probably the best way to see Odd Thomas is the way I saw it. I went in cold, not knowing anything about the story...
Ruby Sparks: Dreamgirl
When you hear the plot of Ruby Sparks, you’ll think you’ve heard it before. You’ll be right, in a sense — the story’s roots...
Over the Edge
Before the press screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, my fellow film critics and I were handed a printed request that...
Lego 2: Stick to It
Except for one important element, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part has pretty much everything that the original film had. The jokes are...
Prometheus: “Get It Out of Me!”
To answer your first question about Ridley Scott’s Prometheus: Yes, it is a prequel to his 1979 sci-fi classic Alien. The director has hemmed...
