Slugging It Out
If Flushed Away looks familiar, there’s no mystery to it. The movie’s a product of Aardman Animation, the British outfit that has turned out...
Back Flash
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, The Flash makes history this week. It’s the first-ever major Hollywood movie with an openly gender-fluid lead actor. This...
Dinner for Schmucks: American Idiot
Maybe the best part of Dinner for Schmucks is the opening credit sequence. It shows the construction of an elaborate diorama, depicting a daytime...
Never Rarely: Autumn in New York
You don’t know what you’ve been missing until it’s in front of you. This year was shaping up to be a historic year for...
Joy Ride: Go Back to China
Back in 2004, Asian-American dudes were spotlighted in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. It should not have taken almost 20 years for...
Lady Macbeth: Yet Here’s a Spot
One reason behind the Samuel L. Jackson-caused scrape this past spring over black British actors portraying African-Americans in American movies is that there’s not...
Nomadland: On the Road Again
Her name is Chloé Zhao, and she makes Westerns. It may seem odd that this 38-year-old native of Beijing found herself at home in...
Night Swims
Lately, the “M” in M. Night Shyamalan has started to stand for “maddening.” Like his underappreciated previous film The Village, his current movie Lady...
Hour of The Amateur
About half an hour into The Amateur, Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) is lurking inside a Parisian apartment building where a terrorist (Barbara Probst) lives....
Movie Shoot
Here's a fantastic movie idea: Tropic Thunder takes place on the set of a big-budget Hollywood Vietnam War film also entitled Tropic Thunder.
With a...
