Demon Hunters: K-Pow
I went to my doctor’s office last week for my annual physical, and while they were testing my hearing, I had to tell them...
Ne Zha II: Ha Zha Zha
If you’ve heard anything about Ne Zha II, it’s likely about the insane box-office numbers that it did this past spring. The animated sequel...
East of Wall: Land of Bad
East of Wall signals right away that it’s a modern Western, starting with TikTok videos that the main characters have made of their horses....
Weapons: Suburban Legend
A horror movie that proves that there’s still original storytelling left at our multiplexes, Weapons begins with voiceover narration by a little girl (Scarlett...
Together: Just the Two of Us
“If they be two, they are two so / As stiff twin compasses are two: / Thy soul, the fixed foot, makes no show...
Sorry, Baby: That Thing
Sorry, Baby is a movie about rape, but it painstakingly does not show us the action that defines its story. An indirect approach like...
Oh, Hi!: Does That Make Me Crazy?
Since time immemorial, men have devalued what women have to say by calling them crazy. We’re aware of this now, but we should also...
Eddington: American Disease
There was a psychological study that stated that people who habitually watched horror movies tended to bear up better during the isolation of the COVID...
Up, Up, and Away
In 2006, the characters in Superman Returns did not use the phrase “truth, justice, and the American way” because the Iraq war had left America’s...
Queen of My Dreams: Starstruck in Karachi
A fair number of Bollywood movies have stories that stretch out over decades so that the same actor portrays a father and then his...
