Lady Bird: So Long, Sacramento
The first time I was blown away by Saoirse Ronan, it wasn't by her performance in Atonement, which earned her her first Oscar nomination...
Coco: Música en Muerto
The question that has shadowed animation fans for decades has been, “Why doesn’t Pixar do a musical?” This became especially true after Pixar acquired...
Justice League: Come Together
By now, you've probably heard that in the comic-book world, it was DC Comics who first got the idea to put their superheroes together...
Orient Express: Strangers on a Train
Kenneth Branagh’s new version of Murder on the Orient Express feels curiously old-fashioned. Not because it’s set in 1934, but because Branagh is taking...
Wonderstruck: Bolt From the Blue
Six years ago, Martin Scorsese adapted Brian Selznick's illustrated novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret into an Oscar-nominated movie called Hugo. Now, the comparably...
Ragnarok: Hela Good
Back in 2015, I had just seen Taika Waititi’s What We Do in the Shadows when it was announced that the New Zealand director...
Suburbicon: Housing Plots
What good is any film critic who can't offer a contrary opinion once in a while? The advance word on Suburbicon has been downright...
Professor Marston: Golden Ropes
Sometimes, a high-profile film is followed by a movie on a related subject intended to capitalize on the first movie's expected success. (Remember 12...
Marshall Law
When black Americans were wrongly imprisoned in the 1930s and ’40s, there was one phrase that would give them hope they might get justice:...
Blade Runner 2049: One of Us
The original Blade Runner was a box-office flop when it came out in 1981. Sometimes this gets forgotten about movies that acquire the reputation...
