There’s no denying that Wes Anderson is about as niche-y a director as there is out there, and ‘Dispatch’ does absolutely nothing to dissuade that. With an all-star cast (Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Saoirse Ronan, Owen Wilson, Timothée Chalamet, etc…etc.), it’s one of Anderson’s most […]
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Warning
This disjointed sci-fi mess keeps chugging along like it will actually get somewhere, but in the end (actually well before the end), it just comes off like a cheap, pedestrian Black Mirror ripoff. A half-dozen disparate stories in the near future are tied together only by the fact that they […]
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Ron’s Gone Wrong
Yet another parable about the dangers of technology overtaking society, this better-than-average Disney animated flick centers on a middle schooler who gets a factory-seconds version of the hot new gadget, an EVE-like bubble robot. Trouble is, it can’t perform its usual social media chores, so the kid has to rely […]
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Four Hours at the Capitol
While documentarians live by a mantra of objectivity and impartiality, sometimes it may, in fact, do more damage than if they had left well-enough alone. Such is the case with director Jamie Roberts’ film about January’s siege on the US Capitol. Giving the insurrectionists yet another platform for their message […]
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The Last Duel
Set in 14th century France and directed by Ridley Scott, this gritty and dark period piece relates the true story of two knights (Adam Driver and Matt Damon) who come to literal blows after one is accused of raping the other’s wife. Damon, who co-wrote the script with Ben Affleck […]
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Halloween Kills
As with many middle children in a trilogy, this follow-up to 2018’s stellar reboot “Halloween” serves mostly as a bridge to the final chapter, due next year. It’s great slasher fun, sure, and the easter egg callbacks (including several cameos) to the 1978 original come early and often, but there’s […]
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No Time to Die
Daniel Craig’s tenure as James Bond comes to an end with this superbly-crafted film from director Cary Joji Fukunaga. As sprawling as it is gorgeous, it’ll give you all the feels while also staying true to the Bond brand. Not quite in the same stratosphere as ‘Skyfall’ or as classic […]
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South of Heaven
With a cast that includes Jason Sudeikis, Evangeline Lilly, Shea Whigham, and Mike Colter, it would seem that ‘Heaven’ would have everything going for it. Alas, what starts as a promising thriller about an ex-con trying (and failing) to stay on the straight and narrow dissolves into a mess of […]
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Muppets Haunted Mansion
Though it bears the Muppets name, this misfire bears little-to-no resemblance to the razor-sharp humor and solid satire that distinguished Kermit and the gang from, say, any weekday morning show you’d find these days on PBS. In fact, Kermit is pretty much non-existent in this tale of how Gonzo (and […]
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The follow-up to 2018’s odd and violent super…hero(?) origin story, this sequel simply brings us more of the same. Tom Hardy is still great, Michelle Williams is still criminally underused, and the cartoonish violence and madcap hijinks are still off-the-charts bonkers. Add in Woody Harrelson as the bad guy, and […]
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