the @popcollin reviews

The latest from director Todd Haynes (‘Carol’, ‘Far From Heaven’) is a dark and twisted bit of mind-bendy creepiness that provides stars Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore with plenty of room to strut their best-in-the-business stuff. Moore is Gracie, a woman (based on Mary Kay Letourneau) who had an affair […]

This powerful, heartbreaking (and ultimately heartwarming) documentary tells the story of the young man who served as Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double throughout the entire ‘Harry Potter’ film franchise until a freak on-set accident left him paralyzed at age 26. Holmes and Radcliffe have remained fast friends, and the star offers […]

Martin Scorsese’s sixth feature film with Leonardo DiCaprio (and his tenth with Robert De Niro) is a grand, sweeping epic about the plight of indigenous peoples in 1920s Oklahoma; when oil is discovered on Native land, a string of murders in the Osage community follows closely behind. DiCaprio leads the […]

It was (and continues to be) the concert event of the year (decade? ever?). Yes, it’s Taylor’s world right now, and the Eras Tour film cements that fact firmly in the pop culture zeitgeist. The almost three-hour experience showcases the singer as a true tour de force, from the hard-hitting […]

Investigating the 2017 disappearance (and suspected murder) of a man and his dog from an 11-person town in the far reaches of Northern Territory, Australia, this documentary will suck you in from the start and just gets crazier from there. First-time filmmaker Thomas Tancred has taken what’s already a fascinating […]

This super-taut and lightning-fast action flick from South Korea is a worthy complement to ‘John Wick’, starring Jeon Jong-seo as a one-woman killing machine out to avenge the death of her best friend. Director Lee Chung-hyun has put together a present-day feast of eye and mind candy with a slick, […]

The swan song of noted director William Friedkin is a fitting and memorable send-off from a man who loved telling stripped-down stories about complex people. Based on Herman Wouk’s famous play, the film is as bare-bones as can be—set entirely in one room with no frills and not a word […]

Yet another charming and subtle music-driven winner from writer-director John Carney (‘Sing Street’, ‘Once’), ‘Flora and Son’ is full of life and love and all the things that can conspire to make a movie worthwhile. That includes the cast, led by Eve Hewson (daughter of Bono) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who […]

Tom Cruise and company are back for one last (well, technically, two—as this is only Part One) impossible mission, and the stunts are yet again off-the-charts crazy. Also crazy is the 2:43 run time, but that can be mostly forgiven due to the sheer spectacle of this thing. Writer-director Christopher […]

Based on the popular webcomic, this wildly clever and super-whimsical animated feature is pretty close to as good as they get. Chloë Grace Moretz stars as Nimona, a shape-shifting creature who teams up with a medieval knight (in futuristic times), after he is framed for murdering the queen. The dazzling […]