the @popcollin reviews

In recent years, Disney has won some (‘Frozen’, ‘Encanto’) and lost some (‘Strange World’, ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’). Put ‘Wish’ somewhere in the middle—a fantastically-animated but ultimately forgettable offering that borrows from every fairy tale you’ve ever heard without giving us much new to be awed by. Instead, we get […]

Bradley Cooper co-wrote, directed, and stars in this look at the life of the great composer Leonard Bernstein, particularly his relationship with wife Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan). While it does little to examine (or educate us about) Bernstein’s immeasurable cultural impact—‘West Side Story’, for example, is barely mentioned in passing—it […]

A down-on-his-luck guy (Paapa Essiedu) stumbles on a genie (Melissa McCarthy) in a magic jewelry box, and this cute little holiday flick is off and running. Though it relies more than it should on all the good ol’ holiday tropes, there’s still enough here for it to be a decent […]

Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke star as a married couple taking the family on vacation to a rental on Long Island in the latest from director Sam Esmail (TV’s ‘Mr. Robot’), which takes a straightforward premise and turns it on its head to become a gripping apocalyptic film. Following a […]

Adam Sandler’s latest Netflix offering is a surprisingly cute and endearing animated musical about, of all things, classroom pets. Sandler voices the titular lizard, and Bill Burr co-stars as a cranky turtle, and when the fifth graders in Ms. Malkin’s class discover that the animals can talk (and actually have […]

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 […]

Set 64 years before the events of ‘The Hunger Games’ this prequel introduces us to a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), a privileged (or so he makes the world believe) young man forced to mentor a ragamuffin tribute (Rachel Zegler) in the 10th edition of the morbid festivities. Directed by […]