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I have never been a Raymond Chandler fan nor am I enamored with the pulp detective genre that was oh-so-popular during the early decades of the 20th century. Consequently, my only exposure to Philip Marlowe (Chandler’s most popular character) ha...

Once upon a time, there was an actress named Jennifer Lopez, whose performances in films like Out of Sight and Selena opened eyes and excited comment with their depth and authenticity. But Lopez wasn’t a one-trick pony and, as her multimedia pop...

Master takes its inspiration from Jordan Peele’s 2017 feature, Get Out, which used horror as a framework for a deeper examination of systemic racism, but the methods employed by writer/director Mariama Diallo, making her feature debut, are less ...

Sitting down to watch Memory, I was prepared for yet another Liam Neeson-As-Righteous-Avenger movie (the kind of thing that has inexplicably become his bread-and-butter since the success of Taken). Much to my surprise, however, Neeson and director...

Men is Alex Garland’s third film, following in the wake of Ex Machina and Annihilation. It is his least accessible production to-date, venturing into the psychotic horror hinterlands where movies like Darren Aaronofsky’s mother! reside. It’s...

Perhaps the thing that makes The Menu so delicious is the taste that accompanies watching the ultra-rich get trussed up and stuffed like Thanksgiving turkeys. A dark satire that skewers privilege and eviscerates the famous, the wealthy, and profes...

Director Kyle Balda has been with the Minions since their inception. He began working in the art department for Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, then moved to the (co-)director’s chair for Minions and Despicable Me 3. If nothing else, that assur...

Oh, the humanity! If the pandemic precludes one person from seeing Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall, then it has accomplished something positive.For two hours, I sat in a movie theater in a state of utter stupefaction. How, I wondered, did this movie ...

Sony/Columbia Pictures was on a nice roll recently with their Spider-Man-related movies: Into the Spider-Verse, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. It has all come to a grinding halt with Morbius. Although it would be diff...

Mr. Malcolm’s List feels a lot like a watered-down version of Netflix’s hit streaming series, Bridgerton (although, to be fair, Mr. Malcolm’s List is based on a short film that came into being before Bridgerton went before cameras). Both are...