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If nothing else, the experience of watching Joker: Folie a Deux argues against its very existence. Sitting in movie theater as this motion picture unspools, one can understand any reluctance director/co-writer Todd Phillips may have had developing...

Despite a terrific performance by Kate Winslet and some powerful moments during the film’s final third, Lee falls into the bio-pic trap of trying to encapsulate too much of a famous person’s life into a two-hour chunk. A chronology of the life...

Presumably because of his mammoth success helming the trilogy of Tom Holland Spider-Man movies, writer/director Jon Watts achieved sufficient clout to attract A-listers (and good friends) George Clooney and Brad Pitt to star in Wolfs. With such a ...

The term “an interesting failure” was coined for movies like Megalopolis, an incoherent (but often fascinating) excursion into the mind of writer/director Francis Ford Coppola. An allegorical exploration of modern-day America, this movie i...

My Old Ass is an effective and affecting coming-of-age story with a large dose of magical realism that allows an 18-year-old version of the lead character to meet her 39-year-old self. Despite what has been written about it in some quarters, this ...

The Substance is a batshit-crazy horror/comedy film that offers a modern take on The Picture of Dorian Gray while eviscerating Hollywood’s obsession with youth and beauty. Although the film goes off the rails during its third act (not necessaril...

For nearly as long as there have been horror movies, filmmakers have had fun trolling the genre. The first “official” such entry was Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein but that offbeat film, which featured many of the sanctioned Universal M...

Stunt coordinator-turned-director J.J. Perry, making his sophomore feature, knows what he wants from his movie and understands the B-movie aesthetic necessary to get it. And there are times when The Killer’s Game works on that level. The stunts ...

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, there was a popular thriller trope in which a character (or group of characters) would form a connection with a stranger (or strangers) but, over time, the actions and motivations of one character would turn murderous....

The Critic transpires during a time when critics (in this case, theater critics) wielded enormous power. A review in a daily newspaper could ruin a reputation, close a play, or elevate something from obscurity to prosperity. The film occurs in 193...