movie-review

‘Haywire’ Is the Female-Driven Spy Movie Done Right

As we wait for ‘The 355,’ here’s a quick reminder that Steven Soderbergh’s stylish action-thriller invited MMA fighter Gina Carano to play a lethal operative who beats the hell out of a lot of Hollywood’s leading men. Ten years later, it’s still a killer

‘The Matrix Resurrections’ Wants to Worldbuild You to Death

The highly-anticipated sequel is heavier on exposition and explanation than it is on the emotion and ideas that got us hooked on this franchise in the first place

‘Drive My Car’ Is About a Sad Man Learning He’ll Never Understand His Dead Wife

This acclaimed, enigmatic drama follows a theater director grieving for an unfaithful spouse — while hanging out with the actor she was having an affair with

‘House of Gucci’ Confirms Your Suspicions That Rich People Are Dumb and Bad

Ridley Scott’s star-studded crime drama is trashy, seductive and opulent, all in service of catering to our deep-seated desire to watch the privileged elite get their comeuppance

‘King Richard’ Celebrates One Hero at the Expense of Two Others

The ‘Rocky IV’ Director’s Cut Is Sylvester Stallone’s ‘Citizen Kane’

In ‘The Power of the Dog,’ Benedict Cumberbatch’s Rancher Struggles to Live Up to the Cowboy Way

Paul Thomas Anderson Has Found Happiness

In Praise of Tom Hanks’ Apple Movies That No One’s Heard Of

In ‘The Sparks Brothers,’ the Mystery of the Band’s Sibling Dynamic Remains