movie-review
Amazon’s New Evil-Child Thriller Plays on Every Parent’s Deepest Fear
By trying my best, am I accidentally messing up my kids — and can they ever escape their bad blood?
‘On the Rocks’ Is a Father-Daughter Caper About Forgiving Your Dad’s Infidelity
Sofia Coppola’s slight, wistful comedy pairs Bill Murray and Rashida Jones as a man and his grownup baby girl who spy on her husband to see if he’s having an affair. But what she’s really seeking are the answers to why her own father walked out on her.
‘American Murder: The Family Next Door’ Turns the Killing of Shanann Watts Into a Queasy Found-Footage Documentary
The Netflix film draws from text messages, Facebook posts and other media to tell the story of Watts and her daughters’ murder. Rather than providing insight, though, it becomes an uncomfortable exercise in rubbernecking.
‘Ava’ and the Silly Trend of Sad Movie Assassins
Are you an expert killer in a high-octane action film? Well, as demonstrated by the new Jessica Chastain thriller, the odds are very good that, deep down, you’re a tormented, miserable cliché.
