There are actors who disappear into roles, and then there is Jason Statham. For nearly three decades, Statham has done…
Author: Nathan Flynn
Some movies become part of you before you’re old enough to understand everything they’re carrying. For me, one of those…
There’s something almost radical in 2026 about a summer movie that knows exactly what you came to see and then…
After “Cure,” “Pulse,” “Cloud,” and “Chime,” I thought I had a pretty good handle on what a Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie looked like. If you’ve…
There’s a moment early in “Spider-Man 2” that explains almost everything Sam Raimi understands about Spider-Man. Peter Parker is racing across New…
David Wain has always approached genre parody with an unusual mixture of half-affection and half-contempt. “Wet Hot American Summer” took the language…
The remarkable thing about Pixar’s recent output is that the studio finally seems interested in wrestling with big ideas again.…
It’s hard to watch “Supergirl” and not feel like you’re attending a wake. Not for superhero movies themselves. Batman and…
The release of Michael Sarnoski’s “The Death of Robin Hood” got me thinking about the strange cinematic legacy of England’s…
For the first time since “War of the Worlds,” Steven Spielberg has made a movie that feels fully planted in…
