2004’s “Man on Fire” by Tony Scott features Denzel Washington mirroring roles we’ve seen before. “Flight” (for alcoholism) and “The…
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We officially are in Dumpuary. For me, as a critic, it’s like summer break after awards-season finals weekend—a predictable lull…
I’ve skirted AMC’s “Breaking Bad” since it came out in 2008. Previews around various streaming services and clips—involving a menacing…
Josh O’Connor has quietly but decisively been named 2025’s actor of the year, not by awards bodies yet, but by the…
Delirious, dangerous yet never quite jumping over the ledge, Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” (2025) is a madcap revenge thriller…
In a hypothetical awards category of Best Faces, “The Secret Agent” (2025) would leave any ceremony with the statue. Pinpointing…
Video-game to movie adaptations are notoriously hard to master, although they can still produce entertaining attempts. I enjoyed the “Resident…
You don’t walk into a Kelly Reichardt picture expecting fast-paced action, so it’s one of the cleverest gambits in “The…
“Dredd,” released in 2012, fits right into the dystopian ideal. The character itself, Judge Dredd, is pulled from source material…
When Roger Ebert died, Werner Herzog mourned the loss of his friend and champion, labeling the great critic a “good…