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…
Pouring plenty of emotion into its relatively brief run-time, Zak Hilditch’s “We Bury the Dead” takes a hearty swing at pathos-laden ‘zombie…
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…
Set in 1980s Bombay, “Merry Christmas” revolves around Albert (Vijay Sethupathi) and Maria (Katrina Kaif), two strangers. They’re both haunted…
Before I watched “Moonraker,” I never realized that Arnold and the film “Eraser” ripped off that daring parachute scene. Granted,…