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Note: The writer of this review watched The Little Things on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

An extended eligibility window for a pandemic Oscars means that this year, awards season will extend well into the…

The opening scene of Our Friend, a tender indie tearjerker built from the blueprint of a wrenching true story, finds…

Note: The writer of this review watched Some Kind Of Heaven on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

Locked Down, the new surprise HBO Max movie directed by Doug Liman and written by Steven Knight, is not the first…

This January is lighter on schlock than normal. But then, it’s lighter on movies in general. While a few are…

After the year we’ve all had, it feels like courting disaster to pin any hopes on a wide release that wasn’t…

This article contains major plot revelations from Promising Young Woman.

Note: The writer of this review watched The Father on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…

Yesterday, The A.V. Club posted its list of the best movies of 2020. That was, of course and as it always is, a…

God, that was a weird one, huh?

Don’t trust anyone who says it’s impossible to make a best movies list in 2020. There were plenty of films to like…

For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one,…

Note: The writer of this review watched News Of The World on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

It’s mid-December, and for many people, that means the Christmas season is in full swing. Far be it from us at The…

Decades of anthropomorphizing nature documentaries have conditioned viewers to look for characters to root for in…

Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…

We all needed something to look forward to in 2020. That’s what movie trailers provide, isn’t it? They’re a glimpse…

Note: The writer of this review watched Black Bear on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…

Once upon a time, movies and television were mortal enemies, and pretty easy to tell apart, too. But the lines that…