There’s not a lot of life left in the Despicable Me franchise. Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell) has renounced his villainous ways, joined the Anti-Villain League as a spy, adopted his girls, Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier), and Agnes … Continue reading DESPICABLE ME 4
Why they’re here and what they plan to do is never spelled out. They’re a monstrous alien race that has invaded Earth and is systematically wiping out every last human they can hunt down. They can’t see, and they can’t … Continue reading A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
Rural Massachusetts, 1991: Eleven-year-old Lacy sneaks out of her summer camp bunk, crosses a field under the darkness of night, enters the barn where the phone is, and calls her mom. “I’m going to kill myself if you don’t come … Continue reading JANET PLANET
What do you even say about a movie like Kinds of Kindness? Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, the film is composed of three stories, each involving a handful of characters, each played by the same handful of actors. The stories don’t … Continue reading KINDS OF KINDNESS
You wouldn’t see Gary Johnson coming a mile away. He looks a lot like a classic dweeb with those glasses and terrible haircut—never mind that it’s Glen Powell with his chiseled physique and disarming smile under all of that. Gary … Continue reading HIT MAN
If you were to judge a movie by its poster, then you might expect The Bikeriders to be anchored by Austin Butler’s brooding, wild-haired motorcycle fiend. His name is Benny, and though he’s an integral part of the narrative, Benny … Continue reading THE BIKERIDERS
The specter of death hangs over everyone and everything. In the movie Tuesday by writer-director Daina Oniunas-Pusić, that specter takes the form of a size-shifting parrot—a filthy, scarred one with a deep and terrifying voice supplied by Arinzé Kene. How … Continue reading TUESDAY
I don’t remember when I started puberty or when I became aware that something was happening, but I distinctly remember a recurring fantasy throughout the process of wanting to condense six or seven years of hormonal, physical, and mental growth … Continue reading INSIDE OUT 2
Few cinematic forms benefited from the advent of digital technology like the documentary. And not just in cost and access to equipment but in the proliferation of digital archives directors can draw upon. Add social media’s connective power to track … Continue reading THE BEACH BOYS and LET IT BE
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