This WWII thriller plays it too easy. Last week, I’ve praised the espionage thriller “The Courier,” which stared Benedict Cumberbatch as an English businessman hired to spy against the Soviet Union during […]
Six Minutes to Midnight
City of Lies
Depp is ambitious about the investigation of The Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac’s murders. Johnny Depp has been finding himself with a number of bombs lately from “Alice Through the Looking Glass” to […]
The Courier
The entertaining espionage thriller with excellent performances and dangerous risks. “The Courier” is a solid and throughly interesting thriller based on a true story about espionage, sacrifices, and choices. Benedict Cumberbatch stars […]
Cherry
Tom Holland saves the show as a soldier, druggie, and bank robber. Last week, I panned the dreadful and noisy “Chaos Walking,” which starred Tom Holland as a young man whose thoughts […]
Long Weekend
A romantic comedy that’s stranger than fiction. You’ve probably haven’t heard of the new romantic comedy “Long Weekend,” of its one-minute trailer premiering a few weeks earlier, and it’s vague plot summary […]
Raya and the Last Dragon
Disney’s latest is a rousing, comical, and beautiful animated feature. “Raya and the Last Dragon” is the first Disney Princess animated feature since “Brave” to cut back on the singing and romance […]
Moxie
Amy Poehler’s latest comedy fights against anti-feminism. Amy Poehler directs and co-stars in “Moxie,” a “Mean Girls” type comedy made for Netflix that fights against sexism and anti-feminism at a local high […]
My Salinger Year
The two fine leads are upstaged by these typos in the script. Margaret Qualley is Andie MacDowell’s daughter, who has earned more attention with her role in “Once Upon a Time in […]
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Andra Day sings her heart out as Billie Holiday. The first film to tell singer Billie Holiday’s story was “Lady Sings the Blues” in 1972, starring Diana Ross as Lady Day, Billy […]
Crisis
A drug picture that is both sober and overdosed. Other critics have been comparing “Crisis” to Steven Soderbergh’s “Traffic,” because it also uses a star-studded cast to focus on the war on […]
