movie reviews

Whatever you’ve heard about 'Megalopolis,' see this gutsy Coppola film for yourself

1:16pm September 26, 2024

Francis Ford Coppola's epic draws parallels between the U.S. and ancient Rome. Forty-some years in the making, it's got wild sex, startling violence, horse-drawn chariots and even nightclub unicorns.

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See 'The Substance' and 'A Different Man' together for a major makeover meditation

12:09pm September 26, 2024

Two new films seem to be in dialogue: In The Substance, Demi Moore is a Hollywood star chasing eternal youth. The dark comedy A Different Man centers on a New Yorker with a rare genetic condition.

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Arts

‘Sing Sing’ tenderly probes the joys – and limits – of art in prison

7:01am July 12, 2024

by Aisha Harris

Colman Domingo leads a dynamic ensemble in a stirring dramatization of Sing Sing prison's arts rehabilitation program.

Arts

As a fake 'Hit Man,' Glen Powell shows off his real star power

7:01am June 06, 2024

by Aisha Harris

Glen Powell co-wrote Netflix's Hit Man alongside Richard Linklater, of the Before trilogy. The story is based on a Texas Monthly profile of a real undercover cop.

Civil War imagines a second civil war has broken out in the United States. Kirsten Dunst stars as a journalist in the film, which comes out April 12.

Arts

Here are 6 movies to see this spring

6:00am February 19, 2024

by Bob Mondello

Usually around this time, Hollywood is talking about how to keep its box office momentum going. This year, January was so lackluster that studios had to jump-start moviegoing from scratch.

Arts

No substance, just 'Air'

5:00am April 05, 2023

by Aisha Harris

Ben Affleck directs a movie that tries (and fails) to squeeze dramatic tension out of the origins of the Air Jordan. Matt Damon and Viola Davis star in this soulless dramatization.