Brad Pitt stars as a veteran racer in “F1: The Movie,” a sleek, high-budget sports drama with familiar turns.
Author: Hunter Friesen
Danny Boyle returns for “28 Years Later,” a grim, artful sequel that reboots the franchise with bold themes and strong performances.
“Materialists” opens in the Paleolithic period of the Stone Age. A caveman brings tools and flowers to the woman he loves, hoping they’ll be enough to earn her affection. We may think love gets purer the further back in time you go, but there has always been a business angle. Dowries, negotiations and aligning kingdoms were the old ways of forming a union. Now there’s an algorithm for that, loaded with statistics like height, income and political views. And for those who are more serious (or desperate) and have the funds, there are services like Adore, which assign a personal…
Stylish and brutal, “Ballerina” falls short of John Wick’s high bar, but Ana de Armas keeps it watchable.
Wes Anderson’s “The Phoenician Scheme” blends slapstick and satire in a lavish tale of legacy, communication, and unlikely redemption.
Guy Ritchie’s “Fountain of Youth” squanders its premise, with John Krasinski and Natalie Portman adrift in a flat adventure.
Tom Cruise pushes limits in “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” a high-stakes, visually explosive chapter in the action saga.
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s haunting film “April” explores abortion, isolation, and resilience in rural Georgia through hypnotic long takes.
A sharp, character-driven ‘Thunderbolts*’ injects fresh life into the MCU with grit, emotion, and surprising thematic resonance.
Ben Affleck returns as the math-savvy vigilante in a bloated sequel that swaps nuance for noise – and loses impact.