Movies

(from left) Violet (Meghann Fahy) and Henry (Brandon Sklenar) in Drop, directed by Christopher Landon.

Drop is adequate thriller entertainment filled with lackluster visuals

The Amateur's fleeting pleasures are undercut by an inconsistent tone and stale visuals

The Luckiest Man in America gets a boost from outstanding leading man Paul Walter Hauser

Will Sundance lose its unique charm? Will it become just another SXSW?

A Nice Indian Boy. Image Courtesy Blue Harbor Entertainment

Lisa Laman's Mini-Reviews of A Nice Indian Boy and Grand Tour

Eephus. Image courtesy Music Box Films

Eephus hits a home run as visually precise comedy cinema with a melancholy center

A Minecraft Movie. Image Courtesy Warner Bros.

A Minecraft Movie is a worst hits compilation of other subpar kid's movies

"The Gentlemen" UK Series Global Premiere – Arrivals

A Working Man scores a surprise box office victory over Snow White as a weak March comes to a close

A Working Man. Image courtesy Amazon MGM Studios

A Working Man only sporadically works like a charm

Warfare. Image courtesy A24

Missed opportunities abound in the inert Warfare

Rachel Zegler as Snow White in DISNEY's live-action SNOW WHITE. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Heigh-ho, oh no, Snow White wastes Rachel Zegler's talents on a visually unpleasant misfire

Gal Gadot as Evil Queen in DISNEY's live-action SNOW WHITE. Photo courtesy of Disney. © 2024 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Snow White flops over another dismal March 2025 box office weekend

Bob Trevino Likes It. Courtesy Roadside Attractions

Flawed but often moving, Bob Trevino Likes It works best as an acting exercise

The Electric State. (L to R) Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown) and Keats (Chris Pratt) in The Electric State. Photo Credit: Paul Abell, ©2024 Netflix, Inc.

The Electric State doesn't have anything new to say about AI

Secret Mall Apartment. Image courtesy Wheelhouse Creative

Gloriously subversive art is hiding in plain sight in Secret Mall Apartment

"Holland" World Premiere - 2025 SXSW Conference And Festival

SXSW 2025 review: an excellent Nicole Kidman can’t save ‘Holland’

Ayo Edebiri in Opus

Ayo Edebiri can only do so much to save the off-key musician thriller Opus

"Novocaine" - Miami Tastemaker Screening

Novocaine leads one of the worst March box office weekends in decades

Black Bag. Image courtesy Focus Features

You don't need to be a master spy to uncover why Black Bag is a blast

The Parenting. Credit: New Line Cinema

The Parenting is a mixed bag of a getaway buoyed most of all by its cast

Shuffle. Image courtesy Avocado Pictures LLC/Submarine

Lisa Laman's SXSW 2025 reviews PART TWO: Witnessing, addiction, and trans comedy mayhem

On Becoming A Guinea Fowl | Official Trailer HD | A24

A24's On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a harrowing look at voiceless abuse survivors

Novacaine. Image courtesy Paramount Pictures

You've seen Novocaine so many times before that it hurts

Mickey 17. Courtesy Warner Bros.

Mickey 17's underwhelming bow meekly kicks off March 2025 at the box office

(L to r) ROBERT PATTINSON as Mickey 18 and ROBERT PATTINSON as Mickey 17 in “MICKEY 17,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Mickey 17 is weaker Bong Joon-ho cinema, but still packs a darkly comedic punch

THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, cr: Shudder

The Rule of Jenny Pen doesn't quite succeed as either trash or thoughtful tragedy

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James Bond (Daniel Craig) prepares to shoot in
NO TIME TO DIE,
an EON Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios film
Credit: Nicola Dove
© 2020 DANJAQ, LLC AND MGM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

10 James Bond-like movies to add to your watchlist

Captain America/Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) in Marvel Studios' CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2024 MARVEL.

2025 domestic box office hits distressing doldrums as Captain America: Brave New World rules again