Movies

Legend of Ochi. Courtesy of A24

The Legend of Ochi's visuals are fantastical, its script less so

Lisa Laman
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Sinners a winner, Sith slays, Accountant crunches numbers, Until Dawn snoozes at the box office

The Ballad of Wallis Island is a disjointed but frequently moving composition

Neighborhood Watch is a gripping and addictive film from start to finish

Pygmy Hippo Moo Deng Continues To Delight People

Lisa Laman's predictions for summer 2025's 10 biggest movies

Lisa Laman
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The Wedding Banquest. Courtesy of Bleecker Street

The Wedding Banquet's vibes and especially cast consistently charm

Lisa Laman
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2024 Toronto International Film Festival - "On Swift Horses" Premiere

On Swift Horses struggles rounding up compelling drama to pair with its talented cast

Lisa Laman
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Sinners. Courtesy of Warner Bros.

Sinners is a masterful earworm of a movie you won't soon forget

Lisa Laman
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Free Future 2024: Preventing Gender Violence Around the World

ALL ARTS' SOUL(SIGNS) creative team discuss deaf identity, music, and filmmaking

Tiara Starks
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Freaky Tales

Freaky Tales has imagination and fun to spare

Lisa Laman
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(L-R) Jack Black, Sebastian Eugene Hansen, Emma Myers,...

A Minecraft Movie blocks several new movies from the box office top spot

Lisa Laman
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2025 Sundance Film Festival - General Atmosphere

Slow-Burn 2025 Sundance Film Festival sales paint a glacial portrait of indie cinema’s future

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

Drop is adequate thriller entertainment filled with lackluster visuals

Lisa Laman
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The Amateur 20th Century Studios

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

Lisa Laman
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Los Angeles Special Screening Of "The Luckiest Man In America"

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

Lisa Laman
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2025 Sundance Film Festival - General Atmosphere

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

Veronica Elizabeth Bruno
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A Nice Indian Boy. Image Courtesy Blue Harbor Entertainment

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

Lisa Laman
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Eephus. Image courtesy Music Box Films

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

Lisa Laman
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A Minecraft Movie. Image Courtesy Warner Bros.

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

Lisa Laman
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"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

Lisa Laman
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A Working Man. Image courtesy Amazon MGM Studios

A Working Man only sporadically works like a charm

Lisa Laman
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Warfare. Image courtesy A24

Missed opportunities abound in the inert Warfare

Lisa Laman
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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

Lisa Laman
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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

Lisa Laman
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Bob Trevino Likes It. Courtesy Roadside Attractions

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

Lisa Laman
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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

Lindsay Press
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Secret Mall Apartment. Image courtesy Wheelhouse Creative

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

Lisa Laman
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"Holland" World Premiere - 2025 SXSW Conference And Festival

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

Veronica Elizabeth Bruno
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