Moving Family Drama Finds Strength In Its Subtlety

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Moving Family Drama Finds Strength In Its Subtlety

Catalan filmmaker Carla Simón has quietly built a reputation for telling personal, authentic stories that resonate with audiences. Her new film, Romería, which is inspired by Simón’s own life experiences, is no different, going deep into universal themes of family,…

A Rudderless Climate Activism Doc That Fails Its Own Cause [Tribeca]

An excruciating journey of misplaced passion, unfocused energy, and wasted potential, “Just Look Up” strives to inspire hope for climate activism in the 21st century, yet somehow ends up accomplishing the opposite. Nauseating in its best moments and downright painful…

‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Grinds to a Halt After a Hat Trick of Stellar Episodes

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 4. House of the Dragon has been absolutely on fire with Season 3, and not just because it's dominating HBO Max's streaming charts. The Game…

‘Bosch’s Titus Welliver Is the Clear Standout of MGM+’s New Crime Drama ‘The Westies’

MGM+ is the latest streamer trying to carve out a space for itself in the hyper-competitive world of 2020s television. Its newest offering is the crime drama The Westies, co-created by modern master of the genre Chris Brancato — the…

In God’s Hands | Film Threat

Faith and undercover police work make an unlikely duo, but writer-director Ralph Cinque teams them up in In God’s Hands. A crime story where your badge and your heart are inseparable. Detective Tyrell Banks (Claude Xavier) is still picking up…

The Death of Robin Hood Review: Stripping the Legend Bare

There have been countless interpretations of Robin Hood across film and television, but The Death of Robin Hood takes an unexpectedly severe route. Rather than celebrate the mythology of the noble outlaw who steals from the rich and gives to…

Pressure Review | Flickreel

Anyone remotely familiar with World War II likely knows the outcome of D-Day. For those who aren’t, I’ll avoid any “spoilers” in this review. Whether or not you know what happened on D-Day, Pressure is a tense thriller without a…

Jack Dylan Grazer, Alexis Bledel & Bill Camp Serve Up A Baffling Buffet Of Nothing

Every once in a while—or, objectively, more often—a film comes along that seems to defy any logical explanation for its existence. It’s easy to strip a film down to its core, focusing on the elements that define basic filmmaking: the…

John Cena & Eric André’s Netflix Comedy Overstays Its Welcome

I really wanted to like Little Brother. The new Netflix comedy from director Matt Spicer takes John Cena and Eric André, two comedic performers I have appreciated on screen in the past, and unites them via an easy-to-sell premise: A…

‘Minions & Monsters’ Is the Slapstick Madness This Franchise Should’ve Been All Along

What if I told you there was a big Universal movie coming out in theaters this month, starring Oscar winners and all-time greats like Christoph Waltz and Jeff Bridges, telling a story about the fantastical history of Hollywood's golden age?…

Prime Video’s ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel ‘Elle’ Fails to Match the Original Movie’s Charm

25 years ago, the world was introduced to the sweetest, most wholesome sorority-girl-turned-Harvard-law-student in Legally Blonde. Iconically played by Reese Witherspoon, Elle Woods is virtually impossible not to like. She's exuberantly positive, kind-hearted, and can be doggedly determined if she…

Growing Up Without Leaving Play Behind

There is a certain risk that comes with making a fifth Toy Story film. Every entry since the original has carried the weight of feeling like a conclusion, only to find another meaningful place to go. After the bittersweet farewell…

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