The Conjuring: Last Rites Review

Category: Reviews

The Conjuring: Last Rites Review

The Conjuring: Last Rites marks the ninth film in a cinematic universe that’s been ongoing for about twelve years now. As the title suggests, paranormal investigators Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) return for one last job.…

Amanda Seyfried Is Sensational In This Socially Charged Religious Drama

The Testament of Ann Lee comes from the team behind last year’s Best Picture-nominated The Brutalist, with a screenplay co-written by Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet, so it’s no surprise that it's a visual and thematic delight. Using gorgeously tactile…

Review: Highest 2 Lowest – Spike and Denzel Deliver

Review: Highest 2 Lowest Denzel and Spike Bring the Heat in a Morally Messy New York Thriller Spike Lee and Denzel Washington reunite like Voltron for Highest 2 Lowest, a sleek and heavy moral thriller dripping in soul, rhythm, and…

Netflix’s ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’ Replacement Has More Love Triangles, Less Closure

The final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty has taken the world by storm, sitting comfortably at number one on Prime Video’s streaming charts every week and populating social media with endless memes about peaches and cacao. If you’re…

Splatter-Gore Horror Is Back & Better Than Ever In This Wholesome Franchise Reboot [Review]

A blood-soaked love letter addressed not just to a genre, but to the craft of filmmaking as a whole, “The Toxic Avenger” is more sentimental than one might expect from a movie with roughly a dozen appendage losses. And while…

Stellar Characters & Drama Are Undermined By Mean-Spirited Comedy

The beginning of Loathe Thy Neighbor offers a simple premise. Down-on-his-luck freelance product reviewer Will Larkfield (Brennan Clost) is picking up the pieces after his father's traumatic death, leaving him the inheritor of a rural farm. While struggling to keep…

Belly and Jeremiah’s Wedding Has Taken a Turn for the Worst, Grab the Popcorn

The entire third and final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty has been building up to Belly (Lola Tung) and Jeremiah's (Gavin Casalegno) wedding, and now that it's here, I couldn't be happier – not for the actual wedding…

Taylor Kitsch’s Spy Thriller Prequel Series Kicks off With a Literal Bang

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Episodes 1-3. Three years after audiences were wowed by The Terminal List, Prime Video is returning to the universe created by Navy SEAL-turned-author Jack Carr. If you've…

Nobody 2 Review: A Road-Trip of Mayhem

Timo Tjahjanto’s Nobody 2 takes the high-octane formula of the first film and trades the dark, urban revenge tone for a rowdy, sun-soaked road action comedy. With Bob Odenkirk back as Hutch Mansell, the former “Nobody” trying to juggle his…

I Could Watch Olivia Colman & Benedict Cumberbatch’s Comedic Chemistry All Day In This Twisted Divorce Story

It's been pretty touch-and-go for the past few years, but it really feels like the classic studio comedy is making a comeback. One of Them Days was one of the first hits of the year, and this month alone has…

Paolo Sorrentino Ponders The Presidential Pardon In Stylish Drama [Venice]

The literal translation of Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia” for English-speaking audiences is “Grace.” But that intangible term also carries another meaning, and it’s this more concrete iteration of the word that preoccupies the protagonist much more in the film. Toni…

The Stakes Have Never Been Higher for the Task Force Ahead of a Gripping Finale

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Countdown Episode 12. After a pretty major time jump, Countdown hit the gas and sped right into a brand-new threat as Mark Meachum (Jensen Ackles), Amber Oliveras (Jessica Camacho), and the rest…

Prev 1 … 19 20 21 22 23 … 696 Next