Gal Gadot and Chris Pine’s potent chemistry swoop in to save a film perilously close to being a hot mess. Continue reading ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Struggles to Solve its Steve Trevor Problem
The screen adaptation is almost too faithful to August Wilson’s play, but any tension melts away when a luminous Chadwick Boseman and fiery Viola Davis enter the frame. Continue reading Miraculous Performances and Writing Make ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Sing
Stunning but overstuffed, Fincher’s tribute to ‘Citizen Kane’ may require a study guide. Continue reading David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ Has a High Barrier to Entry
Director Darius Marder’s depiction of the Deaf community is nuanced, graceful, and dignified. Continue reading Riz Ahmed Anchors the Innovative, Astonishing ‘Sound of Metal’
Armie Hammer and Lily James fail to justify this remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic. Continue reading The New ‘Rebecca’ Makes You Yearn for the Old One
HBO’s supernatural series is an ambitious, audacious reclamation of Black genre fiction. Continue reading ‘Lovecraft Country’ Shatters Expectations to Excavate Generational Black Trauma
Aaron Sorkin’s retelling of the notorious Chicago Seven trial both succeeds and struggles because of its timeliness. Continue reading ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Uneasily Balances Levity and Gravity
The follow-up to ‘The Haunting of Hill House” packs a wallop; it’ll just take some time to get there. Continue reading ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Sits on Shaky but Emotional Ground
