Tag: Movie Reviews

The Netflix thriller Spiderhead doesn’t aspire to be an Oscar darling, but it is an entertaining psycho-drama with excellent performances from its cast.

A young writer tries to make it in the rough world of 19th century Paris in the superb French film Lost Illusions, one of 2022’s best movies.

Stop-motion and visual effects master Phil Tippett’s film Mad God is a project 30 years in the making, and the nightmare it delivers is worth the wait.

Adam Sandler has returned with Hustle, a winning new sports drama that’s a total crowd-pleaser. The film premieres June 8 on Netflix.

Scream queen Maika Monroe heads to Bucharest for the excellent Hitchcockian suspense thriller Watcher.

Season 3 of Amazon Studios’ The Boys drops the humor and ups the darkness and depravity, and makes the whole show less entertaining in the process.

The Fly and Videodrome director David Cronenberg returns to his body-horror wheelhouse with the shockingly funny Crimes of the Future.

Thanks to a blend of atmospheric sound design, picturesque art style, and charming characters, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is a rewarding coming-of-age story.

Benediction iBenediction is another meditative, visually stunning drama from director Terence Davies. The Jack Lowden and Peter Capaldi-led film hits theaters on June 3.

By taking big swings and blowing up past seasons’ formula, Stranger Things season 4 delivers a new chapter of the saga that’s worth the long wait.