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‘The Whisper Man’ Deserves this Review

September 4, 2026September 4, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Adam Scott, Alex North, book adaptation, child abduction, crime thriller, film review, James Ashcroft, Michael Keaton, Michelle Monaghan, movie review, mystery thriller, Netflix, Netflix movies, psychological thriller, Robert De Niro, Rory Kennedy, Serial Killer, streaming movies, The Silence of the Lambs, The Whisper Man, Thrillers, True Detective

Despite Michael Keaton, Robert de Niro and Michelle Monaghan, this film is already spoiled

Don’t Wait for ‘Busboys’

September 3, 2026August 30, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 2026 films, Bobby Lee, bro comedy, buddy comedy, Bus Boys, Charlotte McKinney, Chris Elliott, comedy films, Cowboy song, David Spade, film review, Hollywood comedies, Hulu, independent film, indie comedy, Jay Pharoah, Jonah Feingold, Kid Rock, movie review, offensive comedy, podcasts, Stand Up Comedy, Step Brothers, Superbad, Theo Von, Tim Dillon, Trevor Wallace

David Spade and Theo Von team up for a dumb buddy comedy

‘Chronovisor’ Presents an Intellectually Grounded Indiana Jones-Type Adventure

September 2, 2026September 2, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments academic research, Anne Laure Sellier, behavioral science, Chronovisor, Columbia University, Cosmic Salon, experimental film, Father François Brune, Film at Lincoln Center, film review, independent film, Jack Auen, Kevin Walker, Pellegrino Ernetti, Peter Krassa, Rotterdam Film Festival, science and religion, time travel, Vatican

Jack Auen and Kevin Walker’s debut feature fashions a mesmerizing conspiracy thriller from academic research

With ‘Coyote Vs. Acme,’ WB Drops the Anvil

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments animation, Bugs Bunny, Coyote Vs. Acme, Daffy Duck, Dave Green, Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, hybrid animation, Ian Frazier, James Gunn, Jeremy Slater, John Cena, Lana Condor, live action, Looney Tunes, movie review, Porky Pig, Road Runner, Samy Burch, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Movie, The New Yorker, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Animation, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Wile E. Coyote, Will Forte

A set of cartoon icons gets rescued from the locker

Featured Stories FILM

Ridley Scott Is Back, Flying By the Light of ‘The Dog Stars’

August 28, 2026August 31, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 20th Century Studios, Allison Janney, Benedict Wong, dystopian film, film review, Guy Pearce, Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Mark L. Smith, Peter Heller, post-apocalyptic, Ridley Scott, Sai Bennett, science fiction, survival thriller, The Dog Stars, virus pandemic

Prepper madness meets introspection as Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin chum up the post-apocalypse

CLASSICS Featured Stories FILM

Maybe You Can Go Home Again, Samba Traore

August 27, 2026August 30, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments 4K restoration, Abdoulaye Komboudri, African cinema, art house cinema, Bakary Sangaré, Berlin International Film Festival, Burkina Faso, Crime Drama, Film at Lincoln Center, film restoration, film review, foreign language film, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Irène Tassembedo, Mariam Kaba, Moumouni Campaoré, Samba Traore, Silver Bear, world cinema

Rerelease of Silver Bear winner is an optimistic blast from art house cinema past

DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM

40 Years On, UConn’s Geno Auriemma is Still Butting Heads… and Winning

August 26, 2026August 30, 2026 Jon Hart 0 Comments Apple TV, basketball, Dawn Staley, Diana Taurasi, documentary, Erica Sashin, Geno Auriemma, Matthew Hamachek, NCAA basketball, Paige Bueckers, Pat Summitt, Rebecca Lobo, Sarah Strong, sports documentary, Television Review, The Dynasty: UConn Huskies, UConn, UConn Huskies, women's basketball

In ‘Dynasty,’ Apple covers his remarkable, often tumultuous career

The Only Believable ‘Mutiny’ Will Be By Paying Audiences

August 22, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments action film, action review, Adrian Lester, Annabelle Wallis, bangkok, Die Hard, human trafficking, Jason Statham, Jason Statham movies, Jean-François Richet, Mutiny, Ramon Tikaram, revenge, Roland Møller, shipping, thriller

Jason Statham kicks some arse in this generic thriller

DOCUMENTARY FILM

Remember SNL’s Pat?

August 21, 2026August 22, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments androgyny, Christopher Walken, Comedy, Curb Your Enthusiasm, documentary, gender identity, It's Pat!, Julia Sweeney, Larry David, Matt Foley, nonbinary, Pat, Peacock, Rowan Haber, Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, sketch comedy, SNL, Toonces, transgender, We Are Pat

New documentary argues Julia Sweeney’s character was inspiring — and maybe bigoted

‘End of Oak Street’ Is a Stroll in Triassic Park

August 15, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 1980s, Aliens, Anne Hathaway, David Robert Mitchell, dinosaur movie, Ewan McGregor, horror, It Follows, Maisy Stella, Michigan, monster movie, Nashville, Poltergeist, Ray Harryhausen, Romancing the Stone, science fiction, Sigourney Weaver, The End of Oak Street, time travel

One amazing performance makes David Robert Mitchell’s 1980s B-movie worth watching

‘Tony’ Shows Us One Pivotal Summer in the Charismatic, Tragic Life of Anthony Bourdain

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 Laura Pruden 0 Comments A24, Anthony Bourdain, Antonio Banderas, biopic, chef, cinema, coming of age, cooking, Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, food, Kitchen Confidential, Leo Woodall, Matt Johnson, movie review, Provincetown, restaurants, Tony, Tony Bourdain

Chasing after a girl, a young man finds a mentor and a vocation

Featured Stories FILM SF

Smoking Hot Prudes Rock for ‘One Night Only’

August 9, 2026August 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Ben Marshall, Callum Turner, Comedy, dystopian fiction, Julia Fox, King Princess, LeVar Burton, Logan's Run, Maya Hawke, Molly Ringwald, Monica Barbaro, movie review, One Night Only, rom-com, romantic comedy, satire, science fiction, sex comedy, The Purge, Will Gluck

Authoritarian science fiction never looked so sexy

DOCUMENTARY FILM Streaming

How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Burned Down ‘The Welcome Table’

August 6, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments activism, climate change, climate crisis, climate migration, climate refugees, Copernicus, documentary, environment, Europe, France, Gasland, global warming, Greece, HBO, HBO Max, Indigenous communities, Josh Fox, Max, movie review, New Orleans, Nonfiction, Spain, sustainability, The Welcome Table, wildfires

Following climate refugees is one way of showing how climate change is having disastrous effects

Anime Featured Stories FILM

‘Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender’ Succeeds in Spite of Its Troubled Release

August 5, 2026August 12, 2026 J. Barnes 0 Comments Aang, animated film, animation, anime, Avatar Aang, Avatar Aang The Last Airbender, Avatar Seven Havens, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Cabbage Merchant, Chong, Fantasy, Flying Bark Productions, movie review, Paramount, Streaming, Studio Mir, Suki, Tagah, Taika Waititi, Team Avatar, Toph, Uncle Iroh, Zuko

After 20 years of animation, the franchise showcases its skills in a feature film

The Real Scandal Is the Whitewashing of ‘The Odyssey’

August 3, 2026 J. Barnes 0 Comments ancient Greece, Anne Hathaway, Ben-Hur, Brad Pitt, Brett Ratner, casting, Christopher Nolan, Elon Musk, Exodus Gods and Kings, film criticism, Greek history, Greek mythology, Hercules, Hollywood, Homer, Hugh Jackman, Jason and the Argonauts, Lupita Nyong’o, Matt Damon, Mel Gibson, movie review, Nicholas Galitzine, Renny Harlin, representation, Ridley Scott, The Legend of Hercules, The Odyssey, The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, Theo James, Tom Holland, Troy, whitewashing, Zendaya, Zoe Kazan

Where are the Greek actors for a Greek epic?

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