Aladdin: When You Wish
What kinds of roles do actors of Middle Eastern descent play? Either they’re terrorists or they’re virtuous souls who suffer from terrorism, violence, prejudice,...
Summer Movie Guide
As far as movies are concerned, summer started last month with Avengers: Endgame, which is probably going to be the biggest box-office hit of...
John Wick: Last Man Standing
How many ways can you shoot a man in the face? John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum has the answer: Three, just like the...
Shadow: Under My Umbrella
Fifteen years ago, Zhang Yimou made a martial-arts epic called Hero, in which every fight scene seemed to be swathed in its own definitive...
Avengers: The End Is Here
And we’re back. We’ve been hanging off this particular cliff for the last calendar year, ever since Thanos (Josh Brolin) snapped his fingers in...
Teen Spirit: Music Elle
Why do movies hate the music industry? They love music, and they love musicians more or less, but to hear the likes of A...
Peterloo: Monday Bloody Monday
On the rare occasions that a Mike Leigh film arrives in our multiplexes, it’s worth taking notice of. His latest, Peterloo, plays at AMC...
Hell No
There’s great movies, good movies, and bad movies. Somewhere in been good and bad is junk food cinema, which you probably call a “guilty...
Public Access
In less than a month, I will have my Master’s in Library Science — a degree that will let me explore preservation as well...
Shazam!: Superbig
They finally got it. After years of tepid reviews from critics and grumbling from fans, the decision-makers at DC Comics and Warner Bros. finally...
