Scarlett and Black
When Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff died in Avengers: Endgame — uh, spoiler alert — I thought, “She can’t be dead, because there’s going to be...
Zola: Y’all Wanna Hear a Story
To prepare for watching Zola, I did something I’ve never done before: I read an entire Twitter thread. Was it ever worth it. In...
Everything’s F9
My problem with the Fast and the Furious series was always that the movies were never silly enough. If you’re going to become a...
Rita Moreno, Sparks: Behind the Music
This week, the main new things at the multiplex are two documentaries about two very different musical careers and the ups and downs they’ve...
In the Heights: Dream a Little Dream
Previously, we had a big, splashy musical film for Spanish speakers. It was called Coco, and it was good. However, that was set in...
Shiva Baby: Danielle in the Lion’s Den
Whenever you think that Jewish humor is tapped out, someone else comes along and hauls something new up out of the mine. Shiva Baby...
Spirit Untamed: Even Cowgirls Give the Blues
Back in 2002, I saw Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and then more-or-less instantly forgot everything about it except for Bryan Adams singing (which...
Cruella: Bossypants
I’ll admit I was skeptical when I heard Emma Stone was going to play Cruella de Vil for Disney. Surely she was too young...
Quiet Place II: Beyond the Sea
I learned some things while watching A Quiet Place Part II: The farm that the Abbott family lives on is in the Appalachian Ridge...
Dream: One Horse Town
First comes the documentary with a remarkable inspirational story, then comes the inferior fiction version of it headlined by A-list stars. James Marsh’s Oscar-winning...
