This last installment feels tired, but Washington still brings the goods, i.e., the air of a local oddball who just happens to be incredible at murder. Photo: Stefano Montesi Robert McCall, the character played by Denzel Washington for three movies now, is a pathologically American action hero. He’s retired from his job for the DIA,… Continue reading ‘Equalizer 3’ Review: Denzel Brings Weird-Uncle Energy
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Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ Review: Elegant, Restless, Horrific
Michael Mann’s long-gestating movie is elegant and restless, with a sense throughout that something horrific is lurking around each corner. Photo: Lorenzo Sisti Michael Mann’s rip-roaring Ferrari begins in unlikely silence. Early one morning, Enzo Ferrari (Adam Driver) wakes up in bed next to his mistress, Lina Lardi (Shailene Woodley), and quietly checks the time.… Continue reading Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’ Review: Elegant, Restless, Horrific
Pablo Larraín’s ‘El Conde’ Review: The Blood Is Everywhere
A dark, caped figure glides through the night skies above Santiago, Chile — a symbol of eternal portent hovering over the modern city. It slips into office buildings, factories, hospitals, and apartments, and brutally feeds on the lonely inhabitants within. This villain, however, is not a fictional one. He is General Augusto Pinochet, the brutal,… Continue reading Pablo Larraín’s ‘El Conde’ Review: The Blood Is Everywhere
‘The Flash’ in a Pan: A DCEU Movie Review
The latest DC movie is the cinematic equivalent of a snake eating its own tail. This isn’t a film so much as brand management in flailing motion. Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Picture This review was originally published in June. We are recirculating it now timed to The Flash’s streaming debut on HBO Max. The… Continue reading ‘The Flash’ in a Pan: A DCEU Movie Review
‘Sundial’ Review: Noname Shakes the Table
Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella Noname occupies a rare space in modern hip-hop, a rapper with a fandom that consistently holds them to the fire about how effectively their political ideals are expressed and acted on in an industry packed with guys who couldn’t lose the adulation of their loyal constituents if they tried. The… Continue reading ‘Sundial’ Review: Noname Shakes the Table
Movie Review: Last Voyage of the Demeter
Thick atmosphere and a gleeful mean streak make up for a premise with a foregone conclusion in The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Photo: Universal Pictures /Courtesy Everett Collection/©Universal/Courtesy Everett Col A movie like The Last Voyage of the Demeter must drive some members of the spoiler police nuts. It’s based, as an opening credit… Continue reading Movie Review: Last Voyage of the Demeter
‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’ Review: Make It Make Sense
Uma Thurman’s accent. Truvada product placement. The tonal equivalent of a Disney Channel original gay porn. Make it all make sense. Photo: Amazon Studios/Jonathan Prime/Prime Video Rachel Handler: Jackson, hello. I’m sorry that it has come to this, both of us in a Google doc typing on a beautiful summer day. But it’s time to… Continue reading ‘Red, White, & Royal Blue’ Review: Make It Make Sense
Theater Review: ‘The Shark Is Broken’
You should probably come into The Shark Is Broken knowing your lore. The play is set during the infamously troubled production of Jaws, the 1975 Steven Spielberg shark film that helped birth the modern blockbuster but seemed potentially dead in the water as it was being made. As you’ll at least infer from the title,… Continue reading Theater Review: ‘The Shark Is Broken’
Supreme Court Pauses Opioid Settlement With Sacklers Pending Review
The Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to consider the government’s challenge of a bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, putting on pause a deal that would have shielded members of the wealthy Sackler family from civil opioid lawsuits in exchange for payments of up to $6 billion to thousands of plaintiffs. In doing so, the court… Continue reading Supreme Court Pauses Opioid Settlement With Sacklers Pending Review
‘TMNT: Mutant Mayhem’ Review: A Marvel of Animation
Photo: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures./B)2023 Paramount Pictures.TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is a trademark of Viacom International Inc. Leonardo (the leader), Donatello (the tech wiz), Raphael (the brawn), and Michelangelo (party dude) have been played by guys in foam latex costumes designed by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. They’re been CGI creations with the smooth, plastic look… Continue reading ‘TMNT: Mutant Mayhem’ Review: A Marvel of Animation