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This review was originally published on October 25, 1996 If anybody ever wrote a Field Guide to Alcoholics, with descriptions of their appearance, sexual behavior and habitats, there would be a full-color portrait on the cover of Tommy,...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This is the kind of film black filmmakers are rarely able to get made these days, offering roles for actors who remind us here of their gifts.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This review was originally published on June 19, 2001. Sean Penn‘s “The Pledge” begins as a police story and spirals down into madness. It provides Jack Nicholson with one of his best roles in recent years, as a retired...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This review was originally published on June 16, 1995. “Smoke” is a beguiling film about words, secrets and tobacco. It takes place among lonely men and a few women who build a little world in the middle of a big city, a...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This review was originally published on August 29, 1997. “Gamera: Guardian of the Universe” is precisely the kind of movie that I enjoy, despite all rational reasoning. How, you may ask, can I possibly prefer this Japanese...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This review was originally published on October 16, 1987. This movie is awake. I have seen so many films that were sleepwalking through the debris of old plots and second-hand ideas that it was a constant pleasure to watch “House...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This review was originally published on June 23, 2005. Miranda July‘s “Me and You and Everyone We Know” is a film that with quiet confidence creates a fragile magic. It’s a comedy about falling in love when, for...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This review was originally published on June 6, 2008. Jeff Nichols‘ “Shotgun Stories” is shaped and told like a revenge tragedy, but it offers an unexpected choice: The hero of the film does not believe the future is...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This review was originally published on January 7, 2000. “Magnolia” is operatic in its ambition, a great, joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence, with ragged emotions, crimes and punishments, deathbed scenes, romantic...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Reviews
This review was originally published on March 14, 1997. “Love Jones” is a love story set in the world of Chicago’s middle-class black artists and professionals–which is to say, it shows a world more unfamiliar to...Friday, April 4, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
A MINECRAFT MOVIE is a live action fantasy adventure based on the bestselling video game of all time, MINECRAFT.Friday, April 4, 2025 from Movie Reviews
Based on the best-selling game, A Minecraft Movie stars Jack Black and Jason Momoa in a goofy and sprawling adventure full of blocky animals and magical macguffins. Directed by Jared Hess ( Nacho Libre , Napoleon Dynamite ), the film...Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
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In Netflix's movie THE LIFE LIST, Alex is given a set of tasks by her recently deceased mother—complete a list of accomplishmentsThursday, April 3, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
Episode 108 of Prime Video's series HOUSE OF DAVID offers a strong ending to the first season. As David enters the battlegroundsThursday, April 3, 2025 from Movie Reviews
Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in the first attempt to adapt the blockbuster video game for the big screen. And Pedro Pascal returns in a real-life inspired Bay Area anthology with a lot going on.Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
HOUSE OF DAVID: Episode 107 on Prime Video tells the story of David's rise from shepherd to king as he prepares for his legendary battleTuesday, April 1, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
The first three episodes of Season Four of COCOMELON LANE, streaming on Netflix, focus on JJ, a preschool-aged boy, and his friendsMonday, March 31, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
HOUSE OF DAVID: Episode 105: “The Wolf and the Lion” continues with the journey of King David in his youth as the anointed King of Israel.Monday, March 31, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
There’s an old adage that says don’t bring your work home with you. However, in the new spy thriller BLACK BAG, Cate BlanchettMonday, March 31, 2025 from Movie Reviews
An affable lottery winner decides to bring his favorite singer to a remote island off the coast of Wales for a private concert. Turns out, he's invited the singer's ex-bandmate/ex-girlfriend, too.Saturday, March 29, 2025 from Movie Reviews
In 2010, a wealthy man announced that he'd hidden a box of gold and jewels somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The Netflix docuseries Gold & Greed chronicles the ill-fated search for Fenn's Treasure.Friday, March 28, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
THE CHOSEN: LAST SUPPER – PART ONE is a theatrical presentation of the first two episodes of THE CHOSEN: Season Five.Friday, March 28, 2025 from Movie Reviews
Misericordia is one of the most surprising films our critic's seen this year. It focuses on a man who returns to his small village for a funeral — only to become enmeshed in countless entanglements.Friday, March 28, 2025 from Movie Reviews
In Death of a Unicorn , Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega star as dad and daughter facing off against some angry-as-hell horned beasts. Like so many creature features, it poses a direct question amid all the chaos and carnage: Who's the real...Thursday, March 27, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
A WORKING MAN is a thriller set in Chicago about a retired, widowed British commando who worked with American commandos and goes...Thursday, March 27, 2025 from Movie Reviews
A roadkill unicorn, a family of greedy pharmaceutical moguls, and an innocent teenager are the main ingredients in A24's new grisly horror comedy Death of a Unicorn.Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
In PLANKTON: THE MOVIE, SpongeBob and his longtime enemy, Plankton, team up to save the world from Plankton’s robot wife, Karen, when she...Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
AUDREY’S CHILDREN tells the incredible true story of Dr. Audrey Evans, a pediatric oncologist who worked tirelessly to revolutionize...Friday, March 21, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
ADOLESCENCE is a British murder mystery mini-series streaming on Netflix. After getting accused of murdering his classmate...Friday, March 21, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
The third season of Prime Video's JUST ADD MAGIC sees Kelly, Darbie, and Hannah dealing with the fallout from the previous season's events...Friday, March 21, 2025 from Movie Reviews
Robert De Niro plays rival mob bosses in a new biographical crime drama. But while it's fun to watch De Niro argue with himself, The Alto Knights ultimately feels dubious and derivative.Friday, March 21, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
COUNTY RESCUE is an original medical drama series on Great American Family. In Episodes Three and Four of Season Two, Dani Miller works...Friday, March 21, 2025 from Movie Reviews
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was Disney's first fully animated feature film back in 1937. Now, it's getting a hi-tech "reimagining" complete with new songs, seven CGI-rendered dwarfs, and live-action leads. Rachel Zegler stars as Snow...Thursday, March 20, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
Season 3 of HOT WHEELS: LET'S RACE, streaming on Netflix, follows the Hot Wheels team as they work together, compete in races...Thursday, March 20, 2025 from Movie Reviews
An embattled Disney princess, a steroid-addled bodybuilder and a trapped carjacker are all at cineplexes this weekend.Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
SNOW WHITE, Disney’s live action remake of its 1937 animated classic, SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, changes the beginning,Wednesday, March 19, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE is a children’s series about a young teenage girl named Gabby who loves cats. Each episode, she receives a delivery...Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
It’s a sad fact that nearly everyone has heard horror stories about the sad state of living in a rest home. However, the new horror...Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from Movieguide | The Family Guide to Movie Reviews » Reviews
DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN is a 2025 crime drama superhero series on Disney+. After his best friend's assassination, Matt Murdoch...Sunday, July 15, 2018 from Movie Reviews
Tilman Singer's retro-styled debut 'Luz' offers a strange take on spiritual possession. read moreSunday, July 15, 2018 from Movie Reviews
The makers of 'Turbo Kid' return with 'Summer of '84,' a darker '80s-themed teen adventure. read moreSaturday, July 14, 2018 from Movie Reviews
Mick Garris' 'Nightmare Cinema' enlists Joe Dante and others for a feature take on his old 'Masters of Horror' format. read moreFriday, July 13, 2018 from Movie Reviews
Director Roman Bondarchuk's surreal black comedy 'Volcano' takes place in the visually striking borderlands of southern Ukraine. read moreFriday, July 13, 2018 from Movie Reviews
Keanu Reeves and Ana Ularu star as ill-fated lovers in Matthew Ross’ fatalistic Russia-set thriller 'Siberia.' read moreFriday, July 13, 2018 from Movie Reviews
Five young filmmakers tackle the fallout of nuclear power, the abuse of migrant labor and the suffering of the rural poor in the pormanteau 'Ten Years Taiwan.' read moreThursday, July 12, 2018 from Movie Reviews
Tom Cruise reunites with director Christopher McQuarrie for 'Mission: Impossible — Fallout,' the sixth spectacularly action-packed entry in the series. read moreThursday, July 12, 2018 from Movie Reviews
Jim Gaffigan's latest performance film, 'Noble Ape,' directed by wife Jeannie, focuses on medical scares and a historically tough gig. read moreWednesday, July 11, 2018 from Movie Reviews
Jake Meginsky's 'Milford Graves: Full Mantis' marinates in the philosophies of the free-jazz percussionist. read moreWednesday, July 11, 2018 from Movie Reviews
A larger-than-life Barcelona gypsy struggles to make his mother’s musical dream come true in 'Petitet,' a documentary by Carles Bosch. read more