'The Addams Family' Isn't Sufficiently Creepy, Kooky, Mysterious Or Spooky
The new animated iteration of Charles Addams' family of monstrous oddballs gets mired in the flatness of CGI.
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Boor Fest: All Politics Is Local, And Lowly, In Satire 'Mister America'
You don't have to be familiar with Tim Heidecker's character in his cult series On Cinema to enjoy the film — but it's filled with in-jokes that reward the hardcore fan.
Clone Gunman: Will Smith Vs. Will Smith In Sluggish, Sterile 'Gemini Man'
Ang Lee directs Smith (and a digitally de-aged Smith) in this "bland, sluggish and sentimental" thriller.
'Parasite' Hooks You With Its Emotional Power And Extraordinary Cunning
Bong Joon-ho's brilliant new movie is a darkly comic thriller about the intersection of two South Korean families: one very rich, the other very poor.
Movie Review: 'Pain And Glory'
The new movie Pain And Glory, about a film director whose career is in decline, was made by Pedro Almodovar, whose career definitely isn't.
Natalie Portman Is 'Lucy In The Sky,' With An Existential Crisis
The star of a new movie and director Noah Hawley say that their film — based on the life of astronaut Lisa Nowak — aims to keep a woman in psychological decline from becoming a punchline.
A Breezy Look At The Making Of A Blaxploitation Classic: 'Dolemite Is My Name'
In this 'buoyant but slight' Netflix film, Eddie Murphy plays comic Rudy Ray Moore, who found blaxploitation stardom in the persona of the swaggering Dolemite.
'Joker' Is Wild ... ly Dull
Todd Phillips' film features a bravura central performance and a style that, while dutifully imitative, engenders a claustrophobic sense of dread. But it's all in service of precisely nothing.
'Joker' Opens To Controversy Over Film's Depiction Of Violence
As Joker rolls into theaters, NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson about the film's controversial depiction of violence.
How Spanish Filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar Drew From His Own Life For 'Pain And Glory'
Pain and Glory is the latest from Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. It tells the story of an aging filmmaker unable to make films — to tell his stories — until the past nudges him forward.