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‘Superman’: James Gunn Updates the Man of Steel With a Touch of Irony and All-American Cheer
David Corenswet • Published on July 2025
Even when rebooting the most famous superhero of them all, James Gunn can’t help but leave his undeniable stamp. “Superman” is designed to be a true summer event. Several levels of anticipation…
‘The Sandman’ Returns for a Second Season of Hallucinatory Suspense Spanning Centuries
Features • Published on July 2025
Author Neil Gaiman may be cancelled but the Netflix adaptation of his most famous graphic novel work is not. Even as the material in season two of “The Sandman” sticks close to…
‘The Old Guard 2’ Reunites Charlize Theron’s Immortals for a Half-Baked Showdown With Uma Thurman
Charlize Theron • Published on July 2025
Much has changed since “The Old Guard” premiered in 2020 when we were all in lockdown and Netflix was still splurging on original films. It was one of the studio’s more engaging action…
‘40 Acres’: Danielle Deadwyler Leads a Family Through Postapocalyptic Times With Commanding Presence
40 Acres • Published on July 2025
With so many dystopian movies made over the past century, you would think there is little room left for another postapocalyptic parable. “40 Acres” proves the genre does indeed have more to…
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’: Gareth Edwards Brings Visual Scope to Otherwise Lazy Sequel
David Koepp • Published on July 2025
It has been 32 years since Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” conquered the world, but the franchise seems tired of its dinosaurs. “Jurassic World Rebirth” has all the signs of a movie assembled…
‘Sorry, Baby’: Eva Victor Masterfully Confronts the Toll of Trauma in Piercing Debut
Eva Victor • Published on June 2025
There are moments in life where we meet someone and notice particular features or behavior patterns that suggest something happened to them. We are all marked by painful moments in life’s journey, but…
‘Smoke’: Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett Bring Sparks to Moody Thriller
Apple TV Plus • Published on June 2025
No streamer beats Apple TV+ in mining for IP that provides the perfect base for another exploration of the darker side of the human condition. “Smoke” is the latest moody offering from…
‘F1: The Movie’: Brad Pitt Steers Gloriously Fun Racing Epic With Scruffy Charm
Brad Pitt • Published on June 2025
Brad Pitt is part of that small club we call the last of the true movie stars. They hail from a time when name alone could drive box office, in the days before…
‘The Bear’: Jeremy Allen White Drives Season 4 With Renewed Underdog Intensity
Features • Published on June 2025
The fourth season of “The Bear” opens with a stinging development that will ring sweet for critics. A scathing review becomes the true moment of crisis for the show’s hero. In a…
Dominique Thorne Is the Heroic and Melancholy Soul of Marvel’s ‘Ironheart’
Anthony Ramos • Published on June 2025
While Marvel tries to reorient itself, one of the trickier areas to find fresh material is in their television output. MCU TV series have become notorious for symbolizing the studio’s excessive cramming of…
‘The Gilded Age’ Stays Refined and Addictive in Expansive Third Season
Features • Published on June 2025
Shows like HBO’s “The Gilded Age” build a strong following not only because of their opulence, but because the characters become more meaningful than the plot. This ensemble set in the past,…
‘28 Years Later’: Danny Boyle Revives His Post-Apocalyptic World With Unchained Ferocity
28 Years Later • Published on June 2025
The world is going crazy. As liberties erode and missiles streak across skies, we don’t know who we can trust. The terrain is ripe for Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later,” a sequel…
‘Materialists’: Dakota Johnson Is Caught Between Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans in Celine Song’s Dreamily Honest Romance
Celine Song • Published on June 2025
Relationships have always been much more complicated than just attraction or personality. Looks and money can indeed count for more, a lot more, than personality. Celine Song’s “Materialists” uses the rules of…
‘I Don’t Understand You’ Uses Cultural Misunderstandings for Murderously Cheeky Laughs
Andrew Rannells • Published on June 2025
Americans tend to have a reputation for knowing little about the world beyond our borders. We love to travel to bucket list destinations, but how much about their cultures do we genuinely learn…
‘The Life of Chuck’: Mike Flanagan Adapts Stephen King’s Short Story Into a Wonderful Meditation on Life’s Chapters
Chiwetel Ejiofor • Published on June 2025
It must be quite something to near the end and look back. Does our brain truly turn our lives into a kind of montage that flashes by? In Mike Flanagan’s “The Life…
In ‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,’ Ana de Armas Dances Around With Plenty of Visually Wild Action but No Story
Anjelica Huston • Published on June 2025
Chad Stahelski’s “John Wick” franchise is one of the great modern action vehicles, defining aesthetic richness with the kind of craft that delivers the best of its genre. That puts quite a lot…
Owen Wilson Carries ‘Stick’ With Breezy Dad Humor
Apple TV Plus • Published on June 2025
Owen Wilson has always been such a welcoming presence onscreen that you can hardly ever imagine the guy having a dark side. One can almost feel the writers of Apple TV+’s “Stick”…
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Reunites Old Favorites With a New Fighter for a Kinetically Silly Time
Ben Wang • Published on May 2025
Jonathan Entwistle’s “Karate Kid: Legends” is a combination of two sides to the 41-year-old franchise. One half borrows from the usual plot beats of the 1984 original “The Karate Kid,” the other…
Guy Ritchie’s ‘Fountain of Youth’ Revives Old Treasure Hunter Tropes for Some Fleeting Entertainment
Domhnall Gleeson • Published on May 2025
Guy Ritchie sure isn’t taking any breaks. The English director has been constantly putting out new material nearly every year, from large thrillers to historical action adventures, and even a Netflix series. He…
‘Sirens’: Julianne Moore Leads a Cult of Wellness With Dark Charisma in a Getaway of Privileged Dysfunction
Features • Published on May 2025
Another week, another series about the rich bottled up with their own internal problems. Netflix’s “Sirens” is the latest variation of a repeat format in the world of television shows. Call it…