The plot of “How to Make a Killing” has the makings of a vicious dark comedy. In its subtext is the stuff of tragic greed and desperation. What it poses is quite…
Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” sighs and gasps under the impression that you need to pump up the visual volume to make 19th century literature exciting. There is undeniably something quite direct, even…
The machines have taken over. Even before the rise of AI, we were already locked into our phones and other digital gadgets. Director Gore Verbinski tries to resist with “Good Luck, Have…
Handsome faces. Fast cars. Streets in a neon glow. “Crime 101” opens looking like a classic Los Angeles heist movie, with the camera floating over the city’s famous freeways while the hypnotic…
Two people are washed ashore on a deserted island after their plane crashes in “Send Help.” Yes, we have seen this plot many times before, but in the hands of Sam Raimi,…
There are no set rules for grieving. How we confront loss can lead us down unpredictable roads, as demonstrated eloquently in “H Is for Hawk.” This adaptation of Helen Macdonald’s memoir could…