No one milks the franchise machine quite like Disney with their endless sequels and prequels. “Mufasa: The Lion King” is, as the title announces, a prequel to “The Lion King.” Not the…
You might walk into “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” expecting the usual gags and laughs from the last two movies based on the famous Sega game. Instead, this is a slightly darker, existential…
In the style of some grand American novel, Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” paints a sweeping portrait that attempts to encompass a whole panorama about this country through one life. Ambition, classism, capitalism,…
In October 1975, at the height of his stardom, the one and only Elton John performed two sold-out shows at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, the first concerts held there since the Beatles…
Some art forms and genres are made for each other. “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim” is a stirring, gloriously entertaining new take on J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy…
Nations can have so many skeletons in the closet of history that only art can illuminate their bones. “Nickel Boys” could have easily sensationalized its material, which looks into the harsh, racist…
The greatest among us can sometimes be complete enigmas. We would like to know what makes them tick. There may be clues along the way, but it can remain as mysterious as the…
Australian director Justin Kurzel’s “The Order” is a throwback to unsung classic federal police procedurals of the 1980s, including underlying social messaging, and emotionally fractured law enforcement personnel. Jude Law plays Terry…