“The Naked Gun” is the real deal when it bills itself as a comedy. This movie’s sole aim is to make you laugh all the way until the end and that’s a…
Real-life partners Dave Franco and Alison Brie star and serve as producers in “Together,” a horror thriller that, for their sakes, does not mirror reality. The pair play Tim and Millie, a…
Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” feels like a real comic book movie in the best sense. It is vintage pop art and heartfelt popcorn entertainment. For the studio that has been…
“Happy Gilmore 2” is made for a corner of Netflix reserved for members of a particular kind of cult following. With the freedom afforded by streaming, it feels designed solely for diehard…
In another era the films of James DeMonaco would play at B-movie theaters or be on drive-in double bills. They have a grindhouse energy rooted in the simple pleasures of scares and hidden…
A romantic weekend for two 30ish lovers takes a sharp left turn in Sophie Brooks’ dark comedy “Oh, Hi!!” Molly Gordon stars as Iris, a young woman who thinks she has finally…
In the early stages of Covid, America became so chaotic that it is not surprising Ari Aster feels an urge to somehow comment on it all. Aster’s “Eddington” can’t decide on what…
They should have just done an actual remake. “I Know What You Did Last Summer” plays the now common game of being a sequel and reboot at the same time. “Legacy sequels”…