Capsule reviews for May 31
Domino Venerable filmmaker Brian DePalma tries to turn lemons into lemonade, as they say, but…
Booksmart
Like Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever), the protagonists in Olivia Wilde’s teen comedy…
Aladdin
Nobody told Disney you can’t put the genie back in the bottle, as Aladdin marks…
All Is True
Kenneth Branagh has played so many of Shakespeare’s protagonists, so it makes sense that All…
Capsule reviews for May 24
Brightburn Puberty can do all sorts of things to a child, especially when it’s a…
Avengers Endgame: Male Entitlement Undermines Steve Rogers’ Core Characterization and Story Arc
In my previous editorial, I explored transformative fandom’s movement to embrace Steve Rogers as not only a…
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
A knife fight in the first act so excessively violent it borders on parody…
The Sun Is Also a Star
Although it’s set in present-day New York, The Sun Is Also a Star has some…