Movie

  • Why Sean Connery Was the Best Bond

    by - Nov 19, 2020
    Even in a year when it seems like we’ve lost celebrities like never before, the passing of Sean Connery feels like a different matter altogether. He was one of those towering figures that felt indestructible, and...
  • Dull, Drab No Man’s Land Never Finds Its Purpose

    by - Nov 18, 2020
    “War sucks,” says one of the many white people prominently featured in “No Man’s Land.” One of his companions protests. He’s supposed to be an author, can’t he provide more insight than that? Our budding Hemingway’s...
  • Home Entertainment Guide: November 2020

    by - Nov 18, 2020
    10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Boyz N the Hood””Carol””A Clockwork Orange””Easy A””In a Valley of Violence””Knock Knock””Moneyball””Paranorman””Platoon””Unfriended” 13 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Bill & Ted Face the Music” It took forever but a new “Bill & Ted” movie...
  • ABC’s Big Sky is a Boring Disappointment

    by - Nov 17, 2020
    David E. Kelley is one of the hardest working men in television. Mere weeks after the premiere of his HBO mini-series “The Undoing” comes the premiere of his ABC series “Big Sky,” an adaptation of the...
  • 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez

    by - Nov 17, 2020
    Tekashi 6ix9ine has the words “six nine” tattooed over 200 times on his body, one of many ways the hardcore rapper has dedicated his entire being into a love-or-hate presence. And yet the Hulu documentary “69: The...
  • The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special Lacks the Spark of the Original

    by - Nov 16, 2020
    Watching “The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special” is like watching a puppet show organized by a major toy store chain (if such things still exist). The voice actors are enthusiastic, but don’t sound quite right—none of...
  • Ambition is the Antagonist: Sean Durkin on The Nest

    by - Nov 16, 2020
    Don’t let the wide, creepy shots fool you—in Sean Durkin’s “The Nest,” there aren’t any supernatural forces haunting the O’Hara family. Running out of money, or perhaps his excesses, Rory (Jude Law) decides it’s time to...
  • Recruit the Technological Revolution in Watch Dogs: Legion

    by - Nov 14, 2020
    The city of London becomes a tech playground for gamers to hack in Ubisoft’s “Watch Dogs: Legion,” a third game in this franchise about destroying Big Brother, and one of the launch games for the PS5....
  • The Mandalorian Chapter 11 Recap: There’s Only One Way

    by - Nov 14, 2020
    When people talk about filler episodes for “The Mandalorian,” they mean something like this week’s “Chapter 11: The Heiress.” The emotions are particularly hollow here and the action scenes are fairly rote, with both elements being overshadowed...
  • The Climb

    by - Nov 13, 2020
    One of the first great movies of 2020 (with a theatrical release planned for March) is Michael Angelo Covino’s “The Climb,” an American comedy that boasts inspired filmmaking, and a white guy bromance that feels fresh....