Latest Movie Reviews
‘Nonnas’ Review: Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon and Lorraine Bracco Bring the Right Seasoning to Netflix’s Comfort-Food Comedy
Brenda Vaccaro, Talia Shire and Linda Cardellini also star in the story of an unusual New York restaurant, directed by Stephen Chbosky and inspired by a real eatery on Staten Island.
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‘Summer of 69’ Review: Chloe Fineman Plays a Sexual Mentor in a Teen Comedy That’s More Sweet Than Spicy
In Jillian Bell's feature directorial debut, the 'SNL' star plays a stripper tasked with helping a high schooler get laid.
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‘Fight or Flight’ Review: Josh Hartnett Continues Recent Winning Streak in Enjoyably Trashy Action Flick
A government agent finds himself battling dozens of hired killers while looking for a cyber-terrorist on a packed airplane in James Madigan's directorial debut.
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‘Rust’ Review: Alec Baldwin Leads a Competent but Uninspired Western Haunted by Death and Scandal
More than four years after a fatal on-set shooting, Joel Souza's feature about a misanthropic fugitive on the run with his grandson lands in theaters and on VOD.
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‘Henry Johnson’ Review: Shia LaBeouf and Evan Jonigkeit Are Riveting in David Mamet’s Dark Study of Puppet Masters and Pawns
Chris Bauer and Dominic Hoffman also star in the writer-director’s lean screen adaptation of his four-character 2023 play.
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‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan Lead a Gratifyingly Fresh and Soulful Marvel Adventure
Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Lewis Pullman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus also star in Jake Schreier’s account of dysfunctional outsiders teaming up to tap into their heroic potential.
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‘Salvable’ Review: Toby Kebbell and Shia LaBeouf in a Boxing Drama That Transcends Its Familiarity
Co-directors Bjorn Franklin and Johnny Marchetta paint a gritty portrait of an aging professional fighter struggling to pick up the pieces of his broken life in Wales.
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Critic’s Notebook: In Praise of Frederick Wiseman, America’s Greatest Living Filmmaker
As career-spanning retrospectives in three major cities come to a close, a THR critic reflects on the 95-year-old documentarian's lasting importance and timelier-than-ever body of work.
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‘Havoc’ Review: Tom Hardy Dials the Ultra-Violence and the Body Count Way Up in Netflix’s High-Octane Action Thriller
Jessie Mei Li, Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker also star in Gareth Evans’ neo-noir about a compromised detective caught between Triad killers and crooked fellow cops.
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‘Kesari Chapter 2: The Untold Story of Jallianwala Bagh’ Review: Blunt-Edged Drama About an Indian Tragedy Occasionally Hits the Mark
Akshay Kumar stars as renowned lawyer and statesman C. Sankaran Nair in a film about the court case that followed the 1919 massacre, from first-time director Karan Singh Tyagi.
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‘Until Dawn’ Review: Ella Rubin and Odessa A’zion in a Confused Video Game-Inspired Horror Flick
Five friends find themselves stuck in a time-loop nightmare in this offering based on the PlayStation game and penned by Blair Butler and Gary Dauberman.
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‘Sneaks’ Review: Anthony Mackie, Chloe Bailey and Martin Lawrence in an Animated Comedy That Takes the High Out of Hi-Tops
Rob Edwards and Christopher Jenkins' film about a pair of coveted sneakers that get separated squanders a starry voice cast that also includes Swae Lee, Macy Gray and Laurence Fishburne.
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‘The Encampments’ Review: A Gripping Doc Goes Inside Gaza Protests at Columbia University
Kei Pritsker and Michael T. Workman's film, executive produced by Macklemore, chronicles the divestment movement that swept college campuses last spring.
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‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’ Review: ‘My Octopus Teacher’ Director Delivers Another Heart-Tugging Study of Man and Nature
Pippa Ehrlich’s Netflix doc traces a volunteer conservationist’s experience with the rehabilitation of a traumatized pangolin pup rescued from illegal traffickers in South Africa.
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‘Sinners’ Review: Michael B. Jordan Doubles the Magnetism in Ryan Coogler’s Audacious Journey Into a Community’s Violated Soul
Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku and Miles Caton also star in this genre-bending brew of vampire horror, Southern Gothic, folklore and blues-soaked spirituality.
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‘G20’ Review: Viola Davis Does Her Swaggering Part as a President Under Duress in Silly but Serviceable Prime Video Popcorn Thriller
The Oscar-winning actress joins Anthony Anderson, Ramón Rodríguez, Douglas Hodge, Marsai Martin and Antony Starr in Patricia Riggen's action film.
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