How Yellowjackets counts on its talented cast to (mostly) avoid double troublesChristina Ricci and Melanie Lynskey, in particular, guide Showtime's hit through some daunting territoryByJesse HassengerPublishedJanuary 16, 2022
Peacemaker’s John Cena makes some familiar moves in his journey from wrestling to actingBefore Cena made the trek from ring icon to Hollywood hero, the likes of Dwayne Johnson and Dave Bautista followed…ByJesse HassengerPublishedJanuary 13, 2022
Vanessa Kirby loses herself on the streets of New York in the dreamy Italian StudiesWriter-director Adam Leon adds a bittersweet, unmoored quality to his signature NYC walk-and-talkByJesse HassengerPublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Hotel Transylvania loses Adam Sandler, but retains its animated energy in TransformaniaThe fourth and final movie in the series enlivens a worn-out story with delightful animationByJesse HassengerPublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Scream, Morbius, and some kid-friendly monsters kick 2022 off on a spooky noteSequels to Hotel Transylvania and Ice Age are some of the bigger releases in a very quiet JanuaryByA.A. Dowd and Jesse HassengerPublishedDecember 27, 2021
A Coen brother goes solo, with help from Denzel and Shakespeare, in a striking MacbethJoel Coen’s take on the Scottish Play may not be definitive, but it’s one of the best-looking movies of the yearByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 22, 2021
The best films of 2021: The ballotsHere's how 10 critics voted in our annual poll on the year in moviesByA.A. Dowd, Caroline Siede, Katie Rife, Noel Murray, Carlos Aguilar, Charles Bramesco, Mike D'Angelo, Jesse Hassenger, Leila Latif, and Vikram MurthiPublishedDecember 21, 2021
The best films of 2021West Side Story, The Green Knight, and Licorice Pizza are among our favorite movies of the yearByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Mike D'Angelo, Jesse Hassenger, Noel Murray, Leila Latif, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Caroline Siede, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 21, 2021
Ben Affleck is the only thing remotely intoxicating about George Clooney’s The Tender BarThis memoir adaptation is almost pointless enough to induce nostalgia for Clooney’s more self-important awards baitByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 15, 2021
Peacock’s MacGruber revival is the wrong kind of overkillThis new limited series is classic MacGruber: It stretches a 100-minute job to over three hoursByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 15, 2021
The best movie scenes of 2021Some of the year's best movie moments came from No Time To Die, Shang-Chi, and Licorice PizzaByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Noel Murray, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Jesse Hassenger, Mike D'Angelo, Caroline Siede, Leila Latif, Lawrence Garcia, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 15, 2021
For a movie that turns giant monsters into pro wrestlers, Rumble isn’t much funGiant monsters. A wresting picture. What did they need, a road map?ByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 13, 2021
One of the overlooked gems of the year was a lean, nasty thriller starring Megan FoxFox does strong work in the little-seen Till Death, now on NetflixByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 13, 2021
Is Hook Steven Spielberg’s worst movie, or just his most excessive?The notorious Spielberg boondoggle is celebrating 30 years of vexing adults and delighting kidsByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 11, 2021
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence cope with disaster in the despairing satire Don’t Look UpAdam McKay makes an angry, star-studded, uncertain return to broad comedyByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 7, 2021
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem can’t act around the Sorkinisms of Being The RicardosFinally, I Love Lucy gets the Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip treatment!ByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 7, 2021
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid moves over to Disney+ for a brief, cheap-looking animated rebootAs far as hour-long Disney animated movies go, this one is no DumboByJesse HassengerPublishedDecember 3, 2021
The best movies of 2001Where do Memento, Lord Of The Rings, and Mulholland Drive fall on our retrospective countdown?ByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Jesse Hassenger, Craig D. Lindsey, Leila Latif, Noel Murray, Mike D'Angelo, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Roxana Hadadi, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 2, 2021
Close out the year in movies with Spider-Man, The Matrix, and a slew of Oscar hopefulsPlus: West Side Story, The King’s Man, Nightmare Alley, and more in our December movie previewByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, William Hughes, and Jesse HassengerPublishedNovember 23, 2021
Will Smith knows best as the father of Venus and Serena in King RichardIt's more interesting than the average sports biopic, but still plays perilously close to hagiographyByJesse HassengerPublishedNovember 16, 2021