“The Blind Side” played on sports fans’ penchant for too-tidy narratives, our columnist writes. A legal battle between the N.F.L. player and the family depicted in the film seeks to answer questions the dramatization looked past.
Category: Movies
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How the Drama of “The Blind Side” Helped Sports Fans Look Past Questions
“The Blind Side” played on sports fans’ penchant for too-tidy narratives, our columnist writes. A legal battle between the N.F.L. player and the family depicted in the film seeks to answer questions the dramatization looked past.
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‘Strays’ Review: A Raunchy Comedy Goes to the Dogs
Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx voice two canines on a quest for revenge in this crude live-action feature.
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‘Mutt’ Review: Surviving Reconciliation
A newly out transgender man meets with his estranged father, his ex-boyfriend and his sister for the first time since his transition in this drama.
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‘The Adults’ Review: Oh, Brother
Michael Cera’s latest misfit is a poker addict unable to communicate with his sisters in Dustin Guy Defa’s keen-eyed dramedy.
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‘Madeleine Collins’ Review: A Duplicitous Mother
This clever, but disappointingly tame psychodrama sees Virginie Efira as a professional translator secretly living with two families; one in Switzerland, the other in France.
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‘The Monkey King’ Review: Wrenching the Zen of the Gods
There’s enough gags in this animated fable from Anthony Stacchi that a dozen land.
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‘Back on the Strip’ Review: Just Some Mikes in Need of Magic
Wesley Snipes plays the leader of a has-been group of strippers vying for a second act in this ensemble comedy, which struggles to turn its gimmicky ideas into laughs.
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‘Landscape With Invisible Hand’ Review: Hit Subscribe, Alien Overlords
The latest film from Cory Finley follows two teens on an alien-controlled earth who stream their love life to an extraterrestrial audience.
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‘Birth/Rebirth’ Review: Staying (Not Quite) Alive
Two women nurture a reanimated child in this grisly gynecological horror movie.
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Yes, These Gays Are Trying to Murder You
Queer villains are all over our screens these days. What do they have to say?
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Can’t Hear the Dialogue in Your Streaming Show? You’re Not Alone.
Many of us stream shows and movies with the subtitles on all the time — and not because it’s cool.