The film, now streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus, was adapted from a debunked memoir, but it does reveal how food brands want to be seen.
Category: Movies
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‘Blue Jean’ Review: No Privacy in the Girls’ Locker Room
School bullying rattles the life of a closeted lesbian teacher in this accomplished period drama.
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‘Scarlet’ Review: A Father and Daughter Endure
In a new film from the director of “Martin Eden,” pastoral interludes of domestic life in the wake of World War I alternate with views of the world beyond.
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‘Persian Lessons’ Review: An Improbable Holocaust Drama
A Jewish Frenchman posing as a Persian eludes death by teaching a fictional form of the Persian language to a Nazi commandant in this improbable Holocaust drama.
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‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ Review: Death Transforms Her
A teenage girl handles her grief in an enterprising way in this horror film from Bomani J. Story.
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‘A Woman Escapes’ Review: Screen Sharing
In this moody epistolary film, a woman in Paris works through a close friend’s death with the help of video correspondences.
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Review: Here Come the Grease Monkeys
Things start out fun with this prequel, but frantic plot mechanics might steer your interest into a ditch.
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‘Brooklyn 45’ Review: A Little Something to Lift Their Spirits
A group of World War II veterans unwisely perform a séance in this ambitious yet airless supernatural thriller.
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‘Aloners’ Review: Plugged In but Shut Off
The director Hong Sung-eun’s debut feature is a quietly tragic tale of alienation and the ennui of modern life.
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‘Flamin’ Hot’ Review: Neon Dust, Hollywood Corn
The actor Eva Longoria’s feature directing debut is a fictionalized account of the birth of a spicy, profitable snack.
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How ‘The Blackening’ Turns Horror Film Stereotypes Upside Down
This comedy turns horror film stereotypes upside down. A look behind the scenes.