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Amy Nicholson
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Fast, clever and satisfying, ‘Fuze’ is a throwback thriller with a ticking time bomb
Scottish director David Mackenzie ("Hell or High Water," "Relay") specializes in tough, tight genre films and his latest — a bomb plot plus a heist…
Dancing around controversy, the empathetic ‘Michael’ bows out before getting dark
Jaafar Jackson, nephew of the biopic's subject, makes an uncanny King of Pop, but the movie about his rise, directed by Antoine Fuqua, leaves a…
Ian McKellen is at his gasbag best in the art-world dramedy ‘The Christophers’
Swiftly directed by Steven Soderbergh, the chamber comedy creates a fascinating partnership of opposites played by Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen.
‘Faces of Death’ is a gory, clever satire for horror audiences who’ve seen everything
The original was a trashy videocassette phenomenon, but director Daniel Goldhaber and screenwriter Isa Mazzei have hatched a remake for a new era of viral…
Imagination beats budget in ‘The Blue Trail,’ a scrappy sci-fi dystopia about an elder on the run
A stubborn grandmother flees a fascist retirement camp in Gabriel Mascaro's stunner, a master class in making inspired high-concept science fiction on the cheap.
You may now shame the bride in ‘The Drama,’ a cooly unromantic thought experiment
Working with stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, director Kristoffer Borgli is less interested in matters of compatibility than the fickle calculus of cancellation.
The gore is great in ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ but this sequel is slow to seek new ideas
Samara Weaving returns for more vicious game-playing in a horror-comedy that combines class warfare with satanism, greed and killer goth couture.
The gore is great in ‘Ready or Not 2: Here I Come’ but this sequel is slow to seek new ideas
Samara Weaving returns for more vicious game-playing in a horror-comedy that combines class warfare with satanism, greed and killer goth couture.
In ‘Project Hail Mary,’ saving the galaxy requires a hopeful, nerdy Ryan Gosling
After going "Across the Spider-Verse," the filmmaking team Lord and Miller blasts Ryan Gosling off on a funny, inspiring space adventure about the best of…
‘Sinners’ and Ryan Coogler won something deeper
In a ceremony swirling with politics and the specter of Warner Bros.' uncertain future, Ryan Coogler and his collaborators lifted each other up.