

Brandon Yu
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‘The Black Sea’ Review: Bulgarian Dreams
In this quietly sweet indie, a Black Brooklynite finds himself stranded in a Bulgarian seaside town, where he finds unlikely redemption

‘Red One’ Review: Santa’s Helpers Have Been Working Out
Starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, this Christmas offering has the courage to ask: What if the Santa Claus story was like a Marvel movie?

‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ Review: An a Cappella Affair to Remember
This Netflix Christmas rom-com inexplicably wants to remind viewers that the group Pentatonix still exists.

‘Brothers’ Review: Two-Bit Criminals
Moke (Josh Brolin) is a reformed thief who gets roped into one last job with his twin brother, Jady (Peter Dinklage).

‘Brothers’ Review: Two-Bit Criminals
Moke (Josh Brolin) is a reformed thief who gets roped into one last job with his twin brother, Jady (Peter Dinklage).

‘Bad Genius’ Review: Cheating the System
This remake of a hit Thai film about college admissions, starring Callina Liang, adds an element of racial politics to its heist story.

‘Killer Heat’ Review: Mediterranean Mischief
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a detective running from his past in a murder mystery that is mostly a stiff slog to get through.

‘Transformers One’ Review: Back to the Beginning
An animated prequel maps out a tidy mythology while indulging in the toy-smashing thrills of the ’80s cartoons.

‘Slingshot’ Review: Trapped in Space
The paranoia sets in all too quickly in this spare psychological thriller, starring Laurence Fishburne and Casey Affleck.

‘The Crow’ Review: Resurrected and It Feels So Bad
Hoping to skate by off moody vibes, this revamp of “The Crow” comic book series seems derived from a flattened, Hot Topic image of the...