More from David Rooney
‘Gladiator II’ Review: Paul Mescal and a Scene-Stealing Denzel Washington in Ridley Scott’s Entertaining but Imitative Sequel
Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn and Connie Nielsen also star in the bruising sword-and-sandal epic, set 15 years after the events of the original Oscar-winning drama.
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‘Red One’ Review: Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans Save Christmas but Don’t Spare the Audience
Lucy Liu and J.K. Simmons also star in Jake Kasdan's action fantasy about an elaborate plot to kidnap Santa Claus and hijack his reindeer for nefarious purposes.
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‘Absolution’ Review: Liam Neeson Brings Soulful Regret to the Usual Take-No-Prisoners Dad Action
Hans Petter Moland directs the contemplative thriller about a Boston underworld enforcer seeking to atone for his failings as a parent, also featuring Yolonda Ross, Frankie Shaw and Ron Perlman.
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‘Here’ Review: Tom Hanks and Robin Wright Get Boxed in by Banal Story in Robert Zemeckis’ Fixed-Camera Experiment
Premiering at AFI Fest, the director's reunion with his ‘Forrest Gump’ stars and screenwriter Eric Roth also features Paul Bettany, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Dockery.
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‘Romeo + Juliet’ Theater Review: Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler Shake up Shakespeare With Brat-Coded Attitude
Sam Gold directs the high-energy, TikTok-generation Broadway revival, which brings original Jack Antonoff tunes and a notably young ensemble to the classic romantic tragedy.
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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Review: Tom Hardy Wraps up His Marvel Symbiote Trilogy With a Steroidal Buddy Movie
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple and Rhys Ifans also star in the interspecies bromance, which pits the central duo against a deadly threat from the alien’s home planet.
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‘Sunset Blvd.’ Theater Review: Nicole Scherzinger Is Sensational in a Bold Reimagining of the Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical
Director Jamie Lloyd strips down both the material and the staging, threading film into theater in his radical take on the 1993 show based on the classic Hollywood noir about a forgotten screen siren.
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‘Smile 2’ Review: Naomi Scott Gets Put through Hell in Unsettling Horror Sequel That Goes Full Freakout
Parker Finn follows his surprise 2022 hit about a malevolent spirit that jumps hosts via a diabolical grin, this time infecting a troubled pop star with a ton of trauma to feed on.
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‘Joy’ Review: Thomasin McKenzie, James Norton and Bill Nighy Lift Netflix’s Pedestrian Drama About IVF-Pioneering Brits
Ben Taylor directs Jack Thorne’s screenplay chronicling the dogged progress in the 1960s and ‘70s of the team behind an important breakthrough in medical science.
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‘The Summer Book’ Review: Glenn Close Gets Back to Nature in Charlie McDowell’s Delicate Reflection on the Cycles of Life and Death
Anders Danielsen Lie and young newcomer Emily Matthews also star in this adaptation of Tove Jansson’s novel about a grieving family on an islet in the Gulf of Finland.
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‘Daytime Revolution’ Review: In a Fascinating Footnote From the John Lennon-Yoko Ono Annals, Hipster Activists Reach the Middle American Masses
Erik Nelson’s doc revisits a unique experiment in countercultural messaging, when the famed couple stepped in for a week in 1972 as co-hosts of the hugely popular ‘Mike Douglas Show.’
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‘Afternoons of Solitude’ Review: Albert Serra’s Meditative Bullfighting Doc Is Equal Parts Hypnotic and Distressing
The Catalan director trains an intimate gaze on star torero Andrés Roca Rey, in and out of the bullring, in this unflinching study of a controversial Spanish tradition.
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