Dust Bunny
A dark Wes Anderson style fantasy
Category: Film
Ella McCay
A disappointing new film from James L. Brooks
100 Nights of Hero
A feminist fairy tale
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Better than the last one
Troll 2
A nothing-special Norwegian import
The Family McMullen
Edward Burns & family return after 30 years
Fackham Hall
A spoof on Downton Abbey
Three promising holiday comedies
Only one delivers much fun
Jay Kelly
George Clooney plays an aging star & Adam Sandler is a revelation
Hamnet
Chloé Zhao’s exploration of grief & Jessie Buckley’s powerful performance
Wicked: For Good
Not as good
Eternity
Choosing between 2 men forever
Flight Risk
Mark Wahlberg plays a bald creep way over the top
Sentimental Value
A Scandinavian import with Stellan Skarsgård
Sisu: Road to Revenge
The sequel “jumps the shark” on the way to Finland
Train Dreams
Cinematic musings that recall Terrence Malick
Rental Family
Brendan Fraser pretends to be theirs
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
The gang’s back for mindless fun
The Running Man
Glen Powell competes to avoid death and make a billion $
One to One: John & Yoko
A final concert and more
Die My Love
Jennifer Lawrence goes all out trying for a tour de force
It Was Just an Accident
This Iranian import won the Palme d’Or at Cannes
Hedda
A very different rework of the Ibsen play
Ballad of a Small Player
Colin Farrell plays a down-on-his luck con man