
The Fourth Wall (review)
Yes, it’s a theatre reference

Chi-Raq (review)
Spike Lee gets political

Brooklyn (review)
An Irish immigrant in the 50s

Victor Frankenstein (review)
Yet another new take

The Velveteen Rabbit (review)
The children’s book brought to life

Holiday Memories (review)
Truman Capote for Christmas

This Wonderful Life (review)
The movie gets a one-man show

My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m in Therapy! (review)
A one-man comic play

Creed (review)
Rocky for a new generation

The Good Dinosaur (review)
The latest from Pixar

The Night Before (review)
A Christmas Eve adventure

Plaid Tidings (review)
Holiday music and comedy corn

Toruk: The First Flight (review)
Cirque de Soleil inspired by Avatar

Secret in their Eyes (review)
3 stars solve a murder

Trumbo (review)
Bio of the blacklisted screenwriter

Spotlight (review)
The power of the press

Room (review)
A brilliant, moving experience

Gypsy (review)
The original stage mother & her kids

Christmas on the Rocks (review)
Where are they now?

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (review)
The final installment

Love the Coopers (review)
A holiday turkey

The 33 (review)
The trapped Chilean miners

Twins with “blood harmony” (video 2:22)
The Church Sisters sell out 2 RVA shows

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (review)
Billie Holiday in concert

Promising Young Woman (review)
An disburbed woman pursues predators

Wonder Woman 1984 (review)
Yet another disappointing sequel

Bridgerton (review)
Shonda Rhimes’ 1st Netflix show

The King of Staten Island (review)
Pete Davidson’s semi-autobiographical story

Sylvie’s Love (review)
A homage to 60s melodramas

News of the World (review)
Tom Hanks in a western

Death to 2020 (review)
A truly hilarious way to end the year

The Dissident (review)
A doc about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi

Zappa (review)
A doc about the music icon

Saved by the Bell (review)
This reboot is much better

Small Axe (review)
The remaining 4 films from Steve McQueen

Archenemy (review)
Is Joe Manganiello a superhero?

The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Jacob Elordi suffers in a POW camp

The Better Sister
Crime drama overshadowed by familial chatter

Bring Her Back
Sally Hawkins gets creepy

They dance with their incarcerated fathers
Meet the co-directors of this doc

Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A writer’s block leads to love

Adults
A Gen-Z version of “Friends”

Mountainhead
A tech-bro drama from the creator of “Succession”

Government Cheese
David Oyelowo is the best thing about this somewhat quirky series

Sirens
Julianne Moore plays a weird socialite…or is she?

Friendship
Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd play neighbors

Creating the French Film Festival
Meet the couple behind it

Fountain of Youth
John Krasinski & Natallie Portman search for it

Pee-wee as Himself
A documentary with Paul Reubens

Overcompensating
This coming out comedy has fun moments

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The 7th film for Cruise isn’t the best

Final Destination: Bloodlines
Still gleefully gory fun after 25 years

Mobland
Tom Hardy is tough but Helen Merren is tougher

Selling Virginia film before
Former Va Film Office Director Rita McClenny

Still growing after 25 years
Dig into VPM’s Virginia Home Grown

Shadow Force
Kerry Washington & Omar Sy on the run

Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm’s version of Breaking Bad

Nonnas
Grandmothers are the chefs

Another Simple Favor
An unexceptional sequel

Étoile
Paris & NYC ballet companies exchange stars