Godzilla Minus One
A kinder, gentler monster movie
Leave the World Behind
A frightening approach to disaster films
No more film projectors
Stace Carter explains Digital Cinema Packages
The Boy and the Heron
A new animated drama from Hayao Miyazaki
Fellow Travelers
A powerful gay love story thru 40 years
What exactly does an Assistant Director do?
Kathryn J. Hatam on being an AD
Silent Night
John Woo’s revenge action flick with NO DIALOGUE
Dream Scenario
Nicolas Cage plays against type in this sci-fi satire
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Better than recent Godzilla flix
Saltburn
A dark tale of class, desire and intrigue
He rents old cars to movies
Brian Rhodes owns Antique and Classic Automobiles
Napoleon
Ridley Scott’s epic starring Joaquin Phoenix
Faraway Downs
Reboot of the Australian epic starring Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman
Lessons in Chemistry
A female scientist in the ’50s turns to cooking
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
The trio of SNL dorks make a movie
May December
24 years after she has an affair with a 13 year old
Thanksgiving
A holiday killer from Eli Roth
Frank Alfano is a man on fire…literally
He’s a stuntman who falls, fights and crashes
Next Goal Wins
A bad soccer team with a VCU connection
Rent a theater at Movieland
Cinema 7 open for parties and meetings
Matt Paxton keeps decluttering
This 2nd part goes into more detail on his shows
The Holdovers
Andrew Payne’s new film with Paul Giamatti
Rustin
The gay Black man behind the March on Washington
Five Nights at Freddy’s
A dull, unscary adaptation of the video game
Blink Twice
An island paradise gets dark
She goes from pain to purpose
Meet Mary & the producer of this doc
The Crow
The classic revisited 30 years later
Between the Temples
Carol Kane gets a bat mitzvah
Bad Monkey
Vince Vaughn at his best in this crime drama
Sing Sing
Inmates in a theatre program
Didi
A Taiwanese American teen looks for connections
Meet stars Jon Heder & Amanda Bearse
They’re in Tapawingo, which was shot here
Alien: Romulus
The latest installment is dark and dull
The Union
Halle Berry & Mark Wahlberg in another mediocre spy adventure
Jackpot!
A comedy about killing the lottery winner
Time Bandits
Taika Waititi series based on the film with hilarious Lisa Kudrow
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
Thunderbolts
More Marvel misfits in a lukewarm rehash