Movies

★★★½ Tom Hardy is back, this time not only starring but sharing the writing credits with Kelly Marcel for Venom: Let There be Carnage. His love of the character infuses the story with more life than in the first film. Andy Serkis’ competent direction fills out the presentation, making the sequel more appealing to reluctant...

★★½ The spookiest and cookiest family is back at it again, and this time they are going on a family vacation. Co-directors Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon return for the sequel to 2019’s, The Addams Family, offering up a different twist for America’s favorite macabre relatives. Much of the cast also makes a return, as...

★★★ Dear Evan Hansen is a musical coming of age drama film about a troubled teen who gets himself into a heap of trouble. When mentally struggling teenager Evan Hansen accidentally prints a note he had intended to write to himself as a form of therapy, a fellow broken schoolmate ends up taking it. When...

★★★ The Card Counter is a redemption and revenge thriller, with casino tables as the seamy backdrop for something darker. A gambler named William Tell is counting cards while trying to block out his shady past. When he finds friendship in a young man on a dark mission, and as love appears in an unlikely...

★★½ Clint Eastwood stars and directs Cry Macho, from a script by Nick Schenk (The Mule) and the author of the novel on which it is based, N. Richard Nash (The Rainmaker). Unfortunately, while it is a good tale of redemption, it does not translate well to the screen. Mike Milo (Clint Eastwood) is a...

★★ The Eyes of Tammy Faye is a biopic drama film based on the true-life rise, fall, and redemption of Tammy Faye, a country girl turned pop-star televangelist. When Tammy Faye runs off and marries evangelist Jim Bakker, her parents don’t approve. But the pair soon rises to superstar religious fame as they become some...

Most horror films aim to terrify their audience through a steady dose of tension and mystery. James Wan’s (Saw, The Conjuring) Malignant fails on both fronts, never offering more than an inch of curiosity or fear, all while giving a mile of nonsense. Malignant’s dark tone and laughable plot line are almost so bad that...

Director Destin Daniel Cretton (Just Mercy) heads the next entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The script from Cretton, Dave Callaham (Wonder Woman 1984), and Andrew Lanham (The Kid) is action-packed and entertaining. Still, it might be disappointing for long-time fans of the original comic book due...

Cinderella is a modern film which updates a timeless fairy tale that has been adapted to the screen many times, captivating the hearts of audiences worldwide. In the 2021 version, Cinderella is a young entrepreneur who wants to make a name for herself. She unwittingly falls for Prince Robert through some unique circumstances that might...

Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is a young, rising artist known for a particular style of social-commentary art. When the gallery he is set to display at asks him to find something different, Anthony struggles to break out. That is, until he hears the story of the Candyman, an urban legend from the Cabrini-Green housing...