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5 days ago · Trap is ultimately a family film. Cooper’s fraught relationship with his own departed mother (Marcia Bennett) encapsulates deep, if hidden, dysfunction. But more salutary models of parent-child relationship can be discerned both in Cooper’s love for Riley and in Shyamalan’s collaboration with daughter Saleka, who, a singer-songwriter in ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Directed by James Marsh. Samuel Beckett’s life is reduced to mommy and daddy issues in a biopic that offers simple explanations for the career of a complex writer. By Ben Kenigsberg. Aug. 8, 2024....
6 hours ago · Movie Review: Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry lead a middling spy comedy in ‘The Union’. “The Union,” an action comedy with Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, should have been more fun. Or more exciting. It certainly had a lot working in its favor, including big stars and a budget for globetrotting.
Aug 8, 2024 · The sound design is exquisite: the vivid sounds of rushing water, bugs, and birds take the place of dialogue. There are long sequences where we watch the characters hike, set up tents, break down their campsite. The rhythm is soothing, but underneath, things are curdling, shattering. Most of the film happens on Collias' face.
Aug 2, 2024 · The desperate mayor dispatches Frankie ( Ving Rhames ), a cop, to hunt down Rory and Cobby. The pair leap across the city, taking Rory’s therapist, Dr. Donna Rivera ( Hong Chau ), hostage in the process. Despite the stacked cast, the premise is thin.
Jul 18, 2024 · It's a revenge comedy inspired by the likes of Mission: Impossible, marrying a hilariously entertaining spy-movie parody and a heartwarming (sometimes heartbreaking) portrayal of the...
Jul 22, 2024 · The Way We Speak is an ambitious drama that puts its cameras on a handful of characters wading into an arena of intellectual combat while dealing with emotional, psychological and in some cases physical challenges that threaten to unravel them.