The series displays some of the inevitable wear of a concept that has already gotten more mileage than anticipated.
Extrapolations Review: A Well-Intentioned Series That Struggles to Avert Catastrophe
In spite of its best intentions, the show's reach ultimately exceeds its grasp.
Like Vice before it, the film too often uses satire as a tool of castigation rather than as a means of truly taking on the status quo.
While the extras are sadly limited, the film’s own rewards are more than enough to compensate.
Soderbergh’s formal gamesmanship enlivens what could have been a stodgy scenario.
Ryan Murphy’s vibrant film adaptation makes a closer-to-seamless whole of the story’s disparate parts.
Individual scenes are set to the rhythm of the young women’s conversations, which at times approach Gilmore Girls-level warp speed.
Steven Soderbergh takes a macro approach to the scandal, though the results, with rare exception, are vexingly micro.
The series works best when it focuses on intimate, human moments rather than on broad social critiques.
For all of its slavish devotion to Mary Poppins, the sequel doesn’t even seem to recognize its greatest attribute: its star.
The Mamma Mia! sequel’s flaws are overridden by infectious moments that, to take a cue from ABBA, you couldn’t escape if you wanted to.
Throughout the awards season, Frances McDormand has remained impervious to the controversy whirling around Three Billboards.
No American film since Zodiac has exhibited such a love for the way information travels than The Post.
The too-dark lensing is an ideal match for Allen’s sequences of marital and amorous discord.
To those who’ve been relishing the shade Eric has been throwing at La La Land, I apologize, because I will not be taking Emma Stone to the library today.
Florence Foster Jenkins champions coddling people like Jenkins and treats critical thinking as the enemy.
To have the film’s youth restored in a new HD transfer is, like you at the L’Oréal counter, worth it.
The film’s episodes and attitudes register with searing immediacy while feeling true to their time period.
Criterion’s new 2K Blu-ray adeptly demonstrates why the film is ready for its (redux) close-up.
Director Jonathan Demme grasps the well of feeling of Diablo Cody’s script and eventually harnesses it in his own image.