Hollywood Reviews

HIS GIRL FRIDAY 4K Review: Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell Wage One Battle After Another

Directed by Howard Hawks, Criterion's new 2-disc edition includes Lewis Milestone's 'The Front Page,' making for easy comparison between original and remake.

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2 Review: Redundant Sequel Struggles To Justify Its Existence

Between a fervid fanbase in the millions, multi-generational, cross-over appeal, and a sizable return on investment, the envy of studio executives everywhere, a sequel to 2023’s gateway horror hit, Five Nights at Freddy’s, the cinematic adaptation of Scott Cawthon’s ultra-popular indie...

KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR Review: Cycles and Consequences

Uma Thurman stars in Quentin Tarantino's revenge epic.

ZOOTOPIA 2 Review: Sequel Ups the Laughs, Set Pieces, and Positive Messaging

While it’s far from a shock that Zootopia, Disney Animation Studios’ Academy Award-winning, billion-dollar-earning, box-office hit, spawned a not-unexpected sequel, taking the better part of a decade to reach IP-ready audiences certainly qualifies as one (a shock, that is).  ...

WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY Review: When Murders Happen

Rian Johnson's new mystery stars Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.

HAMNET Review: Far More Than the Sum of Its Considerable Parts

Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal star in Chloe Zhao's new film.

ETERNITY Review: Shockingly Charming Afterlife Love Story That Shouldn't Work, But Does

Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, John Early and Da'Vine Joy Randolph star in director David Freyne's film.

PLURIBUS Review: The Consequences of Love

Rhea Seehorn stars in Vince Gilligan's new science fiction drama on Apple TV.

WICKED: FOR GOOD Review: Follow-Up To Last Year's Smash Hit Fails To Justify Its Running Time

When studio executives, driven by commercial and not artistic concerns, decide to expand an adaptation of a beloved, long-running Broadway musical, the results will inevitably look and, more importantly, sound like Jon M. Chu’s (Crazy Rich Asians, Now You See...

EYES WIDE SHUT 4K Review: Kubrick's Last Masterpiece

Just in time for the holidays, the ultimate Christmas movie (eat it, 'Die Hard'!) drops into the Criterion Collection

THE BREAKFAST CLUB 4K Review: We Won't Forget About Them

We Gen-Xers, like generations before and and probably the ones after us, will often lament how things were 'better' when we were young. But there is one point on which this is likely true: there was no internet, blogs, or...

THE RUNNING MAN Review: Hacking the Dystopian System Yet Again

Glen Powell and Josh Brolin star in Edgar Wright's new adaptation of a novel by Stephen King, published under his pen name Richard Bachman.

NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T Review: The Magic's Gone in This Third Act

Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Justice Smith, Morgan Freeman star in director Ruben Fleischer's newest film.

PREDATOR: BADLANDS Review: Trachtenberg Redefines What a Predator Story Can Be

In the far future, on Yautja Prime, a young warrior named Dek confronts his father over their decision to remove him from the clan. Dek flees to the planet, Genna, where he plans to hunt one of the galaxy’s deadliest...

NUREMBERG Review: Nazis Are Bad, Allies Are Good

Michael Shannon, Rami Malek, and Russell Crowe star in James Vanderbilt's stolid historical drama.

ANNIVERSARY Review: Fascism Comes to America, One Family at a Time

Diane Lane, Dylan O'Brien, Jan Komasa, Kyle Chandler, Lori Rosene-Gambino, Madeline Brewer, Mckenna Grace, Phoebe Dynevor, and Zoey Deutch star in Jan Komasa's film.

It's a 4K Western Revival, as SILVERADO and THE QUICK AND THE DEAD Ride Onto UHD

Westerns from Lawrence Kasdan and Sam Raimi are new to 4K UHD steelbook.

HEDDA Review: A Lustful Period Drama of Old Lovers and New Scandals

Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, and Imogen Poots Star in Nia DaCosta's Adaptation of the Norwegian Drama

BUGONIA Review: Timely, Wickedly Entertaining Abduction Thriller

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons star in Yorogos Lantimos' remake of 'Save the Green Planet!'

SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE Review: Capturing the Heart and Soul of a Tortured Artist

Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong star in Scott Cooper's mini-biopic, a slice of Bruce Springsteen's life.