Tag: Drive In
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‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu’ makes a clumsy big-screen debut
It’s been nearly seven years since there was a new “Star Wars” movie released in theaters and there are lots of ways to do it. “Star Wars: ... -
‘Is God Is’ unleashes unapologetic female rage
Playwright Aleshea Harris says something was missing when she first wrote “Is God Is,” her fierce revenge tale blending Greek tragedy, mythology, spaghetti westerns and a ... -
Adam Scott gets spooked in a haunted hotel in ‘Hokum’
The first few minutes of “Hokum” might make you think you’re in the wrong movie. I certainly did. If you know anything about Damian McCarthy’s new ... -
‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ still has style but the story is overdressed
Fashion trends are notoriously fickle but some things, like Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, never go out of style. So you can see why making “The ... -
Odenkirk’s reluctant lawman brings grit – and chaos – to ‘Normal’
We’ve seen this setup before: a stranger drifts into a small, suspicious town and finds trouble waiting. Usually, the menace wears a badge. But in Ben ... -
In ‘Mother Mary,’ a pop star’s costume crisis turns existential
A pop star’s need for a new dress sets in motion David Lowery’s “Mother Mary,” a fitfully spellbinding chamber drama that grows more operatic with every ... -
Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are razor-sharp in art comedy film
The Christophers” looks like an art heist movie at first. A pair of wannabe heirs (James Corden and Jessica Gunning) hire a restoration specialist (Michaela Coel) ... -
‘Two Prosecutors’ is a perfect nightmare of state corruption
Sergei Loznitsa’s “Two Prosecutors” is a nightmare of government corruption so perfectly composed that, by the time it reaches its chilling conclusion, you feel nearly as ... -
Gosling, Lord and Miller make science fun in ‘Project Hail Mary’
It’s been a minute since we’ve had a big-screen space epic that’s as fun as it is awe-inspiring. The last memorable one might have been “The ... -
A really, really bad wedding night gets worse in ‘Ready or Not 2’
When we last left bride Grace at the end of 2019’s “Ready or Not,” she was smoking a well-earned cigarette, her wedding dress shredded and soaked ... -
Pixar delivers with sweet, action-packed ‘Hoppers’
Hoppers” might be built with familiar parts, but Pixar’s latest isn’t trying to hide its various influences. Instead, this buoyant, freewheeling adventure about a spirited 19-year-old environmental activist ... -
‘Man on the Run’ chronicles McCartney’s post-Beatles long and winding road
If Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back” was the supreme document of the Beatles’ final moments together and of their dissolution, Morgan Neville’s “Man on the ... -
‘Crime 101’ is a middle of the road LA heist movie, with ‘Heat’
Bart Layton’s “Crime 101” is essentially a “Heat” pastiche that never approaches Michael Mann’s classic but delivers a baseline level of slick, sun-drenched entertainment. After all, ... -
Statham sticks close to the formula as a lethal former spy in ‘Shelter’
Jason Statham lives in a Scottish lighthouse when we meet him in “Shelter” and that’s a pretty good analogy for Statham’s usual movie role these days: ... -
Olsen, Turner and Teller lead clever, charming ‘Eternity’
Joan Cutler has an impossible decision to make in “Eternity.” The newly deceased character, played by Elizabeth Olsen, has one week to choose who she’ll spend ... -
‘Zootopia 2’ is a cuddlier, tamer sequel
The original “Zootopia” was a minor miracle. Here was a Disney animated film that took themes of race and prejudice and managed to make a sensitive-to-all-sides ... -
Wagner Moura is on the run in Brazil, 1977, in ‘The Secret Agent’
You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow-burn thriller set amid radicals and mercenaries in 1977 Brazil. Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho ... -
Edgerton delivers a profound performance in ‘Train Dreams’
There is nothing grand about Robert Grainier’s existence. The main character of “Train Dreams” is not a great thinker or athlete. He doesn’t know who his ... -
‘Nouvelle Vague’ is a meticulous ode to the French New Wave
Any time a notable figure of the French New Wave appears in Richard Linklater’s “Nouvelle Vague”, the camera pauses for a head-on shot — a roll ... -
Del Toro builds a handsome, grand ‘Frankenstein’ that is all his own
Guillermo del Toro has been telling monster stories for as long as he’s been making films. A romantic with a taste for the macabre, his creations ... -
‘After the Hunt’ is less hot-button farce than tragedy
It’s not so often that the font of a movie’s opening credits is, itself, a provocation. But in Luca Guadagnino ‘s muddled but darkly absorbing “After ... -
Matthew McConaughey steers a white-knuckle wildfire drama in ‘The Lost Bus’
On Nov. 8, 2018, as the Camp Fire tore through Paradise, California, killing 85 people, a school bus driver was sent to evacuate 22 elementary students. ... -
In ‘The Baltimorons,’ emergency dental work prompts an unlikely rom-com
There are all kinds of movies that are either endangered or practically extinct. The big-studio comedy. The original musical. But the sweet and shaggy regular-people movie ... -
Murder, she solved: Mirren channels Lansbury in ‘Thursday Murder Club’
First of all, is this really what retirement looks like? If so, perhaps we should all sign up. In “The Thursday Murder Club,” an amiable adaptation ... -
Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’ brings 1920s chaos on a Galápagos island to life
Ron Howard’s “Eden” opens with a bold statement: “Fascism is spreading.” It’ll surely carry weight in modern society, but the phrase is referencing events from nearly ... -
‘Oh, Hi!’ Is a sharp, silly take on modern romance
Modern dating can feel like a psychological minefield. Filmmaker Sophie Brooks leans into that disarray with “Oh, Hi!” – a dark comedy about expectations, miscommunication, and ... -
In ‘Heads of State,’ a buddy comedy with statesmen
Say what you will about the Idris Elba-John Cena vehicle “Heads of State,” but it’s surely the first buddy comedy about the fraying bonds of NATO. ... -
Charlize Theron and Uma Thurman get half a movie
About 80 minutes into “The Old Guard 2,” you may start to wonder how it’s going to wrap up. Charlize Theron’s gang of immortal warriors is ... -
In ‘Sorry, Baby,’ Eva Victor makes a disarming debut
The first thing to love about writer-director-star Eva Victor’s extraordinary debut “Sorry, Baby” is how she, as the young professor Agnes, tries, and fails, to hide ... -
Ana de Armas is better at killing than ballet, in a John Wick spinoff
Watch a bunch of John Wick movies all in a row, and you can get pretty paranoid. You start to think everyone’s an assassin. The guy ... -
Mr. Miyagi’s absence is felt in ‘Karate Kid: Legends’
Mr. Miyagi was known for waxing poetic. So the fact that “Karate Kid: Legends” has nothing to say is all the more disappointing. One of the ... -
Schmaltzy and sweet, Vince Vaughn leads Netflix’s ‘Nonnas’
The new Vince Vaughn movie “Nonnas” aspires to be a bit of cinematic comfort food. It’s based on a heartwarming true story, features a lot of ... -
‘April’ is shattering and essential
Whatever cruelness you might assign to the month, Dea Kulumbegashvili’s “April” probably has it beat. Kulumbegashvili’s shattering, sensational film is set in a hardscrabble, provincial region ... -
‘The Accountant 2,’ with Ben Affleck, isn’t quite a write-off
Hordes of horror films line up for Halloween and a sleigh full of Christmas movies arrive annually in December, but there is slightly less competition around ...
