Tag: Drive In
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Adam Sandler basketball drama, ‘Hustle,’ has game
By now you’d think you know what you’re getting with an Adam Sandler sports movie. “Happy Gilmore” and “The Waterboy” have conditioned us to expect silly ... -
Acting chemistry boosts (very) dark ‘Count of Three’
On the Count of Three” is marketed as a “darkly comic” movie. Well, there’s dark comedy and there’s darker comedy, and then there’s comedy like this ... -
A landmark NYC police standoff in ‘Hold Your Fire’
When there are so many fictional, burly varieties of heroes so regularly on movie screens, it’s jarring to see that the genuine article can be a ... -
The perils of perfectionism in Finland’s ‘Hatching’
If “Petite Maman” left you feeling a little too good about mothers, daughters and empathy, Finland may just have the antidote in Hanna Bergholm’s “Hatching,” a ... -
In ‘Happening,’ a riveting abortion drama
Happening Audrey Diwan’s Golden Lion-winner at last year’s Venice Film Festival, is set in 1963 France but the period detail isn’t prominent. Instead, it’s an abortion ... -
Liam Neeson kills down ‘Memory’ lane
Memory” is an interesting title for the latest Liam Neeson thriller. Do you remember the last Liam Neeson thriller? Or the one before that? Who was ... -
Mirren, Broadbent charm in art heist pic ‘The Duke’
If you’re gonna face a jury for a crime you’ve already confessed to — and even explained how you did it — you’d better have something ... -
A portrait of a Putin opposition leader in ‘Navalny’
“Navalny” is so taut and suspenseful you’d think John le Carré had left behind a secret manuscript that’s only just coming to light now. This spellbinding ... -
Madcap metaverses meld in ‘Everything Everywhere’
Everything Everywhere All at Once” is your standard multiverse martial arts movie about filing your taxes and midlife regret in which googly eyes, everything bagels and ... -
In ‘After Yang,’ an android’s death opens new doors
The two features by the South Korean-born filmmaker and video essayist Kogonada – his auspicious debut “Columbus” and the new “After Yang” – are distinct for ... -
In ‘X,’ a 1970s porn shoot runs into trouble
In Houston 1979, a small film crew arrives to make a porn film in a rented cottage on a farm belonging to an aged couple, one ... -
‘The Adam Project,’ a blockbuster therapy session
Pathos and action are found in equal parts in “ The Adam Project,” the latest attempt by Netflix to create the kind of throwback blockbuster that ... -
Gloomy nights for the Dark Knight in ‘The Batman’
Batman, never a day person, is plunged into perpetual night in Matt Reeves’ nocturnal, nihilist, neo-noir take on the Caped Crusader. Reeves’ three-hour-long “The Batman” includes ... -
Channing Tatum and his dog co-star raise the woof
Something would have had to go very, very wrong for “ Dog “ not to work on a basic level. Pairing Channing Tatum, one of our ... -
Drive In | The long-delayed ‘Death on the Nile’ runs aground
Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two ... -
Drive In | Tim Roth drops out, in paradise, in ‘Sundown’
A man sits on the edge of an infinity pool contemplating his existence in Michel Franco’s “ Sundown.” It’s one of many such ennui-laden images, though ... -
Drive In | ‘Jockey’ is a winner for Clifton Collins, Jr.
Clifton Collins Jr. has made a career out of being a supporting player. Even if the average moviegoer might not know his name, you know his ... -
Drive In | Love bites in ‘Wolf Like Me’ with Isla Fisher and Josh Gad
Isla Fisher’s character in the new genre-bending series “Wolf Like Me” is a romantic catch. Kind of. She speaks four languages, makes cheese and pottery and ... -
Drive In | Childhood in a turbulent time in nostalgic ‘Belfast’
If you didn’t know Kenneth Branagh’s new film “ Belfast “ was based (somewhat) on his own childhood, you probably wouldn’t know it by the end ...
