Orphan: First Kill - This Horror Prequel is NOT What Little Girls Are Made Of
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law - Marvel Finds its Funny Bone, and She's 6'7" and Gamma Green
Locke & Key: When the Comic Reader’s Perspective is Dismissed
Five Days at Memorial: A Lethal Shelter From The Storm
Emily the Criminal: Smart Indie Actioner a Showcase for Aubrey Plaza
By Karen Gordon
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Fall: White-Knuckle Thriller at Once Silly and Kind of Beguiling
Girl Picture: Love, Skating and Smoothies, Finnish-Style
Costa Brava, Lebanon: Garbage Comes to Eden
Bodies Bodies Bodies: Gen Z Murder Mystery a Knock-out Addition to the Canon
By Karen Gordon
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ReviewJim SlotekMurder mystery, Drama, Gen Z, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Halina Reijn, Sarah DeLappe, Kristen Roupenian, Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Pete Davidson, Chase Sui Wonders, Myha’la Herrold, Rachel Sennott
We Are Living Things: UFO Drama a Metaphor (Maybe?) for Aliens in America’s Backyard
ReviewJim SlotekUFOs, Aliens, Immigrant experience, We Are Living Things, Antonio Tibaldi, Jorge Antonio Guerrero, Xingcheng Lyu, Zao Wang, O-Lan Jones, Paul Cooper
The Sandman: Neil Gaiman's Magnum Opus May Be the Most Faithful Comic Adaptation Ever
ReviewJim SlotekThe Sandman, Neil Gaiman, Tom Sturridge, The Endless, Netflix, TV series based on graphic novels, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Charles Dance, Gwendoline Christie, Patton Oswalt, Mark Hamill, Vivienne Acheampong, Mason Alexander Park
Alma’s Rainbow: Restored Black Girl’s Coming-Of-Age Film Strikes a Contemporary Chord
ReviewJim SlotekAlma’s Rainbow, Ayoka Chenzira, Victoria Gabrielle-Platt, Kim Weston-Moran, Mizan Kirby, rerelease, Coming of age, Black experience, Julie Dash, Daughters of the Dust, Leslie Harris, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.
Bullet Train: Death Goes Off the Rails in a Blaze of Self-Conscious Tarantino/Ritchie-esque Irony
ReviewJim SlotekWise-cracking action, Bullet Train, Brad Pitt, Assassin stories, David Leitch, Deadpool 2, Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Kôtarô Isaka, Bad Bunny, Logan Lerman
Prey: The 'First Predator' vs the First Nations Has a Good Look and a Familiar Narrative
I Love My Dad: From Deadbeat Parent to (Ugh) Online Lover
ReviewJim SlotekI Love My Dad, SXSW, James Morosini, Patton Oswalt, Comedy, Family drama, Claudia Sulewski, Rachel Dratch, Amy Landecker, Lil Rel Howery
Paper Girls: Sci-Fi Girl Power In A Retro Frame
ReviewJim SlotekPaper Girls, Stephany Folsom, Comic Book adaptation, Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, Riley Lai Nelet, Sofia Rosinsky, Fina Strazza, Camryn Jones, Nate Corddry, Adina Porter, Ali Wong, Amazon Prime, Young adult
My Old School: Alan Cumming Lip-Synchs Life into this Fascinating Doc on a U.K. Scandal
Ali & Ava: Low-Key Love Story Eyeballs Racism, Embraces Happy Romantic Accidents
Vengeance: B.J. Novak Seeks America in this Red State, Blue State, Fourth Estate Satire
ReviewJim SlotekRed state/blue state movies, Directorial debut, Vengeance, B.J. Novak, The Office, West Texas, Podcasts, Boyd Holbrook, Ashton Kutcher, Issa Rae
Thirteen Lives: Bangkok, We Have a Problem
