Movies Amy Schumer Sermonizes About Body Shaming in the Wrinkly I Feel Pretty By Todd Jorgenson | 3 days ago Despite some worthwhile sentiment, when you dig beneath the surface of this gimmicky female-empowerment comedy, the screenplay needs a makeover.
Movies Horsing Around Takes on Deeper Meaning for Young Actor in Lean on Pete By Todd Jorgenson | 3 days ago The evocative, character-driven drama follows a troubled teenager who forms a bond with a washed-up racehorse in the Pacific Northwest.
Movies Bigger Isn’t Better When Animals Attack in Rampage By Todd Jorgenson | 1 week ago In this cinematic adaptation of the classic arcade game, the exhausting barrage of mayhem and noise borders on sensory overload.
Movies Hamm Can’t Solve Decades of Political Strife in Beirut By Todd Jorgenson | 2 weeks ago Although it provides modest insight, this muddled and formulaic thriller tends to oversimplify the sociopolitical conflicts in its titular setting.
Movies It Might Not Make You Scream, But A Quiet Place Deserves to Be Talked About By Todd Jorgenson | 2 weeks ago This modestly creepy post-apocalyptic thriller stays committed to its simple if provocative concept, with some clever twists and effective frights.
Movies L.A. Confidential: Gemini Digs Beneath the Tabloid Headlines By Todd Jorgenson | 2 weeks ago Although filmmaker Aaron Katz loves his new hometown of Los Angeles, he's troubled by the toxicity of contemporary celebrity culture.
Movies Wes Anderson’s Animated Isle of Dogs Is Another Delightfully Offbeat Romp By Todd Jorgenson | 4 weeks ago Anderson's latest celebration of eccentricity is more than just a hilarious and heartfelt animated tribute to the lasting bonds between humans and canines.
Movies Why Soderbergh’s Latest Trifle Might Drive You Unsane By Todd Jorgenson | 1 month ago This small-scale thriller about mental illness, shot entirely on an iPhone, lacks sufficient depth and context to get in your head.
Movies A World Leader’s Passing is Hardly a Tragic Circumstance in The Death of Stalin By Todd Jorgenson | 1 month ago This hilarious political satire uses its titular event as the launch pad for a revisionist romp with subtle contemporary resonance.
Movies The Crowd-Pleasing Comedy Love, Simon Fails to Dig Deeper By Todd Jorgenson | 1 month ago By adhering to coming-of-age formula and relying on plot contrivances, it downplays the internal struggles of its closeted protagonist.
Movies How a Christian Rock Song From Greenville Inspired a Dennis Quaid Movie By Todd Jorgenson | 1 month ago MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard based "I Can Only Imagine" on the redemption he found after enduring an abusive relationship with his father. Now it's a film.
Movies Why A Wrinkle in Time Might Leave You Looking at Your Watch By Todd Jorgenson | 2 months ago The visual resplendence outpaces the emotional pull in Ava DuVernay's ambitious but overwrought adaptation of the classic Madeleine L'Engle fantasy novel.