Viola Davis towers in a fierce and gut-wrenching portrayal of courage. The Woman King is literally unlike any film I have seen. For the first time, Hollywood delivers a historical epic about and driven by the travails of black female warriors. Davis and a sublime supporting cast grace a sweeping narrative that touches many difficult

Strap on your proton pack, holster the PKE meter, and rev up Ecto-1 for a rollicking good time at the theater. I am overjoyed to report that Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a fantastic sequel on all fronts. It brilliantly captures the fun, humor, and heart of the original. Director Jason Reitman has successfully taken the reins

A-list Hollywood stars have zero chemistry in an utterly tiresome and contrived heist flick. Red Notice takes Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot on a globetrotting egg hunt. Each actor phones in their trademark mannerisms for an action-comedy template. There’s little original or engaging despite the big-budget action scenes and exotic locales. Red Notice

Kenneth Branagh writes and directs a deeply personal recollection of childhood during “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland. Belfast is seen through the eyes of a wistful boy as his world literally explodes into violence all around him. He watches as his beloved family struggles with the religious and ethnic conflict that turned neighbors into bitter

Clifford the Big Red Dog is a hilarious children’s film that will delight the entire family. A bullied and lonely girl’s wish for friendship ends up being a ten feet tall, vibrant red playful puppy. Insane hijinks ensue as the dog wreaks comedic havoc in Manhattan. Clifford the Big Red Dog has a winning combo

At its heart, Marvel’s Eternals is a big candy-colored monster movie. It plays like a mashup of The Blues Brothers and A Quiet Place. A group of celestial super beings must get the band back together to save Earth, fighting sharp-toothed creatures all along the way. Some Marvel fans have painted this latest MCU adventure

Last month, when 1091 Pictures released their trailer for Electric Jesus, the title alone made me push play. It transports you back to the summer of 1986, and it’s does it well, warts and all. We’re introduced to a group of young men with two things in common, their love of metal and Jesus. Their

Tom Hanks never fails to impress as a one-man survivalist. This time around he’s not trapped on a deserted Pacific island, a la Cast Away; but on an epic, post-apocalypse road trip with truly unique companions. Finch is the story of an engineer’s quest to save his beloved dog in the horrific aftermath of a

Old West outlaws riddle each other with bullets, beatdowns, and snappy one-liners in a highly stylized Afrocentric actioner. The Harder They Fall is a bloody revenge western with a star-studded cast of Hollywood’s elite black actors. The film gives every character a chance to shine, but comes up short in establishing a substantive narrative. The

Ludwig Dieter, the hilariously peculiar German safecracker from Army of the Dead, gets a winning origin story in the nascent stage of the zombie apocalypse. Army of Thieves is a heist themed prequel that’s thankfully more action-comedy than blood and guts. Where a gang of intrepid criminals recruit a talented novice for a near impossible