Reviews
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‘Licorice Pizza’ is a Rambling, Engaging, and Inconsistent Hang-Out in ’70s LA
1970s Los Angeles gets a rose-tinted hang-out film.
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‘Don’t Look Up’ is a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Look at the Sad State of Humanity
A big cast, a few laughs, and one perfectly cynical ending.
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‘PEN15’ Forces Us to Grow Up with an Emotional Ending
The final episodes of Hulu’s remarkable coming-of-age story ring painfully true for anyone who’s ever been a teenager.
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Steven Spielberg’s Spectacular ‘West Side Story’ Fails in the Story Department
Some of the casting decisions make this version of the musical better than the 1961 original, and some of the casting decisions make it worse.
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‘House of Gucci’ is Oddly Dull Whenever Jared Leto is Offscreen
Yes, we’re serious.
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‘King Richard’ Succeeds as an Inspiring Biopic and a Thrilling Tennis Film
His name is in the title, but this is a biopic of an entire family supporting and succeeding together.
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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ is a Safe, Perversion-Free Family Adventure
Well, except for those Mini Stay Pufts — there’s nothing timid or cuddly about those gooey demons.
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‘Tick, Tick… Boom!’ Overindulges in Hero Worship
Andrew Garfield delivers one of the best performances of his career in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s otherwise disappointing feature directorial debut.
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‘The Great’ is a Violent Delight
FSR chief television critic Valerie Ettenhofer reviews Season 2 of Hulu’s quasi-historical series, calling the return ruthless, funny, and relentlessly entertaining.
