Review: ‘Longlegs’ menaces audiences with its eerie mystery
‘Longlegs’ is a disturbing thriller that follows the hunt for a cryptic serial killer who has a mystifying modus operandi.
On Screen
Smart reviews for the visually obsessed. On Screen features film reviews and festival coverage, spotlighting cinematic craft, storytelling and standout performances.
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Review: ‘Despicable Me 4’ is shifting focus
‘Despicable Me 4’ chronicles an exciting new chapter in Gru’s life, while his past threatens to take it all away.
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Review: ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ strays from its muted origins
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ unfolds during the first days of the alien invasion that would send humans into permanent hiding.
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Review: ‘Kinds of Kindness’ has a unique appeal
‘Kinds of Kindness’ is a collection of three unusual tales that follow the interactions of peculiar characters in extraordinary situations.
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Review: ‘Thelma’ is a mature twist on a classic story
‘Thelma’ is an understated thriller that follows an elderly woman’s search for the fraudsters who stole her money.
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Review: ‘The Boy in the Woods’ is a discreet tale of defiance
‘The Boy in the Woods’ is the true story of a Jewish child that survived in the woods for a year during World War II.
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Review: No reason to be anxious about ‘Inside Out 2’
‘Inside Out 2’ is a rarity in animation as its child character actually ages, introducing new complicated emotions as she enters puberty.
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Review: ‘The Watchers’ takes audiences on an eerie trek through the woods
‘The Watchers’ follows a group of strangers trapped in a mysterious forest, involuntary entertainment for anonymous woodland creatures.
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Review: ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ takes a wrong turn
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ is the latest Martin Lawrence-Will Smith team up, but the series has lost its edge.
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Review: ‘Abigail’ is full of surprises
‘Abigail’ is the latest of Universal Pictures’ monster movies in which a group of kidnappers get their comeuppance when they agree to the wrong job.
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Review: ‘Civil War’ aims for discomfort with its worst-case-scenario account
‘Civil War’ is a provocative fiction that imagines civic unrest reaching a tipping point, resulting in war across America.
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Review: ‘Monkey Man’s potential is mired by circumstance
‘Monkey Man’ is visually chaotic at times, but still delivers an appealing tale of revenge and redemption.
