Taking a cue from Disney's playbook, Nickelodeon Kids has produced its first live-action adaptation of an animated series.  But unlike the house of mouse, this adaptation isn't just a rehash of its source material.  "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" adds a decade to the title character's age and utilizes the wit of...

Ari Aster, writer, and director of last year's gothic family drama "Hereditary" is back with another disturbing tale of humanity versus horror.  Though "Midsommar" shares a common pagan thread, it weaves a very different story, with far more beauty, depth, and gore. The film follows a familiar premise:  A group of young Americans travels to...

It seems that Richard Curtis has found his second calling after his retirement from directing several years ago: writing and producing musical movies based on classic pop bands. Prior to writing/producing Yesterday, the Notting Hill, Love Actually, and About Time writer/director did something very similar with Mamma Mia's sequel last summer, which was among...

It was always going to be a hard task for any film to follow up Avengers: Endgame, one of the most successful films of all time. It wrapped up ten years of storytelling in Marvel Cinematic Universe in a compelling and touching way. Yet they seemed to write themselves into a corner, leaving a number...

It has been eight years since "X-Men: First Class" was released, but nearly thirty years have passed when "Dark Phoenix" picks up.  It's the second super-hero film in three months that takes place in the '90s, but while "Captain Marvel" reveled in nostalgia this conclusion to the First Class series wallows in melodrama. The story...