MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Cujo in the MIst
Project Silence features what could be actor Lee Sun-kyun’s last performance. That’s a shame.
Once More into the Breach
It won’t make you forget Bill Paxton but Twisters gets the climate disaster job done.
Disney-fied
Inside Out 2 heads to puberty territory – but really? No horny? Were these people ever 13?
Pretty, Weightless
Fly Me to the Moon is precision engineered to be the cool summer diversion you need in 36º.
Not Like This
Despite the title, How to Have Sex is actually a thought-provoking drama about why to have sex.
Totally Lost
Go find Soi Cheang’s Accident instead of risking a splitting headache with The Plot.
Save the Cat
Who knew what the franchise was missing all this time was more cat? That’s fixed in A Quiet Place: Day One.
‘Long’ Overdue
Sho Miyake delivers another thoughtful drama for adults about adults in All the Long Nights.
‘Monkey’ Bizniz
Actor-turned director Dev Patel proves he doesn’t really need to be Bond in Monkey Man – though he totally could.
‘Crisis’ of Imagination
In part one of Herman Yau Summer 2024, Crisis Negotiators won’t make you forget the original, but it’s still better than part two.
Age Before Beauty
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies isn’t for everyone, but its target audience is going to go bananas.
Family Business
For a first film with a huge shadow looming over it The Watchers isn’t bad. It’s just not great.
‘Boys’ Will be ‘Boys’
If they’re coming for me it could be with a walker if Bad Boys: Ride or Die is any indication.
There be Wails Here
52-Hertz Whales takes the voiceless metaphor a bit far, but as J-melodrama goes it’s better than most.