Oh, Hell: Another Hellboy
Sometimes it’s best to leave well enough alone
If there’s a single lesson to be taken from Neil Marshall’s Hellboy reboot, it’s that it’s ungodly hard to follow in the footsteps of Guillermo … Continue reading
Molly Templeton
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Author: Molly Templeton
Reshaping the Marvel Universe
The dominance of male superheroes is questioned in the smart, fun Captain Marvel
Right now, in the glow of Captain Marvel’s excellent debut, it feels like there are as many articles about the troll response to Captain Marvel … Continue reading
Twice Told Tales
A new take on the Arthurian legend in The Kid Who Would Be King
If you haven’t seen Attack the Block, Joe Cornish’s 2011 aliens-invade-the-council-block movie starring the future first female Doctor Who and future Finn in The Force … Continue reading
Widows
Four women team up to pay a debt in Steve McQueen’s heist flick
Within the first few minutes of Widows, a heist goes terribly awry. You’ll see this coming. It isn’t the job that you’re here to see, … Continue reading
You Can Check Out But You Can Never leave
Mysterious strangers collide in Drew Goddard’s new Bad Times at the El Royale
Bad Times at the El Royale is the multi-talented Drew Goddard’s first film as a director since 2012’s horror delight The Cabin in the Woods … Continue reading
Depth Challenged
Wash Westmoreland’s pretty Colette misses the subtle charm of its complicated subject
It is always sunny in Colette. Wash Westmoreland’s new biopic of the early years of the French author exists in the kind of period-piece world … Continue reading
Two Agendas
Assassination Nation clever but has mixed messages
Assassination Nation, writer-director Sam Levinson’s bloody, messy commentary on our outrage-fatigued era, can’t commit. The story of four teen girls vilified by the mostly white-male … Continue reading
The Stories We Tell
Madeline’s Madeline takes an immersive, affecting plunge into the life of a confident teenager
At first, Madeline is a cat. Cats sniff things; they curl up in strange places; they pounce; they rub their faces on their people and … Continue reading
Stuck in Middle School
Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade shows teen angst is forever
For all the things that have changed about being a teen — apps and laptops, likes and subscribes, the endless awareness that everyone else really … Continue reading
Being Kind Takes Work
Mister Rogers in the age of Trump
If you as a child had even a passing familiarity with Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, you don’t need anyone to tell you to hop the trolley … Continue reading