Tagged: movie review
A-list Alien(s)
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
With Alien: Romulus in theaters now — and because I haven’t been able to make it to the cinema to see it yet — I …
Long live Furiosa
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It is clear to me that I made a grievous mistake by not seeing Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga when it screened in theaters in …
Panida tees up Caddyshack for $5 film series
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s been 44 years since Caddyshack swung into theaters and, while it didn’t exactly hit a hole-in-one with some critics — earning a nomination in …
Unfrosted is not grrreat!
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Watching Jerry Seinfeld’s new movie Unfrosted, which is supposed to be a comedic counterhistory of the invention of the Pop-Tart, I’m reminded of an …
Dune: Part 2 is a visual treat, but strays from its source in critical ways
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
After decades of waiting, devotees of Dune may be feeling like their time has finally come — that the sleeper of their fandom has awakened …
The Holdovers really is a holdover to a more human type of film
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
At its most basic, The Holdovers reads like a Hallmark holiday special: an embittered, middle-aged man; a teenaged boy whose loneliness has honed the chip …
A trip to the surreal
By Susan Drinkard
Reader Contributor
A Trip to Bountiful is my all-time favorite movie, but a trip to Syme’s Hot Springs is my favorite trip to the surreal. Having visited …
Idiocracy, the documentary
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
When Mike Judge’s film Idiocracy was released in 2006, it landed in a different world. This was years before a buffoon named Donald Trump started …
2023 on the big screen
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Even if my only job at the Reader was to watch movies and TV series, there would be no way to catch them all. I …