Review: Timothée Chalamet is ideal in excellent, crowd-pleasing 'Wonka'

December 12, 2023
From the director of the "Paddington" movies comes the origins story of a chocolate icon.
Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney in a scene from “Anyone but You.”

Review: Much ado about not enough in 'Anyone but You' with Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney

December 22, 2023
Photogenic update on Shakespeare was shot in Australia.
From left: Mack (Kumail Nanjiani), Gwen (Tresi Gazal), Pam (Elizabeth Banks) and Dax (Caspar Jennings) in a scene from "Migration." (Illumination Ente

Review: Mike White's touch helps make 'Migration' worthwhile journey

December 20, 2023
"Migration" is an auteur project for White, who wrote the screenplay and dreamed up the story with director Benjamin Renner.
From left, Zac Efron, Holt McCallany, Jeremey Allen White and Harris Dickinson in "The Iron Claw." (Eric Chakeen/A24/TNS)

Review: Zac Efron's best performance yet anchors wrestling biopic 'The Iron Claw'

December 19, 2023
Director Sean Durkin applies his signature sensibility to this epic melodrama.
This image released by Neon shows Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari in a scene from "Ferrari." (Lorenzo Sisti/Leon via AP)

Review: 'Ferrari' fires on all cylinders and leaves the heart racing

December 22, 2023
Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz deliver memorable performance in this Enzo Ferrari biopic.
Emma Stone plays a young Victorian woman who is revived by a Frankenstein-ish scientist in “Poor Things.”

Review: Emma Stone swings for the fences in bonkers comedy/drama 'Poor Things'

December 19, 2023
She re-teams with "Favourite" director Yorgos Lanthimos on a Frankenstein comedy.
“The Boys in the Boat,” directed by George Clooney, is about an American rowing team’s will at the Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany.

Review: 'The Boys in the Boat' is handsome but you may want to read the book first

December 22, 2023
George Clooney's film version omits the setbacks that made this true story so inspiring.
Movies
December 19, 2023
Fantasia Barrino plays the adult Celie in “The Color Purple.”

Review: After a shaky start, 'The Color Purple' keeps getting better

Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks shine in the musical adaptation of Alice Walker's book.