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Movie Review: “The Reunion”
Playing ex-flames who team up to save the world, the two leads have chemistry, but the movie lacks the personality to make their low-key screwball dynamic worth the hassle.
by Peter Debruge
Life peaked in high school for Mike McKenna…
Movie Review: “Crescent City”
Terrence Howard and Esai Morales play Little Rock cops with dark secrets investigating a series of grisly murders.
MPA Rating: R. Running time: 103 MIN.
by Joe Leyton
New Orleans natives may be slightly disappointed to find that a…
Movie Review: “Longlegs”
Osgood Perkins' ’90s-set horror movie disturbs more over time than it does in the moment, getting scary once its singularly Satanic boogeyman embeds in your head.
by Peter Debruge
Now here’s a first: Apart from the pale-faced freak…
Movie Review: “Fly Me to the Moon”
Originally intended for streaming, Greg Berlanti's Apollo 11 crowd-pleaser is the rare 21st-century rom-com to boast the brains and heart to support repeat viewing.
by Petwer Debruge
Trailers make “Fly Me to the Moon” look cute at…
CINETOPIA FILM FESTIVAL Returns to Ann Arbor
by Daniel Joyaux, Pulp
Cinetopia Film Festival runs Thursday, June 13–Sunday, June 23 at the Michigan and State theatres. For tickets and more information, visit marquee-arts.org/cinetopia.
Five years after its final pre-COVID…
Film Review: “Summer Camp”
by Tomaris Laffley
MPA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 96 MIN.
It happens to many of us above a certain age. You wake up one day, and realize that your life involves neither your childhood besties, nor the carefree bliss you once took…
Movie Review: “Sleeping Dogs”
Russell Crowe Plays an Ex-Cop with Alzheimer’s in a Scrappy Piece of Dementia Noir
MPA rating: R. Running time: 111 MIN.
by Owen Glieberman
“Sleeping Dogs,” starring Russell Crowe as a retired cop with Alzheimer’s…
Ann Arbor Black Film Festival Celebrates Diversity and Creativity in Cinema
by Christopher Anderson
The city of Ann Arbor is set to host the much-anticipated Ann Arbor Black Film Festival (A2BFF), showcasing an array of powerful narratives, innovative filmmaking, musical expression, and diverseperspectives.…
Movie Review: “Argylle”
After dedicating a decade to his pet secret-service franchise, the 'Kingsman' helmer enlists an American cast (and one cute kitty) in a convoluted plot that puts a fiction writer at the center of the action.
by Peter Debruge
What…
Movie Review: “The Outrun”
It leaps in time but lands on a Scottish archipelago that symbolizes its heroine's inner state.
by Owen Glieberman
“The Outrun,” the story of a 29-year-old Scottish woman in the throes of, and recovery from (though not necessarily in…