Them That Follow Is a Lazy Portrait of Religious Fanaticism
The Appalachia-set drama wastes an excellent cast on a superficial story about a snake-obsessed church.
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Wild Rose Is the Best Kind of Musical Melodrama
The actor Jessie Buckley gives an electrifying performance as a struggling Glasgow mom who dreams of being a Nashville star.
The Adam Sandler Netflix Experiment Continues With Murder Mystery
The star’s latest movie is familiar, formulaic, and mildly amusing—making it a perfect fit for the streaming service.
The Dead Don’t Die Is Awfully Lifeless
Jim Jarmusch’s star-studded zombie movie is heavy on cynicism and low on entertainment.
The Toy Story Trilogy Gets the Epilogue It Deserves
The latest addition to the Pixar series justifies its existence by using a new character to ask fascinating questions about the nature of consciousness.
Men in Black: International Forgets What Made the Original So Great
The sequel buries its stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson in a convoluted plot that adds up to 114 minutes of nothing in particular.
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Is an Elegy for a City
Joe Talbot’s painterly drama tells the story of a man grappling with the loss of the home he grew up in.
The Last X-Men Movie Was Doomed to Fail
Dark Phoenix draws from epic source material, but the momentum drained out of this particular series long ago.
The Subtle Subversions of Always Be My Maybe
How three Fresh Off the Boat colleagues created a classic love story—and filmed that already infamous Keanu Reeves scene
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Is an Utterly Disastrous Sequel
The latest “MonsterVerse” movie from Warner Bros. is lazily plotted and feels wholly disconnected from the films that came before it.