When a movie based on a toy was announced, plenty of people expected a feature-length commercial. What arrived in 2014 instead was one of the smartest family films of the decade. The Lego Movie is fast, funny, and surprisingly emotional, and more than a decade later it has lost almost none of its energy. Directed…
Amazon Prime Video has one of the largest movie libraries in streaming, and that is exactly the problem. Scroll long enough and you will find everything from award winners to forgotten straight-to-video filler, mixed in with titles that look free but actually cost extra to rent. A good night of viewing should not start with…
Some horror movies fade the moment the credits roll. Others move into your head and stay there. The 2017 film It belongs firmly in the second group. Almost a decade after its release, the image of a grinning clown in a storm drain still shows up in Halloween costumes, memes, and late-night conversations about the…
If you have been meaning to catch up on Bollywood but do not know where to start, you are not alone. The Hindi film industry releases dozens of movies every year, and the good ones do not always get the loudest marketing. Some arrive with massive hype and fade fast, while others quietly build an…
There is a particular kind of movie that Liam Neeson has made his own over the past fifteen years: the ordinary man in an extraordinary jam, usually a father, usually with a phone in his hand and danger closing in. Retribution, released in 2023, fits that mold almost perfectly. The entire story takes place over…