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Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer by George Wolf About 94 minutes into Scandalous, Mark Landsman’s completely engrossing documentary about tabloid journalism, you realize he’s buried the lede.…read more →
New In Theaters
Reviews of what’s out now
Can You Hear Me Now?
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound by George Wolf Okay, reel talk: I’m a sound nerd, so I probably geeked out over Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound…read more →
Winter Wonderland
The Lodge by Hope Madden It’s Christmas, and regardless of a profound, almost insurmountable family tragedy, one irredeemably oblivious father (Richard Armitage) decides his kids (Jaeden Martell and Lia McHugh)…read more →
Angels Assemble
Charlie’s Angels by George Wolf We’ll know soon enough if there was high demand for a new Charlie’s Angels film. But 16 years after the close of the Drew Barrymore…read more →
Nice Guys Finish Last
Ford v Ferrari by Matt Weiner Director James Mangold has a knack for turning the comfortable biopic formula into something genuinely gripping, even when it’s not surprising. In the case…read more →
She Is the Warrior
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi by Hope Madden My genuine thanks to first time writer/director Swati Bhise for bringing to my attention the Indian freedom fighter and queen, Rani Lakshmibai.…read more →
House Painting
The Irishman by Hope Madden and George Wolf In 1973, Martin Scorsese gave us Mean Streets, the tale of a fledgeling gangster contemplating the rungs that could lead him to…read more →
This Isn’t Radio Clash
Radioflash by Hope Madden See the solution, not the problem. That’s the mantra young Reese (Brighton Sharbino) repeats as she tries to find her way free of an ultra-realistic virtual…read more →
Redacted
The Report by Hope Madden Admit it. Own up to it. Hold yourself accountable. Then our country can move on. Oh right, also, I saw The Report this week. For…read more →
The Hills Are Alive
Reckoning by Hope Madden I’ve long felt that pre-film text-on-screen quotes are a cinematic crutch, often pretentious musings that rarely capture the essence of the film about to unspool. Then,…read more →