Movies

‘Yoga Hosers’ (2016) colorful but utterly uninspired

It’s been said that it’s hard for adults to understand the younger generation, and that’s accidentally but clearly illustrated in “Yoga Hosers” (2016). This horror-comedy

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Smith’s ‘Tusk’ (2014) gosh-dang original for a lark, eh?

Writer-director Kevin Smith is a funnyman and – as of 2011’s “Red State” – also a horror filmmaker. With 2014’s “Tusk” – the first of

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‘The Menu’ (2022) serves up weirdness, skimps on horror

“The Menu” (2022) has big ideas yet ultimately feels so much of a piece with other cool, high-concept modern films that it’s more a smoke-and-mirrors

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Smith proves he can do brutally great horror in ‘Red State’ (2011)

I’m a horror fan, but sometimes I watch a movie that makes me say “Wait, do I really like horror?” Writer-director Kevin Smith’s “Red State”

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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ (2022) spectacular, insubstantial

“Thor: Love and Thunder” (2022) is easily digestible as entertainment, but even as I watched it, I knew I was taking in empty calories. Director/co-writer

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Novelty wears off fast in jerky sequel ‘V/H/S/2’ (2013)

I had some issues with the unlikable characters and dishonest “found footage” premise of 2012’s “V/H/S.” But at least that horror anthology has solid entries

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‘Doctor Strange’ enters ‘Multiverse of Madness’ (2022), and it looks familiar

Thanos was defeated in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” but the MCU has somehow gotten more complex since then. The first of the three 2022 films, “Doctor

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Leitch’s ‘Bullet Train’ (2022) barely stays on the rails

I gave positive reviews to director David Leitch’s “Deadpool 2” and “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” but they won me over with a

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John’s top 10 movies of 2022

The industry is struggling through a post-pandemic transitional period as it figures out how people want to consume movies. For now, there’s still an appetite

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‘Black Adam’ a goofily fun but hypocritical superhero romp

The line between video-game graphics and movie CGI is almost erased in “Black Adam” (HBO Max). It was ostensibly filmed in New Zealand, but I

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