The paranoid suspicion that everyone else is in on some big secret they’ve excluded you from gets full play in “Best Wishes To All.” This debut feature from Yuta Shimotsu, which...
Two years ago, a tragedy caught the world’s attention … but not in a particularly sympathetic way. The fatal implosion of submersible Titan on its descent to the deep-sea tourist destination...
Even diehard fans of the tireless Tyler Perry sometimes wish he’d slow down a bit to focus on quality over quantity. But Netflix feature “Straw” has a cultural pulse-taking urgency that...
Not since Paul Schrader’s ill-starred “Exorcist” entry “Dominion” in 2004 has an exorcism-centric thriller taken itself quite so seriously as “The Ritual.” Based on a real-life case, like director David Midell’s...
Insanely prolific “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine’s other major publishing franchise, the young adult “Fear Street” series, made a decent splash on Netflix four years ago with the premiere of three interlocking...
Amid the tidal wave of criticisms both aesthetic and politicized that got lobbed at Disney’s recent live-action “Snow White,” one cry notably unheard was “Needs more gore, nudity and F-bombs.” Yet...
The past-prime fighter struggling to rise above his hard-knock background was a screen cliché even when it fueled unexpected smash “Rocky” almost half a century ago. Since then, the same premise...
