More from Frank Scheck
‘Black Phone 2’ Review: Ethan Hawke Returns for More Virtuoso Demonic Tormenting in an Effective Horror Sequel
The Grabber strikes back from the dead in Scott Derrickson's follow-up to the 2021 hit, also featuring Demian Bichir, Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw.
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‘Vicious’ Review: Dakota Fanning Delivers in a Paramount+ Horror Flick That Can’t Quite Get on Her Level
A young woman receives a mysterious box from an unexpected visitor in Bryan Bertino's film co-starring Kathryn Hunter ('The Tragedy of Macbeth').
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‘Situations’ Review: A Respectable Entry in the Los Angeles Cringe-Com Subgenre
Greg Vrotsos stars in his feature directorial debut about a photographer struggling with relationship issues.
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‘Harakiri, I Miss You’ Review: The Young Men Are Not Alright in a Timely Spanish Tale of Misogyny and Aimlessness
Three young men reveal their sexism and inability to connect in Alejandro Castro Arias' debut feature, receiving its world premiere at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.
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‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’ Review: Strictly for the Kids
The popular Netflix show hits the big screen in a film featuring Laila Lockhart Kraner in the titular role and Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan in key supporting parts.
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‘Him’ Review: Marlon Wayans and Tyriq Withers Impress in a Jordan Peele-Produced Sports Horror That Fumbles Its Potential
A promising young football player endures a hellish week of training under the guidance of his idol, a charismatic star quarterback nearing retirement.
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‘In Whose Name?’ Review: The Chronicle of Kanye West’s Chaos That You Never Asked For
Filmmaker Nico Ballesteros followed the hip-hop superstar for six years, through marital troubles with Kim Kardashian, anti-Semitic outbursts and a budding relationship with Donald Trump.
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‘Keep Quiet’ Review: A Stellar Lou Diamond Phillips Helps Police Procedural Transcend Genre Clichés
A tribal cop breaks in a new partner while dealing with the return of a recently released criminal in Vincent Grashaw's thriller being showcased at Oldenburg.
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‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ Review: An Enjoyably Nostalgic Sequel That’s More Chuckle-Inducing Than Guffaw-Inspiring
Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner reprise their roles in this follow-up to the 1984 cult classic mockumentary 'This Is Spinal Tap.'
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‘Eugene the Marine’ Review: Scott Glenn Is Riveting in an Old-School Horror Film That’s Not Quite on His Level
The veteran actor plays an elderly man caught up in a series of murders in Hank Bedford's film premiering at the Oldenburg International Film Festival.
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‘Rental Family’ Review: Brendan Fraser Gets a Stellar Star Vehicle in Hikari’s Clever Comic Heartwarmer
The Oscar-winner plays a struggling actor living in Tokyo, who begins working for a company that provides performers for personal role-play situations.
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‘The Man in My Basement’ Review: Corey Hawkins and Willem Dafoe Star in a Walter Mosley Adaptation That Compels but Doesn’t Convince
Nadia Latif directs this film about a Sag Harbor man and his unusual houseguest, receiving its world premiere at Toronto.
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