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Mutant Mayhem is a grody and gorgeous reintroduction to the TMNT
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a classic retelling of its pizza-obsessed heroes’ origin story that’s elevated by phenomenal art direction.
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This Barbie is a feminist parable fighting to be great in spite of Mattel’s input
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is often good and sometimes great, but it always feels like it’s fighting to be itself rather than the movie Warner Bros. and Mattel Films want.
Director Laura Moss’ birth/rebirth ��� a monstrous, moving, Frankenstein-inspired thriller starring Judy Reyes and Marin Ireland — was one of the most impressive films featured at this year’s Sundance film festival.
If the movie wasn’t already on your radar, this new trailer does a damn good job of showcasing why it needs to be ahead of birth/rebirth’s theatrical debut on August 18th.
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is the mother of all self-aware AI panic flicks
Paramount’s seventh Mission: Impossible is the franchise’s biggest, silliest, and most stunt-filled Tom Cruise delivery system yet. But its self-awareness is more of a bug than a welcome feature.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the start of something big, but it’s a terrible Beast Wars movie
Paramount’s new Transformers feature barely capitalizes on Beast Wars’ Maximals, but the action-packed movie has a couple of surprises sure to please a certain kind of fan.
The Little Mermaid is Disney’s most animated ‘live-action’ remake yet
Halle Bailey’s turn as The Little Mermaid’s Ariel is inspired, but the movie’s lackluster sense of visual magic does her very few favors.
Fast X’s running on the highest-octane fumes you’ve ever huffed
Universal’s 11th Fast & Furious movie is essentially a thinly plotted telenovela that’s way more fixated on feelings and family than cars.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is a gorgeous spectacle that confuses schmaltz for sentimentality
James Gunn’s third Guardians movie is packed with stunning set pieces, but its saccharine attempts at sentimentality and a by-the-numbers plot keep it from ever reaching lift-off.
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Suzume is everything that’s beautiful and moving about Makoto Shinkai’s imagination
Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume is his most exuberant movie yet and a powerful rumination on holding space for the past.
To look at The Super Mario Bros. Movie’s Rotten Tomatoes score, you’d think Universal, Illumination, and Nintendo might have accidentally made one of the most polarizing films of the year.
In actuality, though, it really is a M a r i o story: something short, sweet, light on nuance, and rich in simple delights.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is great — you just have to roll with it
Engaging, comical, and unapologetically dorky, Honor Among Thieves occasionally stumbles under its own ambition but ultimately proves that high fantasy doesn’t always have to be highbrow.