Movie Reviews

The Long Walk adapts the novel by Stephen King (written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1979).  Set in a world in which the United States has suffered economic collapse and is ruled by a fascistic military government, the film depicts the annual televised competition called Th

Caught Stealing is set in New York City in 1998; Hank (Austin Butler) is living a happy life as a jovial, somewhat unreliable, slightly alcoholic bartender.  He’s in an on-the-edge-of-becoming-serious relationship with a paramedic named Yvonne (Zoë Kravitz).  But Hank’s

When I was in high school, I read a Stephen King story in an English class.  I knew who Stephen King was, of course, but I hadn’t read any of his novels.  He was very much a horror author in my mind, and that didn’t interest me back then.  But then I read this short [&h

I loved Drive Away Dolls, the 2024 film directed by Ethan Coen and co-written with his wife, Tricia Cooke, so I was thrilled that Mr. Coen and Ms. Cooke were reuniting with star Margaret Qualley for another film so quickly.  (Mr. Coen and Ms. Cooke have called Honey Don’t! the

In Fountain of Youth, we meet estranged siblings Luke (John Krasinski) and Charlotte (Natalie Portman).  Luke is a charismatic but somewhat shady thief; when the movie opens, he’s stealing a painting, and pretty soon he’s gotten his sister Charlotte into trouble by steali