Author: Ann Hornaday The Washington Post
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Movie review: ‘Blindspotting’: Race, class and a tale of two Oaklands
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The best films teach you how to watch them within the first few minutes. “Blindspotting” is no exception. The film gets off to an exhilarating start, with split-screen images of Oakland, Calif., unspooling to the tune of a soaring aria. It’s a vibrant, contagiously joyful…
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Movie review: Plot is ho-hum, but ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is still endearing and fun
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the nicer things about “Ant-Man,” the 2015 origin story of the eponymous Marvel superhero, was its modesty and congeniality. The film kept things light, its playfulness made all the more endearing by the boyish, twinkle-eyed persona of its star, Paul Rudd. Returning in…
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Movie review: Revisiting Fred Rogers’ appeal for civility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Starring Joanne Rogers, Betty Aberlin, McColm Cephas Jr.; directed by Morgan Neville; 93 minutes; PG-13 for some nature thematic elements and strong language. Grade: A+ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” Morgan Neville’s admiring portrait of…
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Movie review: ‘Tag’ is a fun yet forgettable bromantic comedy with a nimble cast
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Tag,” a genial comedy about best buds who have been playing the same game of tag for 30 years, is about arrested adolescence at its core. And this haphazard collection of setups, stunts and gags…
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Movie review: This new flick gets right everything that ‘Mother!’ got wrong
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Starring Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Philip Ettinger, Cedric the Entertainer; directed by Paul Schrader; 113 minutes; R for some disturbing violent images. “First Reformed,” an austere drama of one man’s apocalyptic crisis of faith, feels…
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‘The Eagle Huntress’: A real-life heroine proves her mettle
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Starring Aisholpan Nurgaiv, Daisy Ridley, Rys Nurgaiv; directed by Otto Bell; 87 minutes; G – contains nothing objectionable Aisholpan Nurgaiv is a 13-year-old living with her nomadic family in Mongolia’s Altai mountains, a…
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‘Amanda Knox’ catches up with a murder suspect, now older and wiser
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As a crisp, straightforward digest of a lurid, true-crime story that sprawled over 10 years, the Netflix documentary “Amanda Knox” deserves credit for concision. This swift, densely economical film by Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn…