To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: Netflix’s new rom-com is cute and cliché
Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is pretty much the perfect specimen of the frothy teen rom-com. It may give you a sugar headache, but it sure is sweet.
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Crazy Rich Asians having First World problems
The heroine teaches Economics at NYU (specializing, significantly to the plot, in Game Theory).
Puzzle is a quietly engrossing coming-of-age story
During our era of big budget spectacles and artificially heightened Oscar-bait biopics, Puzzle is a rare and reassuring specimen: a simple tale, told with grace.
Christopher Robin is sweet and utterly predictable
The film gets the job done — transporting kids to the lovely Hundred Acre Wood and taking their parents along for a pleasant nostalgia trip. There are worse ways to spend a rainy afternoon.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout understands exactly what an action movie starring Tom Cruise should be
What is this strange creature called Tom Cruise? Who can explain why a 56-year-old man with a half-billion-dollar net worth insists on putting himself through hell doing outlandish stunts to amuse the masses every few years? Why are the results so entertaining?
Tully wrings wry comedy from the dark underbelly of new motherhood
If you’ve been there, you’ll be grateful to see the postpartum ordeal depicted so grittily and grungily. The film still manages to qualify as a comedy, but without glossing anything over with unearned cuteness.
Wes Anderson returns to animation in striking Isle of Dogs
Watching Isle of Dogs is a delightful experience from beginning to end. They might as well inscribe the name plaque for the 2018 Best Animated Feature Oscar right away.
Love, Simon is a sweet, timely rom/com for the gender-fluid generation
Love, Simon may be the closest thing we’ve seen yet to a contemporary spin on the John Hughes oeuvre.
Playing the hand we’re dealt in Molly’s Game
It’s based on a memoir written by an Olympic-caliber skier sidelined by a serious injury who makes a shady new career running high-stakes poker games, then refuses to name names once her operation is busted.
A long time longing in Call Me by Your Name
Expect to hear a lot of praise heaped upon this deeply romantic gay coming-of-age tale. Count this reviewer among the few who were not totally ravished by it.
