For countless movie fans, Marlee Matlin’s name will always be synonymous with her Oscar-winning portrayal of Sarah, a young, deaf woman, in Randa Haines’ acclaimed film adaptation of Mark Medoff’s Tony Award-winning play “Children of A Lesser God.”
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Expectations were low for the fourth attempt at bringing Marvel’s Fantastic Four to the big screen, but somehow director Matt Shakman, who is mostly known for his TV series work, makes us forget about the abysmal 2015, 2007, and 1994 renditions. His “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” (Marvel Studios), in IMAX, benefits from the combination of heroics, humanity, and humor.
When I tell you that Krypto, the CGI version of dog-actor Jolene, the foster-dog of Superman (breathtakingly handsome David Corenswet), is the best part of James Gunn’s insanely OTT reboot of “Superman” (DC Studios), in IMAX no less, I’m not just throwing you a bone.
Calling “Jurassic World Rebirth” (Universal) an unnecessary installment in a franchise that should, pardon the expression, go the way of the dinosaurs, might be a bit extreme.
As you can tell from the title, “Big Easy Queens” (Advocate Originals), now streaming on Hulu, is set in New Orleans, specifically in the French Quarter, known to be an exciting, but dangerous, place. “Big Easy Queens” drives home the point by opening with the murders of a trio of men.
1. At the end of 2022’s “M3GAN,” after the titular, life-sized, AI-powered humanoid robot has left a path of destruction and death, including her own, a computerized camera illuminates and offers a “wink” at the camera, thereby paving the way for “M3GAN 2.0” (Universal/Blumhouse).
Filmmaker Celine Song’s acclaimed and award-winning 2023 writing and directing debut “Past Lives” was a unique and original take on modern love. It invited viewers on an unforgettable journey through memory and heartbreak.
You might not realize it from watching it, but “Things Like This” (Shout!) is both the writing and directing debut of actor Max Talisman (who also plays the lead character). A self-described “plus-sized queer,” Talisman has made a movie that takes the gay rom-com to a whole new level in the name of representation.
If you are wondering why the doc “Pee-wee as Himself” (HBO Documentary Films) airs in two parts on HBO Max, it’s because both subjects, the late Paul Reubens and his alter-ego, Pee-wee Herman, are simply too much to be contained in one cinematic project.
Gird your loins, folks! Aussie twin brothers Danny and Michael Philippou, who terrified us with 2023’s “Talk To Me,” crank up the horror with their follow-up “Bring Her Back” (A24). Add to the fact that the Oscar-nominated Sally Hawkins we’ve come to know and love from “Happy-Go-Lucky,” “The Shape of Water,” and “Blue Jasmine,” has been replaced by someone entirely different in this new movie.
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