‘Malcolm & Marie’: A Promising Premise With Disappointing Results
Sam Levinson's latest film can't keep up with the excellence of its performances.

A young man struggles through a difficult family chapter, only to see his reality shattered, forcing him to question his very existence. Coming soon.
Sam Levinson's latest film can't keep up with the excellence of its performances.
While the camera is objectifying her body to invoke a sexual response in male viewers, Lara Croft still defies the expectations of women in action films.
'Motherless Brooklyn' is a 1950s whodunit made by its star, Edward Norton. Like most detective films in this setting, the cast is mostly white males (with a few notable exceptions).
This comedy brings a big surprise to Josh and his family when they move to New York City and struggle to adapt to their new friend.
The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.
The “gay best friend”, an age-old trope, has been done in countless films and television series. Ranging from one-note (Sex and the City's Stanford and Mario) to nuanced (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Tituss), the gay best friend exists to support and advise the main protagonist, with their conflicts swept to the side.