‘Unknown Origins’: Cool Concept, Poor Execution
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.

Rob Beckett is back on tour. In Giraffe, he tackles family life, time on the road and the joys of hotel breakfasts with his usual infectious wit.
Unknown Origins promises a cool spin on superheroes and serial killers, but ultimately delivers cheap comedy.
A film loosely based on the fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, with major twists to the original story.
It’s almost the end of the first month of 2021, and just over a week since the U.S. saw a new president take office. In light of the occasion, some of us highlighted our favorite political films below!
Another uneven "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" redux that says nothing novel about its subject matter.
This drama film is about Priscilla and Elvis Presley's failed marriage through the lens of the title character.
With mismatched eyes, a willingness to experiment with hair color and style, and a rail thin frame, Bowie always drew attention. But he shunned gendered attractiveness, creating his own space somewhere in between. This hallucinatory and often nonlinear 2022 documentary is a perfect salute to David Bowie’s life and career. Rather than interviewing those that knew Bowie, the standard convention for biographical portraits, director Brett Morgen mostly lets the artist’s images, performances, videos, and words speak to capture the essence of the artist. Bowie was more than just a pop star. He painted, sculpted, acted in films, and was a thoughtful and articulate person who gave sincere answers to even the most shallow interview questions.