Google news on CHRONORAMA VarietyApp – Maz – Reviews https://variety.com Thu, 23 May 2024 15:54:45 +0000 en-US Shane Gillis Netflix Sitcom ‘Tires’ Is a Self-Funded Showcase That Spins Its Wheels: TV Review Alison Herman Thu, 23 May 2024 14:45:00 +0000 1716451057 https://variety.com/2024/tv/tv-reviews/shane-gillis-tires-review-netflix-1236011653/ Courtesy of Netflix https://variety.com/?p=1236011653 ]]> ‘Anora’ Review: Sean Baker’s Whirlwind Sex-Work Romance Sparkles Like the Tinsel in Its Leading Lady’s Hair Peter Debruge Tue, 21 May 2024 15:30:00 +0000 1716396327 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/anora-review-sean-baker-1236011025/ Courtesy of Neon https://variety.com/?p=1236011025 ]]> ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: Trauma Takes on Grieving in Rungano Nyoni’s Darkly Transfixing Second Feature Guy Lodge Thu, 16 May 2024 13:35:00 +0000 1716394755 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/on-becoming-a-guinea-fowl-review-1236005765/ Courtesy of A24/Chibesa Mulumba https://variety.com/?p=1236005765 ]]> ‘Born Innocent’ Review: The Story of Redd Kross, the Most Underrated Band of Their Generation, Is Told in Fascinating Detail in a New Documentary Jem Aswad Tue, 21 May 2024 14:55:00 +0000 1716390323 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/redd-kross-born-innocent-documentary-film-review-1236010942/ Photo: Tony Molina https://variety.com/?p=1236010942 ]]> ‘Grand Tour’ Review: Miguel Gomes’ Dreamy, Delirious Time-Swirling Travelogue Through East and Southeast Asia Jessica Kiang Wed, 22 May 2024 15:10:08 +0000 1716389569 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/grand-tour-review-miguel-gomes-1235996639/ Courtesy of Uma Pedra No Sapata, Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1235996639 ]]> Megan Thee Stallion Is Joined by Cardi B and GloRilla at Sold-Out Madison Square Garden: Concert Review Lexi Carson Wed, 22 May 2024 19:55:47 +0000 1716388575 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]]> ‘Black Dog’ Review: A Resonant, Visually Resplendent China-Noir About Taming the Mad Dog Within Jessica Kiang Tue, 21 May 2024 23:34:45 +0000 1716309292 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/black-dog-review-1236011545/ Courtesy of the Seventh Art Pictures, Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1236011545 ]]> ‘Marcello Mio’ Review: Chiara Mastroianni Has a Nepo-Baby Identity Crisis In a Toe-Curling Showbiz Meta-Comedy Guy Lodge Tue, 21 May 2024 17:31:12 +0000 1716296099 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/marcello-mio-review-1236011634/ Cinetic https://variety.com/?p=1236011634 ]]> ‘Parthenope’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino Crafts an Exquisite Treatise on Cinematic Beauty Siddhant Adlakha Tue, 21 May 2024 22:46:00 +0000 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/parthenope-review-paolo-sorrentino-1236011840/ https://variety.com/?p=1236011840 ]]> ‘Eephus’ Review: A Wry and Lovely Baseball Movie That Pitches Slowballs of Quiet Wisdom Jessica Kiang Tue, 21 May 2024 16:21:48 +0000 1716283317 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/eephus-review-1236009056/ https://variety.com/?p=1236009056 ]]> ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ Review: Blazing Action Delights Get Marred by Languid Soap Opera Siddhant Adlakha Tue, 21 May 2024 00:59:02 +0000 1716282616 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/twilight-of-the-warriors-walled-in-review-soi-cheang-1236008771/ Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1236008771 ]]> ‘The Shrouds’ Review: David Cronenberg Makes a Movie About Grief — and Body Horror, and Digital Gravestones — That in Its Somber Way Verges on Self-Parody Owen Gleiberman Mon, 20 May 2024 21:44:00 +0000 1716274105 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-shrouds-review-david-cronenberg-cannes-1236010116/ Courtesy of Gravetech Productions Inc/SBS Productions https://variety.com/?p=1236010116 ]]> ‘Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1’ Review: Sprawling Yet Thinly Spread, the First Part of Kevin Costner’s Western Epic Feels Like the Set-Up for a TV Miniseries Owen Gleiberman Sun, 19 May 2024 23:40:45 +0000 1716208009 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/horizon-an-american-saga-review-kevin-costner-1236009206/ Courtesy of Warner Bros. https://variety.com/?p=1236009206 ]]> ‘Death Becomes Her’ Review: Promising Pre-Broadway Musical Makes for a Campy Improvement on the Cult Film Steven Oxman Mon, 20 May 2024 18:34:13 +0000 1716204859 https://variety.com/2024/legit/reviews/death-becomes-her-review-musical-chicago-1236010777/ Matthew Murphy https://variety.com/?p=1236010777 ]]> ‘The Apprentice’ Review: Sebastian Stan Plays Donald Trump in a Docudrama That Nails Everything About Him but His Mystery Owen Gleiberman Mon, 20 May 2024 17:06:15 +0000 1716199588 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-apprentice-review-donald-trump-movie-sebastian-stan-1236010185/ “The Apprentice” (Courtesy of Tailored Films) https://variety.com/?p=1236010185 ]]> ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: A Sweet, Nostalgic Love Letter to Suburban Holiday-Season Rituals Jessica Kiang Fri, 17 May 2024 12:15:19 +0000 1716192041 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/christmas-eve-in-millers-point-review-1236005447/ Courtesy of Omnes Films, Directors' Fortnight https://variety.com/?p=1236005447 ]]> ‘The Kingdom’ Review: The Daughter of a Corsican Big Shot Practices Her Aim in Cannes Standout Peter Debruge Mon, 20 May 2024 10:50:00 +0000 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-kingdom-review-le-royaume-1236001520/ Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1236001520 ]]> ‘The Garfield Movie’ Review: Beloved Feline Loses His Sarcastic Growl in Product Placement-Heavy Origin Story Carlos Aguilar Mon, 20 May 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-garfield-movie-review-chris-pratt-1236009935/ ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Eve https://variety.com/?p=1236009935 ]]> ‘The Substance’ Review: Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in a Visionary Feminist Body-Horror Film That Takes Cosmetic Enhancement to Extremes Owen Gleiberman Sun, 19 May 2024 21:50:00 +0000 1716138635 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-substance-review-margaret-qualley-demi-moore-dennis-quaid-1236009235/ Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1236009235 ]]> ‘Santosh’ Review: A Dramatic Inquiry Into Images of Indian Policing Siddhant Adlakha Mon, 20 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/santosh-review-1236005099/ Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1236005099 ]]> ‘My Sunshine’ Review: Hiroshi Okuyama’s Second Feature Traces a Gentle Trajectory Through Changing Seasons Catherine Bray Sun, 19 May 2024 16:51:06 +0000 1716112324 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/my-sunshine-review-1236009588/ Courtesy of Charades https://variety.com/?p=1236009588 ]]> ‘Limonov: The Ballad’ Review: Ben Whishaw Stars in a Portrait of a Radical That Is All Swagger and No Game Jessica Kiang Sun, 19 May 2024 14:58:15 +0000 1716105585 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/limonov-the-ballad-review-ben-whishaw-1236009366/ Courtesy Andrejs Strokins, Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1236009366 ]]> ‘Rumours’ Review: Cate Blanchett Gets Lost in Heavy Fog and Hot Air in a Laugh-Out-Loud Political Satire Guy Lodge Sun, 19 May 2024 11:52:40 +0000 1716094374 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/rumours-review-cate-blanchett-1236009377/ Courtesy of Bleecker Street https://variety.com/?p=1236009377 ]]> ‘The Falling Sky’ Review: The Yanomami People Deliver an Apocalyptic Warning in Scorching Resistance Doc Carlos Aguilar Sun, 19 May 2024 14:35:00 +0000 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-falling-sky-review-a-queda-do-ceu-1236009301/ Courtesy of Rediance https://variety.com/?p=1236009301 ]]> ‘Everybody Loves Touda’ Review: Nabil Ayouch’s Feminist Musical Drama Only Really Sings When Its Leading Lady Does Guy Lodge Sun, 19 May 2024 06:27:25 +0000 1716074853 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/everybody-loves-touda-review-1236008150/ Courtesy Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1236008150 ]]> ‘Megalopolis’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Bold, Ungainly Epic Crams in Half a Dozen Stars and Decades’ Worth of Ideas Peter Debruge Thu, 16 May 2024 19:30:00 +0000 1716074088 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/megalopolis-review-francis-ford-coppola-1236005482/ Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival https://variety.com/?p=1236005482 ]]> Dead & Company at Sphere, Night 2: What Was the Same, What Was Different Chris Willman Sun, 19 May 2024 00:46:50 +0000 1716062771 https://variety.com/2024/music/news/dead-company-night-2-sphere-differences-setlist-1236008346/ Chris Willman/Variety https://variety.com/?p=1236008346 ]]> ‘The Surfer’ Review: Nicolas Cage Goes Full Cage in a Trippy Slapdash Comic Nightmare Owen Gleiberman Sat, 18 May 2024 16:35:50 +0000 1716052870 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-surfer-review-nicolas-cage-1236008782/ 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https://variety.com/?p=1236007691 ]]> ’Galileo: A Rock Musical’ Review: Grafting 80s-Style Power Ballads Onto The Story of a Renaissance Visionary Yields Assertive But Awkward Results Dennis Harvey Fri, 17 May 2024 22:08:31 +0000 1715958520 https://variety.com/2024/legit/reviews/galileo-musical-review-berkeley-rep-1236007154/ Kevin Berne https://variety.com/?p=1236007154 ]]> ‘Thelma the Unicorn’ Review: Brittany Howard Voices a Pony with Dreams of Fame in Unexceptional Netflix Toon Carlos Aguilar Fri, 17 May 2024 22:00:57 +0000 1715958118 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/thelma-the-unicorn-review-1236008265/ Courtesy of Netflix https://variety.com/?p=1236008265 ]]> ‘Three Kilometers to the End of the World’ Review: A Portrait of a Small Romanian Village, Made Smaller Still by Prejudice Guy Lodge Fri, 17 May 2024 18:56:33 +0000 1715950276 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/three-kilometers-to-the-end-of-the-world-review-1236007778/ Courtesy of Goodfellas https://variety.com/?p=1236007778 ]]> Zayn Lets His Guard Down on ‘Room Under the Stairs,’ but Teeters Between Reinvention and Reintroduction: Album Review Thania Garcia Fri, 17 May 2024 19:02:35 +0000 1715947569 https://variety.com/2024/music/album-reviews/zayn-room-under-the-stairs-album-review-1236006903/ ZAYN https://variety.com/?p=1236006903 ]]> ‘The Blue Angels’ Review: Dazzling Imax Documentary Showcases Top Guns, but No Mavericks Todd Gilchrist Fri, 17 May 2024 15:25:00 +0000 1715936410 https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/the-blue-angels-review-1236005309/ Courtesy of Amazon Prime https://variety.com/?p=1236005309 ]]> ‘The Belle From Gaza’ Review: A Blinkered Search for a Palestinian Trans Woman in Israel Siddhant Adlakha Fri, 17 May 2024 17:46:00 +0000 https://variety.com/2024/film/news/the-belle-from-gaza-review-la-belle-de-gaza-1236005391/ Courtesy of Unité, Phobics, Arte France Cinéma https://variety.com/?p=1236005391 ]]> Billie Eilish Keeps Up Her Winning Streak With the 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Newton, but ‘The Big Cigar’ Never Ignites: TV Review Aramide Tinubu Fri, 17 May 2024 01:00:00 +0000 https://variety.com/2024/tv/reviews/the-big-cigar-review-huey-newton-1236000653/ Courtesy of Apple TV+ https://variety.com/?p=1236000653 ]]> HBO Makeover Show ‘We’re Here’ Takes on Drag Bans With a Recast Season 4: TV Review Alison Herman Mon, 13 May 2024 20:21:04 +0000 1715606472 https://variety.com/2024/tv/tv-reviews/were-here-hbo-season-4-drag-bans-1236001118/ Courtesy of HBO https://variety.com/?p=1236001118 ]]> ‘The Menu’ Review: Ralph Fiennes and Anya Taylor-Joy in a Restaurant Thriller That Gives Foodie Culture the Slicing and Dicing It Deserves Owen Gleiberman Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:52:04 +0000 1715600697 https://variety.com/2022/film/reviews/the-menu-review-ralph-fiennes-anya-taylor-joy-1235374185/ Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures https://variety.com/?p=1235374185 ]]> ‘The Super Mario Bros. 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