Despite what you might think, director Jon M. Chu’s WICKED isn’t solely a fluffy, colorful musical prequel to 1939’s THE WIZARD OF OZ. The auteur handles those homages with gorgeously evocative ...

Courtney Howard // Film Critic DIGGER Rated R, 2 hours and 8 minutes Directed by: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Starring: Tom Cruise, John Goodman, Riz Ahmed, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook There are 8 new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda featured in ENCANTO and all of them contain that ...

Courtney Howard // Film Critic HEART OF THE BEAST Rated PG-13, 1 hour and 45 minutes Directed by: David Ayer Starring: Brad Pitt, J.K. Simmons, Anna Lambe, Uber The filmmakers behind HEART OF THE ...

Courtney Howard // Film Critic THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS Rated R, 1 hour and 50 minutes Directed by: Claire Scanlon Starring: Lili Reinhart, Tom Bateman, Rachel Marsh, Jaboukie Young-White, Nicholas ...

Courtney Howard // Film Critic PRIMETIME Rated R, 1 hour and 50 minutes Directed by: Lance Oppenheim Starring: Robert Pattinson, Skyler Gisondo, Merritt Wever, Matthew Maher, Phoebe Bridgers, ...

Do you need more diehard devotion to iconic leading man (and the recently retired) Bruce Willis? How about a new action movie where bullets and playground insults are fired between him and John ...

Filmmaker Alek Keshishian brought us one of the all-time great pop docs with MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE. His no-holds-barred look at the titular icon’s life during her Blonde Ambition tour not only ...

Directors sometimes like to make cameo appearances in their films. Alfred Hitchcock frequently did it. Quentin Tarantino has built entire characters for himself to inhabit. However, when you see ...

Is 'TWISTERS' the ultimate storm of excitement and thrills? Is the sequel to 'MY SPY' a delightful watch for the whole family? Listen to the Fresh Fiction Film & TV Podcast as they cover these topics ...

With THE INVITE, director/ star Olivia Wilde channels her inner Mike Nichols (WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?) and nebbish Woody Allen (HUSBANDS AND WIVES), capturing neurotic couples’ reckonings and ...

Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson pulls at least two magic tricks during ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. The first is that the auteur blends wildly extreme tones – absurdist satire, poignant drama and ...