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The horror franchise that began with "X" and "Pearl" is now a trilogy. Director Ti West and star Mia Goth return to that sleazy world with "MaXXXine" but Nathan Weinbender says it’s too unfocused and overburdened with film references to stack up to its predecessors.

With its buzzy marketing, “Longlegs” has been an unexpected horror hit. Nathan Weinbender says that it’s a stylishly made and ultimately promising nightmare that loses steam as it goes along and has to explain its plot.

The latest from Marvel, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” finally teams up the irreverent Merc with a Mouth and the glowering X-Men leader. Nathan Weinbender says the movie is designed to please fans, but barring a few good jokes, it doesn’t offer anything new to the Deadpool formula.

“Good One” is a small-scale drama, made on a small budget with a small cast of actors. But Nathan Weinbender says that it creates a world of complicated emotions, and that it’s one of the best movies of the year so far.

André Holland stars in the strange, hallucinatory noir "The Actor," about a man with amnesia trying to piece his identity back together. It’s now on Hulu, and Nathan Weinbender says it’s worth a look.

More than 20 years after it won the best picture Oscar, “Gladiator” has a big-screen sequel. Ridley Scott returns as director and is working with a cast that includes Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, but Nathan Weinbender says “Gladiator II” is mostly a retread.

In “A Real Pain,” two estranged Jewish cousins take a historical tour of the Polish countryside. Written and directed by its star Jesse Eisenberg, and with a stormy performance by Kieran Culkin, Nathan Weinbender says this is a film as verbose and quick-witted as its actors.

As counter-programming to the ongoing prestige movie season, Nathan Weinbender looks at two breezy new streaming docs about very different musical movements: “Beatles ’64” on Disney+ and “Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary” on Max.

In “Juror #2,” a man realizes that he may have been involved in the murder case he’s currently deliberating. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a compelling hook for what may be Clint Eastwood’s final film as a director.

Daniel Craig recently received a Golden Globe nomination for his work in “Queer,” Luca Guadagnino’s second feature of 2024. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a ravishing, dreamlike and obtuse film, in keeping with its source novel by William S. Burroughs.