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Movie Reviews

Dan Webster and Nathan Weinbender give short movie reviews.

  • “Origin” is a look at the roots of cultural dysfunction that supersedes simple theories of racism, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • The musical remake of the classic comedy “Mean Girls” has been a box office champ for the last few weeks. But Nathan Weinbender says you’re better off waiting for the Broadway tour to come back through town—or putting on your old DVD copy of the original film.
  • “Society of the Snow” is a graphic, Spanish-language portrayal of the 1972 Andes airplane crash, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • “American Fiction” takes aim at race, publishing and cultural pandering, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • “Ferrari” is Michael Mann’s intimate look at the Italian carmaker Enzo Ferrari, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • “Maestro” captures the at times turbulent life Leonard Bernstein lived with his wife Felicia Montealegre, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star in “May December,” a new Netflix film from director Todd Haynes. It’s part melodrama, part wicked satire, and Nathan Weinbender says that, if you’re on its peculiar wavelength, you’ll be completely wrapped up in it.
  • “Dream Scenario” casts Nicolas Cage as the reluctant man of everyone’s dreams, Dan Webster says in his review.
  • Ridley Scott’s film “Napoleon” has already inspired criticism of its bizarre central performance by Joaquin Phoenix and its lack of historical rigor. But Nathan Weinbender says the movie works as a dark comedy about a strange, impetuous, occasionally brilliant man.
  • Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” has a familiar plotline that doesn’t end up meaning much of anything, Dan Webster says in his review.