Spoilers ahead for “Zootopia 2.”   “Zootopia 2” is the latest film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, a studio whose recent output I have not really cared much for. While I enjoyed...

This past winter break, I was avoiding graduate school applications, as one does, by looking through ridiculous spats on X-formerly-Twitter-dot-com, when I saw something that made my blood run cold. “Art...

Spoilers ahead for “Stranger Things.”   At long last, a journey of almost a decade has come to an end (for now). Those who grew up with the show watched their favorite little nuggets—that...

Major spoilers ahead for “Now You See Me” and “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t.”   The “Now You See Me” franchise is back after almost a decade with “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t.”...

Spoilers ahead for “Wicked: For Good” (2025).   In endorsing “Wicked: For Good,” I have to add an asterisk. I must concede to a deluge of frustratingly valid complaints—it’s overlong,...

Spoilers ahead for “Frankenstein” (2025). For many years, Guillermo del Toro has been one of my favorite directors. I watched “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006) at much too young of an age and was scarred...

As Halloween approaches, the debates about which horror movie is the best are reignited; die-hard fans proclaim their allegiance to “The Shining” or “Get Out” and are willing to oppose anyone who...

“Saturday Night Live” (SNL) is an American institution. Since 1975, an expansive cast of comedians go live from New York at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday night with a show that was written that week, rotating...