Freakier Friday Has Double the Body-Swaps, Half the Fun

Freakier Friday Has Double the Body-Swaps, Half the Fun

Freakier Friday ★ ½ A mother, a daughter, and now…a grandmother in someone else’s body! Freakier Friday is the long-gestating sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday, which was one of several remakes of the 1976 film that starred Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. Surprisingly,...
Together— For Better, for Worse…Till Flesh Do Us Part

Together— For Better, for Worse…Till Flesh Do Us Part

Together ★ ★ ★ ★ Together is the latest in the trend of ‘body horror’ films in which real world fears manifest in some sort of physical disfigurement—or worse. Last year’s The Substance showed us the cruel nature of Hollywood’s reliance upon external beauty and the...
The Fantastic Four: First Steps—Finally a Leap Forward

The Fantastic Four: First Steps—Finally a Leap Forward

The Fantastic Four: First Steps ★ ★ ★ ½ After three forgettable (and sometimes embarrassing) attempts, The Fantastic Four: First Steps finally gives Marvel’s original superhero team the movie they deserve. The story follows four astronauts—Reed Richards (Pedro...
I Know What You Did Last Summer—But I Wish I Didn’t

I Know What You Did Last Summer—But I Wish I Didn’t

I Know What You Did Last Summer ★ I Know What You Did Last Summer seems to think its audience is stupid. I say that because the characters we’re supposed to root for are so tragically dumb, you start to root for the hook-wielding killer. The dialogue sounds like it...
Superman Takes Flight but Leaves the Plot Behind

Superman Takes Flight but Leaves the Plot Behind

Superman ★ ★ ½ James Gunn has a lot riding on Superman. Hired by Warner Bros. to reinvent the DC Comics Cinematic Universe (DCU), he needs this film to accomplish two things—ideally both. First, it has to be a box office success. Second—and less important, at least by...