Movie Reviews : NPR

Four years ago, 12 boys and their soccer coach were trapped in deep, dark tunnels during heavy rains in Thailand. People around the world were captivated as a mission began to rescue them.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/29/1114417132/thirteen-lives-is-ron-howards-take-on-a-dramatic-cave-rescue-in-thailand

Scenes from "The Seven Year Itch" and "101 Dalmatians" can transport you away from the sweltering weather outside. There are great documentary and animated options too.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1113069539/here-are-some-movie-reviews-for-a-hot-summer-day

After tapping into the horrors lurking beneath the surface of American life in Get Out and Us, writer-director Peele ventures into alien sci-fi territory with his new thriller, Nope.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1112938532/jordan-peeles-nope-blends-blockbuster-thrills-with-grand-ideas

If you think you know what to expect with Nope based on the previews, you're wrong.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/21/1112634101/jordan-peele-subverts-expectations-again-with-nope

Jordan Peele's latest thriller, Nope, has been shrouded in secrecy, but the shroud comes off this weekend.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/21/1112777667/jordan-peele-mixes-science-fiction-and-thrills-in-nope

A new documentary series directed by Ethan Hawke is a close examination of the lives and careers of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, one of Hollywood's most revered long marriages.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/21/1112472019/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-the-last-movie-stars-ethan-hawke

Gosling plays an assassin being chased by other assassins. That sounds exciting, but it isn't; it's a pileup of self-admiring one-liners and insanely violent but weirdly inconsequential action sc...

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/15/1111002066/ryan-gosling-deserves-better-than-the-snarky-action-thriller-the-gray-man

The action-packed thriller starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans is clever, stylish and fun to watch. But it's still missing something essential.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/15/1111542132/the-gray-man-ryan-gosling-chris-evans-ana-de-armas

A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London sets her heart on a designer dress in this charm-filled adaptation of Paul Gallico's 1958 novel.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/14/1111073363/dreaming-of-dior-a-charwoman-follows-her-bliss-in-mrs-harris-goes-to-paris

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with film critic Monica Castillo about the documentary series "Menudo: Forever Young," which chronicles the rise and fall of the Puerto Rican boy band.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/10/1110723330/menudo-forever-young-follows-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-puerto-rican-boy-band

Thor becomes the first Marvel superhero to get a four-quel in Thor: Love & Thunder, which finds him battling a villain called Gorr The God Butcher.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110577376/in-thor-love-thunder-the-hammer-throwing-hero-takes-on-gorr-the-god-butcher

Juliette Binoche is a woman whose life is disrupted by the return of a former lover. Both Sides of the Blade sounds like soap-opera material, but nothing about the film feels trite or predictable...

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110248728/both-sides-of-the-blade-claire-denis-film-review

Director Taika Waititi goes back to the Thor: Ragnarok well for another sprawling romp starring Chris Hemsworth's pompous thunder god. The water's still thirst-quenching, but not as fresh.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1108949918/thor-love-and-thunder-review

An unnamed man inexplicably loses his memory in this strange and singular film. Apples is about how we deal with grief and loneliness, especially when memory becomes more of a curse than a blessi...

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/04/1108934088/apples-greek-film-review

A 19th-century British gentleman's requirements for his bride lead to a scheme with many complications in Mr. Malcolm's List, a Bridgerton-like romance based on Suzanne Allain's 2020 novel.

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/30/1108741029/ticking-down-a-checklist-of-qualifications-in-mr-malcolms-list