Leave it to Steven Soderbergh to help 2025 kick off with one of its most intriguing films. Presence, which hits theaters this week, is a ghost story, haunted house, familial drama, and formal exercise all rolled up in one. The film follows a family (Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday) who move into
I have to confess something to you all, this might be the toughest early predictions I’ve ever done. Not because it was tough to select films, but because the prestige fare we seem to be getting looks so boring. Aside from Hugh Jackman’s musical and Call Me By Your Name, the field looks so bland
There’s a moment in the musical Wicked where Elphaba looks around and wonders if the encounter she had with Madam Morrible really just happened but it seemed so strange. I, too, found myself wondering if that really just happened, but rather than wondering if I had a talent that could help me meet a wizard, I was amazed that once again Channing Tatum and company managed to make Magic Mike XXL, a wholly enjoyable film about lovable strippers that rises above expectations.