24 Mar 2025

All These Features, Yet Evidently No Air Bags: “Locked”

By Mike Schulz

For roughly two-thirds of its length, director David Yarovesky's largely stationary thriller Locked is like 127 Hours if the boulder were played by Anthony Hopkins.

17 Mar 2025

Six Degrees of Altercation: “Black Bag,” “Novocaine,” “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” “Opus,” “Omni Loop,” and “The Electric State”

By Mike Schulz

“You know which reviews of yours I really like?” asked a friend not long ago. “The short ones.” Taking that as a compliment for my more succinct pieces and not as the insult it almost certainly was, here are 300-word takes on the half-dozen movies I saw between Thursday and Sunday. They're presented in order of viewing, and preceded by five-word synopses that might, in effect, provide greater impetus to see or ignore said films than the subsequent wordage ever could.

11 Mar 2025

“In the Mood for Love,” March 27

By Reader Staff

An iconic title from Hong Kong's legendary writer/director Wong Kar-wai enjoys a special screening in the Figge Art Museum's springtime Free Film at the Figge series, with In the Mood for Love, on March 27, treating audiences to a work the New York Times called "breathtakingly gorgeous," and one that was included on Sight & Sound's esteemed list of the greatest motion pictures of all time.

10 Mar 2025

Oh, Robert, You're So Fine. You're So Fine You Blow My Mind.: “Mickey 17,” “In the Lost Lands,” and “The Rule of Jenny Pen”

By Mike Schulz

Bong's latest may not be Parasite, but the writer/director's adaptation of Edward Ashton's 2022 novel Mickey7 is still an almost overwhelming amount of fun.

18 Mar 2020

A-Z INDEX: Reader Movie Reviews

By Mike Schulz

Numbered Titles / A /  B / C / D / E / F / G / H / I / J / K / L / M / N / O / P / Q / R / S / T / U / V / W / X / Y / Z / Special Features

20 Mar 2025

Mike Schulz with Dave & Darren on Planet 93.9 FM

By Reader Staff

Going to the cineplex or staying in and streaming this weekend? Every Thursday morning at 8:15 a.m. you can listen to Mike Schulz dish on recent movie releases & talk smack about Hollywood celebs on Planet 93.9 FM with the fabulous Dave & Darren in the Morning team of Dave Levora and Darren Pitra. The morning crew previews upcoming releases, too.

Or you can check the Reader Web site and listen to their latest conversation by the warm glow of your electronic device. Never miss a pithy comment from these three scintillating pundits again.

Thursday, March 20: Discussion of The Electric State, Black Bag, Novocaine, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Opus, and Omni Loop, and previews of Snow White, Locked, and The Alto Knights, the latter featuring Robert De Niro acting opposite a first-time co-star: Robert De Niro.

19 Mar 2025

Now Playing: Friday, March 21, through Thursday, March 27

By Administrator

Now playing at area theaters.

03 Mar 2025

The Slipper Fit: Notes on the 2025 Academy Awards Telecast

By Mike Schulz

So. Who won Best Actress?

I'm kidding … although the answer to that question did come later than I would've preferred.

28 Feb 2025

Deep-Sea Diversion: "Last Breath" and "Riff Raff"

By Mike Schulz

I may not have understood all the machinations involved in bringing our aquatic hero back safely, but I believed that Last Breath's helmer and cast knew what they were doing, and in the end, that was far more important.

25 Feb 2025

Pope-ular: Predicting the 2025 Academy Award Winners

By Mike Schulz

This is an insane year for the Oscars.

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