Day: October 18, 2026
- Reviews
A Talent for Murder Review: Helen Mirren Is a Bitter, Brilliant Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith wrote five novels about Tom Ripley, the charming con man who lies, steals, and kills his way into a better life. The books made her famous. A Talent for Murder imagines what might have happened if someone had…
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Wicker Review: Olivia Colman Marries a Man Made of Wood, and It’s Surprisingly Sweet
A woman orders a husband from a basket weaver. It sounds like the setup for a joke, and the trailer for Wicker certainly played it that way. Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, and Peter Dinklage in a fairy tale about a…
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Wildwood Review: Laika’s Biggest Stop-Motion Epic Is Also Its Most Emotional
Some films take years to make. Wildwood took the better part of two decades. Travis Knight, the president and CEO of the Portland-based stop-motion studio Laika, first read Colin Meloy’s manuscript before it was published in 2011. He knew almost…
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Clayface Review: DC’s R-Rated Body Horror Gives a Batman Villain a Tragic Origin
Content note: This film is rated R for strong bloody violence, gore, language, some nudity, and brief drug use. Batman has plenty of famous villains, and Clayface is rarely the first one people mention. That’s part of what makes this…
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