“There might not be 84 minutes of Wonder Woman in the two-and-a-half-hour Wonder Woman 1984…”

“…a reminder that when auteurism goes up against genre, genre often wins.”

“It would be difficult to concoct a less imaginative remake.”

“If Ridley Scott had made Only Lovers Left Alive, it might have looked something like The Old Guard.”

“…little meaning is being attached to any of the pop artifacts thrown at the screen.”

“The found footage approach pays off for a crackerjack confrontational climax…”

“With Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars limps to a close, but there’s still good in it.”

“…shows signs of the distinct, fertile imagination that would flower in masterpieces like Princess Mononoke and My Neighbor Totoro.”

“…cleverly embraces parallel structure as its guiding aesthetic.”

“…allows Jake Gyllenhaal to amusingly riff on what it means to accept an MCU part.”