TV Review: ‘Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update’
If "Saturday Night Live's" enduring "Weekend Update" segment is your cup of tea, then a standalone summer edition will be a welcome respite. If not, "Weekend Update: Summer Edition" is unlikely to…
Reviews
Broadway Review: Michael Moore’s ‘The Terms of My Surrender’
The theater is something of a religion, and the venerable Belasco Theater does look a little like a church. So, professional kvetch Michael Moore and his savvy director, Michael Mayer, made a wise…
Film Review: ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’
Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson's foul-mouthed chemistry makes this high-concept action comedy a pleasant late-summer surprise.
Film Review: ‘The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature’
“The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature” opens with the closest thing you've seen — at least, in an animated movie aimed at five-year-olds — to a nut orgy. We're in the basement of Nibbler's Nut Shop, where…
Locarno Film Review: ‘Sparring’
Mathieu Kassovitz boxes on well-trodden ground as a journeyman fighter and family man nearing the end of an undistinguished career.
Film Review: ‘Ron Goossens, Low-Budget Stuntman’
Much of what's here is inspired goofiness, mixing the genially rude with plenty of mockery at the expense of Dutch character and institutions.
Locarno Film Review: ‘Wajib’
A father and son in Nazareth encapsulate the differences between Palestinians living in Israel and those living abroad.
Concert Review: Lady Gaga Embraces Every Era of Her Career at the Forum
Lady Gaga has spent much of the past few years proving her versatility. Whether she was collaborating with Tony Bennett, screaming alongside Metallica at the Grammys, or headlining her own…
TV Review: ‘Mr. Mercedes’ on AT&T Audience Network
David E. Kelley has been on a hot streak of late, with his series "Goliath" and "Big Little Lies" successfully negotiating the demands of both upmarket TV consumers and commercially minded drama…
Film Review: ‘The Last Dalai Lama?’
The thing you want from a documentary about his holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is the chance to get right up close to him, in the way that movies can do. You want the chance to bask in his presence and…
TV Review: 'Carpool Karaoke' on Apple Music
If you've been living outside the reach of viral videos for the past year (kudos), you may not be familiar with "Carpool Karaoke," the wildly popular segment of "The Late Late Show with James Corden"…
