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We had a very rainy week in Chicago, so I'm wearing my Film Critic pants and my Film Critic galoshes to review five new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, March 7th, 2025. 1) MICKEY 17 Simply put, Mickey 17  is one of the year's best movies. I know it's only March, but I doubt I'll see many movies this year as good as this one. It will almost certainly be on my top 10 list at the end of the year—it's that good. Director Bong Joon-ho  is in peak fo

The new Film Critics pants fit like a glove, so I am wearing them to review another week's worth of new film releases—and this week, there are a lot of new ones. We have a glut of movies this week as studios rush to get the leftover 2024 releases into theaters. Six new films are featured in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, January 10, 2025. 1) HARD TRUTHS The singular, brilliant, and prodigiously talented British writer/director Mike Leigh  ("Secrets and

The sixth and final season of the brilliant and hilarious FX  series "What We Do in the Shadows"  is rapidly coming to a close, so I thought I'd write a little appreciation to celebrate its fabulous run. Based on the outstanding 2014 New Zealand film of the same name, written by Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi, WWDITS premiered on March 27, 2019, to much acclaim and cult popularity. The mockumentary style and structure are taken directly from the film but with a different

It seems like Dwayne Johnson  is starring in a new film, appearing in a TV series, or being a significant part of the entertainment landscape every other week.   In addition to being everywhere, the guy is one of the most popular, highly paid movie stars on the planet and is known worldwide. Not long ago, he was just a third-generation wrestler known as  Rocky Maivia , struggling in the ring and unable to work the mic. It took a lot of work, rebranding (changing his name to T