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Flexing some new, cool-looking Film Critic's pants to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, January 31, 2025. 1) COMPANION Drew Hancock's  "Companion" is a confident, entertaining, and surprisingly funny debut feature from a filmmaker known for his work on TV shows like "Suburgatory."  While the premise—a robot developing human traits and rebelling against its creator—might not be groundbreaking ("Westworld"  and "Ex Machina"  indeed

Below is my list of the 20 Best Movies of 2024 in my order of preference, with the first being the Best Film of the Year 2024 was a solid year for movies—not great, but solid. You will notice that there are many films on my list that aren't on many other critics' lists, as there are many films that are NOT on my list that are included on my colleagues' lists. That's not on purpose; it's just how it worked out. A huge number of extraordinarily overrated movies were released th

A new horror film (and one of the year's best movies) called Heretic  recently opened. It features Hugh Grant  in one of the year's best performances in a role that is a massive departure from the types he is known for playing. He is best known as the romantic lead in proper English films like "Maurice,"   "Remains of the Day,"  and "Sense and Sensibility."  He is also beloved as the charming, stammering British guy with fabulous hair and winking smile in such rom-com dreck a

I ironed my Film Critic pants, put them on, and now I'm ready! It's time for some capsule (short) movie reviews of four New Releases for the week of Friday, November 8, 2024 1) HERETIC This late-in-the-year entry to the Awards Season mix is easily one of the year's best horror films and the best films of any genre. Taking off from a simple premise in which two young Mormon missionaries ( Sophie Thatcher  and Chloe East ) are out trying to convert lost souls, they knock on the

McDonald's  has been teasing us for at least two years, but now it's finally here: THE CHICKEN BIG MAC ! Yes, it's the poultry-based version of the classic Big Mac. It features two tempura-battered chicken patties on a Big Mac bun with Big Mac Special Sauce, cheese, lettuce, and pickle slices. The Chicken Big Mac was previously available in the U.K. and Ireland in 2022, where it sold out within 10 days. It was also tested in Miami in 2022, with lines out the door and jammed d