Mark Essick

'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera' Is Good but Lacks What Made the Original Great. While a solid heist movie,...

‘Better Man’ Tells the Story of Pop Singer Robbie Williams in Unique Fashion. Michael Gracey’s...

Nicole Kidman blows up her safe space in erotic, provocative ‘Babygirl’. Nicole Kidman’s fearless...

‘What If…?’ Season 3 Closes Out the MCU’s Multiverse Series in Entertaining Style. Jeffrey Wright’s...

‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Provides Familiar, Frenetic Family Fun and Double the Jim Carrey. The new...

‘The Six Triple Eight’ Delivers a Compelling True Story in Sometimes Cliched Fashion. The new film...

‘Nickel Boys’ Tells a Searing Story in a New, Not Always Successful Way. Formally experimental, ‘Nickel...

‘The Brutalist’ Finds Director Brady Corbet in Epic Yet Overlong Mode. The young director’s latest...

‘Mufasa: The Lion King Suffers a Serious Case of Prequelitis as it Turns Back the Clock. The prequel...