Take Two: “Back in Action” (PG-13)
Cameron Diaz ("There's Something About Mary"), Jamie Foxx ("Ray") and Glenn Close ("Hillbilly Elegy") star in a new action comedy on Netflix.
Freeze Frame: “The Brutalist” (R), “Nickel Boys” (R), “Wolf Man” (R), “Back in Action” (PG-13)
The Golden Globe-winning drama "The Brutalist" is half of a great movie. The first half. In Brady Corbet's 3 1/2-hour epic, Adrian Brody excels as a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who immigrates to the US and struggles to work as an architect. The film's second half meanders and leaves us with...
Take Two: “Strays” (R)
Will Ferrell ("Barbie") and Jamie Foxx ("The Burial") lend their voices to the R-rated farce, "Strays." It's a talking dog movie where the pooches use language that would make a sailor blush.
Take Two: “The Burial” (R)
Oscar winners Jamie Foxx ("Ray") and Tommy Lee Jones ("The Fugutive") star in the Amazon Prime drama, "The Burial," based on a compelling true story.
Freeze Frame: “The Burial” (R), “Dear David” (R), “Garden City, Kansas” (Not rated), “Herd” (Not rated)
A flamboyant lawyer attempts to dig up some justice in "The Burial," an Amazon Prime drama inspired by a true story. Jamie Foxx gives a magnetic performance as Willie E. Gary, a personal injury lawyer who took on a big corporation in a contract law case, representing an exploited funeral...
TAKE TWO: “They Cloned Tyrone” (R)
John Boyega ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens"), Teyonah Parris ("WandaVision") and Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx ("Django Unchained") star in the Netflix sci-fi satire "They Cloned Tyrone," a pointed social commentary and homage to Blaxploitation movies.
Freeze Frame: “Blue Beetle” (PG-13), “Strays” (R), “Landscape with Invisible Hand” (R), “The Monkey King” (PG)
"Blue Beetle" is the latest superhero movie from the DC Comics universe that's notable mainly for its Hispanic cast and production staff. Xolo Maridueña from "Cobra Kai" plays a young man whose body is invaded by an alien scarab giving him powers he uses to take down an evil corporate entity. Susan Sarandon...
Freeze Frame: “Barbie” (PG-13), “Oppenheimer” (R), “They Cloned Tyrone” (R)
Who knew that "Barbie" could be the victim of an existential crisis? Margot Robbie is perfectly cast in Greta Gerwig's wacky and wildly imaginative comedy about Mattel's superstar doll. It's the kind of movie that the term 'meta' was coined for. It throws darts at consumerism and male patriarchy by...
