Movie Reviews | Orlando Weekly

Movie review: Joaquin Phoenix and Ridley Scott turn 'Napoleon' into a violent epic starring a petty brat

Joker's riled

By Craig D. Lindsey

Dec 6, 2023

At one point in Ridley Scott's new biopic Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte yells at someone, "You think you're so smart just because you have boats!" You wouldn't expect something so bratty and petulant to come out of the mouth of the legendary French commander and leader...

Joaquin Phoenix plays Napoleon like a gamer always on the edge of rage quitting.

In May December, Todd Haynes turns an old tabloid tale into a first-rate sexual thriller

Notes from a scandal

By Kayla McCulloch
Nov 29, 2023
Movie review: The very things fanboys hate about ‘The Marvels’ make it worth seeing

Rise of the Superwomen

By Craig D. Lindsey
Nov 21, 2023
Movie review: ‘Priscilla’ memorably re-creates the world of the teen who fell for Elvis

Sofia Coppola’s film focuses on the journey of the woman who grew up, not the star who didn’t

By Chuck Wilson
Nov 3, 2023
‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour Movie’ gives its audience exactly what they want

If nothing else, it’s not a bad excuse to sing along and dance with glittery strangers.

By Eileen G'Sell
Oct 16, 2023
Restored and re-released Talking Heads concert doc ‘Stop Making Sense’ is as exuberant and wonderful as it ever was

A24 screens a 4K restoration of Jonathan Demme’s ‘intense and euphoric’ masterpiece

By Craig D. Lindsey
Sep 22, 2023
Supergay: ‘Bottoms’ takes on high school from a raunchy lesbian point of view

Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri play basically the queer female versions of Jonah Hill and Michael Cera’s lustful teen losers

By Craig D. Lindsey
Sep 6, 2023
Movie review: ‘Gran Turismo’ tells the thrilling (true!) story of a video gamer who became a pro racing sensation

The kind of high-octane, feel-good movie that’s perfect to watch with your dad

By Craig D. Lindsey
Aug 24, 2023
Series review: ‘Ahsoka’ is an exciting, Rebels-filled beginning to a new Star Wars era

The Disney+ series has the slow-burn intensity of ‘Andor’ with the magic and lore of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

By Chelsea Zukowski
Aug 22, 2023
The ETs in ‘Landscape With Invisible Hand’ are more likely to sue you than probe you

Ambitious, unpredictable, funny and flawed film envisions alien invasion as a corporate takeover

By Cliff Froehlich
Aug 15, 2023
The manic pixie dream girl trope meets its male equivalent in ‘Shortcomings,’ Randall Park’s directorial debut

Justin H. Min stars as just another late-20s asshole manchild

By Kayla McCulloch
Aug 9, 2023
Ghost stories: ‘Haunted Mansion’ and ‘Talk to Me’ use horror to explore real-world pain

Both movies involve grieving Black folk who see dead people

By Craig D. Lindsey
Aug 2, 2023
‘Oppenheimer’ does something all too rare in Hollywood: It trusts its audience

The film neither heroicizes nor sanctifies the man

By Cliff Froehlich
Jul 25, 2023
Movie review: ‘Barbie’ is existential brilliance — and also a lot of fun

Come on Barbie, let’s go party (talk about consumerism and conservative gender roles)

By Eileen G'Sell
Jul 21, 2023
A first-rate Tom Cruise battles an AI villain in the excellent new ‘Mission: Impossible’

‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ takes itself seriously, but still knows all the cloak-and-dagger fantasy is a bit silly

By Andrew Wyatt
Jul 7, 2023
Review: Harrison Ford is somehow still fighting Nazis in ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’

For a movie that’s about leaving the past alone, it sure wants to revisit the glory days

By Craig D. Lindsey
Jun 30, 2023
In ‘Asteroid City,’ Wes Anderson stages an alien invasion as only Wes Anderson can

‘Rushmore’ meets Roswell

By Cliff Froehlich
Jun 21, 2023
'The Flash' works hard to make us forget Ezra Miller’s bad behavior

This DC Extended Universe movie is a smart-ass blur

By Craig D. Lindsey
Jun 13, 2023
‘The Little Mermaid‘: Disney’s 1989 classic has become a sanitized multicultural fantasy in search of a lot more soul

While there is a lot of diversity on screen, there are still a bunch of white guys behind the scenes

By Craig D. Lindsey
May 26, 2023
'Spirit Halloween: The Movie': Christopher Lloyd tries his best to have fun, but the 'Spirit' is weak

Retail giant's tie-in movie is just yanking our chain

By Steve Schneider
Oct 26, 2022
SPONSORED CONTENT

Film & Video Production: Why Filmmakers Should Care About Stories

By F.I.R.S.T. Institute Sponsored
Oct 19, 2022

Dispensary Directory

I-Drive/Universal

Sanctuary Medicinals Orlando

5381 International Drive

Curaleaf Dispensary Orlando East

775 N. Semoran Blvd.

Fluent Cannabis Dispensary

10607 E. Colonial Drive

Winter Park Area

Sunburn Cannabis

11551 University Blvd, Orlando, FL. 32817

One Plant Orlando

134 Fernwood Blvd.

Cannabis Consultants

618 E. South St., #503

Medical Cannabis Orlando

10244 E. Colonial Drive, Unit 114