John DeFore
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All 70 Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best
Three Hollywood Reporter critics rank all Marvel-inspired films from 'Man-Thing' to 'Avengers.' → Read More
All 50 DC Comics Movies Ranked Worst to Best
As 'Black Adam' hits theaters, The Hollywood Reporter critics rank all DC Comics-inspired films from worst (anyone remember Shaquille O'Neal in 'Steel'?) to best. → Read More
'Here Are the Young Men': Film Review
Eoin Macken adapts Rob Doyle’s novel of post-high school malaise in 2003 Dublin 'Here Are the Young Men,' with an ensemble cast featuring Anya Taylor-Joy. → Read More
'Mortal Kombat': Film Review
Newcomer Simon McQuoid reboots the would-be film franchise based on the long-running game series. → Read More
'Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts': Film Review
Jeffrey Wolf celebrates the work of Bill Traylor, who survived slavery to become an artist in his mid-80s. → Read More
'Oscar Nominated Shorts 2021: Documentary': Film Review
The Holocaust, oppression, racism and starving children make this year's short-doc Oscar nominees fitting representatives of 2020's gloom. → Read More
'Oscar Nominated Shorts 2021: Live Action': Film Review
This year's live-action short Oscar nominees look at cops, control and confinement. → Read More
'Oscar Nominated Shorts 2021: Animation': Film Review
Theaters reopened just in time for the annual round-up of Oscar-nominated animated shorts. → Read More
'Nobody': Film Review
Bob Odenkirk turns action hero in Ilya Naishuller's dad-vs.-mobsters saga. → Read More
'City of Lies': Film Review
Brad Furman ('The Lincoln Lawyer') directs Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker in an adaptation of a book about theories that Los Angeles cops helped kill The Notorious B.I.G. → Read More
'Clerk': Film Review
Malcolm Ingram ('Small Town Gay Bar') chronicles the career of longtime associate Kevin Smith. → Read More
'Not Going Quietly': Film Review
Nicholas Bruckman follows ALS-struck activist Ady Barkan on what could be his final political campaign. → Read More
'The Lost Sons': Film Review
Ursula Macfarlane's doc follows a man's quest to solve his own separated-at-birth mystery. → Read More
'Zack Snyder's Justice League': Film Review
Zack Snyder returns with a four-hour version of the comic-book film he left during post-production in 2017. → Read More
'Yes Day': Film Review
Jennifer Garner and Edgar Ramirez play beleaguered parents in Miguel Arteta's Netflix family pic. → Read More
'Boss Level': Film Review
Joe Carnahan's action pic featuring Mel Gibson and Naomi Watts sticks a tough guy (Frank Grillo) in a man-made time loop. → Read More
'Tom & Jerry': Film Review
The eternal cat-and-mouse enemies return in a 'Tom & Jerry,' a Tim Story film starring Chloe Grace Moretz. → Read More
'Crisis': Film Review
Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer and Evangeline Lilly star in Nicholas Jarecki's multi-narrative look at the opioid crisis. → Read More
'Sin' ('Il Peccato'): Film Review
Andrei Konchalovsky follows an especially tense period in the life of Renaissance workaholic Michelangelo. → Read More
'The Map of Tiny Perfect Things': Film Review
Ian Samuels adapts Lev Grossman's time-loop teen romance in an Amazon film starring Kyle Allen and Kathryn Newton. → Read More