The best ‘Minions’ yet (really).
‘Minions & Monsters’
The latest in this “Despicable Me” spinoff franchise follows the yellow troublemakers as they accidentally summon a legion of monsters.
From our review:
This third installment, directed by Pierre Coffin (who also voices the Minions), is far and away the best of the bunch. But it also breaks away from comparison altogether, ushering the franchise, for better or worse, into a new era of ubiquity.
In theaters. Read the full review.
The game is afoot; the star is winning.
‘Enola Holmes 3’
Millie Bobby Brown returns as Sherlock Holmes’s little sister, this time solving a kidnapping in Malta.
From our review:
The plot mechanics are even more convoluted, involving cryptograms, hired spies and sunken treasure. Despite the muddle in this film directed by Philip Barantini, Brown shines, bringing a buoyancy and bite that makes the movie immensely more watchable than comparable entries into the young-adult action-adventure genre.
Watch on Netflix. Read the full review.
Critic’s Pick
Public access never looked so thrilling.
‘Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story’
This documentary directed by Jyllian Gunther and Stephanie Schwam chronicles the life of it’s title subject, a pioneering, sex-positive voice of New York City public access television.
From our review:
Assembled with love (Sarah Jessica Parker is among its producers) and an admirable economy, “Bang My Box” is sprinkled with snappy, candid commentary from the likes of Sandra Bernhard and the journalist Michael Musto. The result is a frisky callback to a time when shows like Byrd’s were not really about fornication. What they were broadcasting was freedom.
Watch on HBO Max. Read the full review.
Seriously dull.
‘Young Washington’
William Franklyn-Miller plays George Washington in his early years, when he was a land surveyor and aide-de-camp in this biopic directed by Jon Erwin.
From our review:
The most bracing thing about “Young Washington” is its commitment to old-fashioned stodginess. Declamatory acting, cleanly stated motivations and a few solidly staged battle sequences are the order of the day. (Personality, humor, a sense of 18th-century texture — less so.)
In theaters. Read the full review.
Better off as a podcast.
‘Lockbox’
A former fashion designer moves to a small town and discovers a shape-shifting ghoul is after her cousin’s soul in this horror movie based on a podcast and directed by Daniel Stamm.
From our review:
The film zigs and zags, with incomprehensible turns. … What’s left is a movie with few discernible stakes and little sense. It should have stayed a podcast.
In theaters. Read the full review.
Compiled by Kellina Moore.
