War Horse: "Death of a Unicorn," reviewed.

What drag, this unicorn death. My review is in your Washington City Paper.

A Lost Time Accident: "A Working Man," reviewed.

I miss when David Ayer made real movies. My Village Voice review of Sabotage from 2013 is lost to time, but my NPR pieces on Ayer’s Fury, Suicide Squad, and Bright are all readily available. It’s a bummer that the guy who wrote Training Day and wrote and directed End of Watch is now doing shlock like A Working Man — which I reviewed in your Washington Post.

The Spy Who Fed Me: "Black Bag," reviewed.

Black Bag boasts a killer cast of trained killers.

My City Paper review of Black Bag, the second David Koepp-Steven Soderbergh collaboration this young year, is here. Good movie!

Anthony Mackie, Agent of Shield: "Captain America: Brave New World," reviewed.

No cherry blossom trees were harmed in the production of this major motion picture (Disney)

My apologies to Shira Haas and to Tim Blake Nelson, both of whom were cut for space my Washington City Paper review of the extremely busy, half-successful Captain America: Brave New World.

Ursine O' the TImes: "Paddington in Peru," reviewed.

A bear in his natural habitat. (Sony)

My Washington Post review of the jungle-action three-quel Paddington in Peru is here.

Ouch: "Love Hurts," reviewed.

Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose play ex-lovers in “Love Hurts,” but their chemistry is not Gram-and-Emmylou grade.

The House that Wick Built is on shaky ground. My Washington Post review of the dismal action comedy Love Hurts is here.

The Power of the "Dog Man"

Squirrels and criminals beware. (Dreamworks)

Look, I didn’t hallucinate the ALIENS and Die Hard quotes in Dog Man; they were really there. The only thing that came out of my draft of my Washington Post review was where I pointed out that the bloodless canine-human head-trade in this PG-rated movie reminded me of the cranial swap in the original 1958 version of The Fly.

Lupine Intervention: "Wolf Man," reviewed.

Julia Garner, Christopher Abbot, and Matilda Firth have a wolf problem. (Blumhouse)

Leigh Wannell’s 2020 Invisible Man was so strong that I had high hopes for his next update of a Universal Monsters classic. But his new Wolf Man is oddly toothless.