Reel Encounters

Henry Golding and Constance Wu in Crazy Rich Asians
Henry Golding and Constance Wu in Crazy Rich Asians

Crazy-rich decadence

Like in many romantic comedies, the primary conceit of Crazy Rich Asians takes some suspension disbelief.

The Oscars’ popularity paradox

On Wednesday, media critics were thrown into a frenzy when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors announced three key changes to upcoming ceremonies.

The eponymous Ant-Man and The Wasp

Small World

As far as films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe go, “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and its predecessor are clear outliers.

Hoop nightmares in Uncle Drew

The basketball comedy Uncle Drew rests on the relationship between Lil Rey’s slightly overbearing coach, Dax, and the aging former streetball star, the eponymous Uncle Drew (played by current basketball star Kyrie Irving in heavy prosthetic makeup).

The Hollow Men

The last few minutes of “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” is a single scene that takes place a year after the rest of the film.

From left are Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna and Helena Bonham Carter in “Ocean’s Eight” (2018)

A woman is a woman

In “Ocean’s Eight,” an octet of female grifters join together to pull off a major heist and it centres on jewellery and fashion?

Adrift is currently showing at Caribbean Cinemas and Princess Movie Theatres.

Lost at sea in “Adrift”

What is it that draws us to nature-based survival tales? Is it a weird sort of schadenfreude where we find it thrilling to watch someone we do not know experiences things we probably could not face?

Mom Party

“Life of Party,” like the recently released “Avengers: Infinity War” before it, ends up interrogating the critic who deigns to write about it.

The genocidal Thanos is inarguably the main character of “Avengers: Infinity War”

Peak Marvel

encounterOne of the oddest pieces I read this week about “Avengers: Infinity War” was that it was an example of experimental cinema instead of a blockbuster.

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