| July 25, 2025 
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Hey, movie fans! We’re right in the middle of the summer movie season, a.k.a. the reboot season. The latest one up is “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” which brings a new cast and a retrofuturist style to a super quartet that Hollywood just can’t quit. In his review, Brandon Yu writes that the movie “represents Marvel’s most earnest attempt at something daring in years, bumpy as it may be.” If you’d rather take a sharp turn off the blockbuster trail, you might try the indie comedy “Oh, Hi!” In it, Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman star as a new couple who take a romantic retreat, but end up in a problematic situation. In her review, the critic Alissa Wilkinson writes that the first half-hour of the film is “genuinely charming,” but she also says that “by the midpoint, the plot starts to drag, feeling repetitive.” If you’re seeking a streaming option, over on Netflix is an Ed Sullivan documentary called “Sunday Best,” which looks at the variety show trailblazer and his commitment to Black performers in the civil rights era. In her review, Lisa Kennedy writes that the film is “illuminating and so entertaining.” Enjoy the movies! |
