With its wisecracking hero and flippant tone, 2019’s “Shazam!” arrived as a bolt of inspiration in the gloomy DC Extended Universe. Unfortunately, the new sequel proves an adage: Lightning doesn’t strike twice. “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” dutifully doubles down on everything that made the first film both charming and instantly disposable. But the heart […]

‘Tenacious’ is up at the art gallery on the Portland campus.

Is “John Wick: Chapter 4” the best John Wick movie in the franchise, as early reviews suggest? Quite possibly. But what does that even mean? Readers who have never seen Keanu Reeves as John Wick, who don’t even like violent action movies – especially not ones about an elite assassin in a fantastical hierarchy of […]

Taking on such hot topics as distracted driving, substance abuse and teen pregnancy, “A Good Person” plays like a two-hour public service announcement. In this wildly uneven melodrama by writer-director Zach Braff, no member of the talented ensemble cast is entirely able to navigate its messy plot. That a few actors do manage to stay […]

“I do sometimes wonder what the heck I’m still doing here,” Ted Lasso tells his therapist in the famously upbeat show’s third season. “I mean, I know why I came, but it’s the sticking around I can’t quite figure out.” It’s to the credit and the detriment of “Ted Lasso” that the show raises this […]

There’s a lot to take in at ‘Turn of Phrase,’ up at the Brunswick college into June.