Last Summer movie review & film summary (2024)

When we first meet Anne, though, she’s coolly in command. A lawyer who works on behalf of teenage sexual assault victims and other young people in peril, she’s doing meaningful work that also means something to her. She’s compassionate yet firm as she questions her latest client, preparing this young woman for the interrogation she’ll surely endure in court. Anne is … Read more

Apple TV+’s Daring, Unpredictable Sunny is Summer TV Standout | TV/Streaming

Set in a semi futuristic Japan, “Sunny” follows Suzie Sakamoto (Rashida Jones), whose life is upended when her husband Masa (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and their son seemingly perish in a mysterious plane crash. While speaking to authorities, the other victims of the plane crash are asked to call their loved ones’ phones to listen to their … Read more

‘Sausage Party’ TV Series Spices Up Streaming This Summer

Are you ready for another Sausage Party? The hit 2016 R-rated animated movie, featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, and many more of their comedy buddies as a variety of foodstuffs, is now getting a sequel TV series on Prime Video. Sausage Party: Foodtopia continues the story of the original film, … Read more

Denis Villeneuve “disappointed” at summer box office outlook

Denis Villeneuve, whose Dune: Part Two is still the highest-grossing movie of 2024, hopes the summer box office topples it. This past Memorial Day Weekend – the unofficial start to summer – was a dismal one at the box office, with reports putting it as the worst turnout in decades. Topping the chart was Furiosa: … Read more

Summer Revs Up With This Blockbuster Prequel

There is an old saying about prequels: If the material in them had been genuinely important in the first place it would have been part of the original film. By their very nature, prequels are narratively superfluous. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga certainly is — although it also proves quite conclusively that a film can be narratively superfluous, viscerally exciting, imaginatively … Read more