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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 644

Film review

Film review
The new Superman movie doesn’t fly in the face of convention – and that’s a good thing
By Jordan Hoffman
While it might vaguely touch on politics, the latest film featuring the Big Blue Boy Scout is light, clever and lands at just the right moment when it hits US theaters July 11
David Corenswet in 'Superman.' (Courtesy Warner Bros. Discovery)
July 9, 2025, 12:53 am
The new Superman movie doesn’t fly in the face of convention – and that’s a good thing
While it might vaguely touch on politics, the latest film featuring the Big Blue Boy Scout is light, clever and lands at just the right moment when it hits US theaters July 11
By Jordan Hoffman
Gal Gadot stars as the evil queen in Disney's upcoming 'Snow White,' as seen in a trailer released on August 11, 2024. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 24, 2025, 8:17 pm
Tough sledding for Gal Gadot’s ‘Snow White’ with $43 million opening
$250 million remake of Disney classic sees disappointing ticket sales, after Gaza war comments by star Rachel Zegler and boycott calls over inclusion of Israeli as evil queen
By AP and ToI Staff
This image released by Disney shows Gal Gadot in a scene from "Snow White." (Disney via AP)
March 20, 2025, 2:11 pm
Even Gal Gadot can’t hold this live-action Snow White together
Disney’s newest princess remake, hampered by efforts to rectify past sins, overshadowed by politics and plagued by its strained use of CGI, fails to recreate the original’s magic
By Jake Coyle
Shira Haas attends the 'Captain America: Brave New World World' premiere at TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California, on February 11, 2025. (Jesse Grant / Getty Images via AFP)
February 13, 2025, 1:26 pm
Shira Haas as Sabra can’t shield us from disappointment in new ‘Captain America’ flick
Now in US theaters, Marvel’s 35th movie may just be its worst, while featuring — after no small amount of controversy — the franchise’s first Israeli hero
By Jordan Hoffman
This image released by Searchlight Pictures shows Timothée Chalamet in a scene from 'A Complete Unknown.' (Macall Polay/Searchlight Pictures via AP)
December 26, 2024, 5:56 am
Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ is electric in more ways than one
In theaters Friday, film starring Timothée Chalamet is utterly fascinating, captures a moment in time when songs had weight, when they could move the culture
By Mark Kennedy
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A scene of the new film Set Me Free
September 16, 2024, 8:15 pm
Set Me Free: A new movie that inspires unity and acceptance among Jewish communities
Filmmaker Estelle Kohen is putting the final touches on her award-winning film that explores ethical dilemmas, realistic challenges, and revelations about Judaism in the modern world
By Aviva Gat
Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, January 12, 2009, from "The Bibi Files." (Jigsaw Pictures)
September 10, 2024, 2:13 pm
Revealing leaked police footage, new film aims brutal lens at Netanyahu amid war
‘The Bibi Files,’ a scathing documentary, incorporates material from corruption probe to present sobering insight into the prime minister’s actions and character
By Robert Sarner
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre in 'Maestro.' (Jason McDonald/Netflix)
December 14, 2023, 4:42 am
Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ shows bravura, but reveals little about Leonard Bernstein
In select theaters now and out on Netflix Dec. 20, film is a technical masterpiece but rarely scratches below the surface, reserving its best insights for Bernstein’s wife Felicia
By Matt Goldberg
Helen Mirren and Camille Cottin in 'Golda.' (Sean Gleason, Courtesy of Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures)
August 24, 2023, 4:34 pm
Not your standard biopic, ‘Golda’ is a gritty warning about the cost of victory
Out Friday, director Guy Nattiv’s latest film, starring Helen Mirren as Golda Meir, skips the broader history lesson and focuses on her humanity as she navigated the Yom Kippur War
By Matt Goldberg
Cillian Murphy in 'Oppenheimer.' (Courtesy of Universal Studios)
July 21, 2023, 3:44 am
In ‘Oppenheimer,’ Judaism lends a stable nucleus to moral conflict of atomic genius
Now in theaters, Christopher Nolan’s movie about the man behind the A-bomb shows a struggle between pragmatism, humanism and ambition – and the solace of a Jewish friendship
By Matt Goldberg
Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford in 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.' (©2023 Lucasfilm, all rights reserved)
June 29, 2023, 11:42 pm
In ‘Dial of Destiny,’ Indiana Jones fights Nazis, but this time on his home turf
Director James Mangold’s sequel brings the franchise’s longtime villains closer than ever before — and into Israeli theaters on June 29 and US theaters on June 30
By Matt Goldberg
Firefighting trucks near the scene of a blaze in central Israel on June 2, 2023. (Fire and Rescue Service)
June 5, 2023, 1:19 pm
Daily Briefing June 5: Blackouts shine light on ill-preparedness for climate change
Environment reporter Sue Surkes on broader implications of last week’s heatwave-induced power outages; culture editor Jessica Steinberg shares who’s on the summer concert circuit
By ToI Staff
Paul Rudd and Kathryn Newton in a still from 'Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.' (Courtesy of Marvel)
February 16, 2023, 3:39 am
Mighty mensch Paul Rudd makes largely disappointing ‘Ant-Man’ a little more fun
Great performances by all-star actors including Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer can’t save Marvel’s latest release – out Feb. 16 – from soulless visuals and a languid plot
By Jordan Hoffman
Natasha Lyonne as Charlie Cale in 'Pokerface.' (Photo by: Evans Vestal Ward/Peacock)
January 26, 2023, 1:33 am
Natasha Lyonne’s well-played old Jewish man shtick makes ‘Poker Face’ a sure bet
Airing Jan. 26 on streaming service Peacock, this mystery of the week show is like a newish-Jewish spin on the old classic ‘Columbo’ – and we hope it runs just as long
By Jordan Hoffman
From left: Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) in 'She Said,' directed by Maria Schrader. (Courtesy Universal Pictures)
November 17, 2022, 3:00 am
Jews will breathe a sigh of relief after seeing Weinstein scandal biopic ‘She Said’
When the Oscar-favored film opens Nov. 18, Jewish theatergoers will kvell over the protagonists, a scrappy pair who represent the Tribe much more favorably than the villain does
By Jordan Hoffman
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