The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans; Heavy handed, overwrought personal filmmaking that means more to its director than his audience. Suffers from the fact that it’s better suited for a documentary on a young film prodigy’s origins than this sentimentalized drama. Chloe East steals her scenes; B

The Batman

The Batman; Best Batman story yet, true to the characters & detective work of a Year Two era caped crusader. Moody, atmospheric, more wholly real than ever, plausibly mirroring the corrupt, unhinged, destructive forces in our past & present, makes us wish for our own Batman; A-