All articles by Matthew Passantino

Welcome to BPBS’s annual countdown of the best movies of the year!

Pamela Anderson gets the role of a lifetime in the surprisingly effective new movie from Gia Coppola.

Somehow, the 2020s are nearly halfway over. So far there have been a lot of great movies to combat the tough times outside the multiplexes.

The “Popular” (see what we did there?) Broadway musical finally gets the big screen treatment, and fans will be nothing but happy.

This overstuffed Christmas action movie aims to capture the attention of holiday-craving moviegoers but winds up feeling like a streamer to fold laundry to.

If you’re curious about what to expect from “Gladiator II,” the follow up to Ridley Scott’s epic 2001 Oscar winner, you can whet your appetite by reading Will Bjarnar’s equally epic review.

This twisty new papal thriller works best when it doesn’t take itself too seriously.

This follow up to 2019’s highly successful “Joker” is surprisingly dull due to pacing issues, inconsistent tone, and a lead performance that does nothing to build on the strengths of the original.

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades in the making passion project is a messy collection of ideas but always a thrilling movie to experience.

It’s billed as a crime-thriller but this streamer from Apple TV+ has little of either component, instead coasting on the movie star charisma of leading men George Clooney and Brad Pitt.