Tag: Hope Madden (Critic)
The Lesson (2023)
A young author takes a tutoring position at the estate of a legendary writer.
The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (2022)
Cecilia travels to her father’s farm after he has a heart attack. Back in her childhood home, Cecilia is met by her long-deceased mother whose presence brings to life a painful past chorused by the natural world around them.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary artifact that can change the course of history.
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
A shy adolescent learns that she comes from a fabled royal family of legendary sea krakens and that her destiny lies in the depths of the waters, which is bigger than she could have ever imagined.
Blue Jean (2022)
In 1988, a closeted teacher is pushed to the brink when a new student threatens to expose her sexuality.
Asteroid City (2023)
Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
No Hard Feelings (2023)
On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.
Elemental (2023)
Follows Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together.
Moon Garden (2022)
A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through an industrial wonderland to find her way back to consciousness.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
During the ’90s, a new faction of Transformers – the Maximals – join the Autobots as allies in the battle for Earth.
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster (2023)
It tells the story of teenage anti-hero, Vicaria, who is on a desperate quest to cure death.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Miles Morales catapults across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Falcon Lake (2022)
A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl.
The Attachment Diaries (2021)
Two troubled women on the edge see their lives intertwined when they embark on a vicious crusade of revenge, fueled by shifting passions and haunting secrets.
Kandahar (2023)
A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.
You Hurt My Feelings (2023)
A novelist’s longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
The Wrath of Becky (2023)
Two years after she escaped a violent attack on her family, Becky attempts to rebuild her life in the care of an older woman – a kindred spirit named Elena. But when a group known as the “Noble Men” break into their home, attack them, and take her beloved dog, Diego, Becky must return to her old ways to protect herself and her loved ones.
Fast X (2023)
Dom Toretto and his family are targeted by the vengeful son of drug kingpin Hernan Reyes.


















