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I thought I loved “Resident Evil 4” as much as anyone possibly could. It was truly a formative game for me and remains the standout not just in the “Resident Evil” series but holds a place on many lists of the best games of all time. When it was first released in 2005, it transformed…

Can you imagine a globetrotting suspense thriller about gender power imbalances? Author Naomi Alderman tells such a tale in her 2016 book, The Power, which Prime Video has adapted into a series premiering today. In both, the world as we know it is upended when teen girls get the power to shoot electricity out of…

A.V. Rockwell’s “A Thousand and One” was the somewhat surprising winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance a couple of months ago, a trophy taken home by major movies like “CODA” and “Whiplash” in past years. While other films were considered frontrunners, it feels like Rockwell’s heartfelt drama took the prize largely because of…

Was I a little too harsh on 2019’s “Murder Mystery” or do I just like Adam Sandler more now? Both could be true, but it’s indicative of how much comedy can be based on timing and what’s going on in the real world. Coming off a spate of mediocre (to be kind) comedies that emerged…

“No change.” “No change.” “No change.” “No change.” Every day, the woman (Mary Woodvine) makes a note in a ledger book about a certain flower she’s observing, a white flower clinging to the side of a rocky cliff. Days pass. “No change.” Until one day, there’s a change. The entire page listing “No change” is…