'Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother' Review

In Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, Mahershala Ali plays a Muslim hitman forced to raise his kids on his own after his wife dies. Religion and pulp thrills mesh in this fun thriller. My review is up at the Los Angeles Times. 

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Jurassic World Rebirth' and the Best Films of 2025 (So Far)

Welcome to the end of the first half of the movie year. On this episode, Will and I both reveal our favorite six films so far in 2025. Oh, and we also rip on Jurassic World Rebirth. Check it out below.

'Jurassic World Rebirth' Review

The latest Jurassic picture has Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali in it. And it's still bad bad bad. My review of Rebirth is up at Screen International. 

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Raving About 'Poor Things' and 'The Zone of Interest'

We're back from a week off, and we've got reviews of two major releases, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest. We then have an epic disagreement about Leave the World Behind. Check it out down below.

AFI Fest 2023: 'Leave the World Behind' Review

AFI Fest world premieres tend to be so-so affairs, but sometimes you get a gem. Case in point: I quite liked Leave the World Behind, which stars Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke as a married couple staying in a vacation rental who are accosted by two strangers (Mahershala Ali and Myha'la) who say that nearby New York has been hit by a crippling blackout. Are they to be trusted? That's part of the fun.

'Swan Song' and the Selfishness of the Seemingly Selfless Husband

In Swan Song, Mahershala Ali plays a father and husband who's dying. His family doesn't know, though, and so he undergoes a secret procedure in which he's cloned, the idea being that the clone will take over for him while he dies in seclusion, thereby never alerting his wife and son to what's happened. That's a seemingly noble thing to do, but it's also selfish if you think about it. I explain why over at MEL.

AFI Fest 2021: 'Swan Song' Review

Mahershala Ali gives not one but two good performances in Swan Song, a sci-fi drama about a dying man who decides to clone himself without telling his family, who have no idea of his terminal condition. You can read my Screen International review here.

Could 'Green Book' Win Best Picture?

For Rolling Stone, I wrote about an Oscar scenario that many of us fear: Green Book pulls off the upset and wins Best Picture. What would that mean for the Academy? What does it say about the Academy? Read on.