Ani Bundel

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Nov 18, 2023 While there are parts that are too thin and a few mystifying plot holes, the movie more than makes up for them with an irreverent and joyful story about found family that features truly wonderful chemistry between its three leading women. Go to Full Review The Marvels (2023) 63% 83%

Ani Bundel WETA Oct 31, 2023 Freud and Lewis would still be having these arguments if they were alive today, and it packs a punch. Of course, most of that is due to Hopkins and Goode. Go to Full Review Freud's Last Session (2023) 43% 47%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Oct 20, 2023 Swift’s film isn’t trying to be the best. It’s just trying to be good enough -- a bar it clears easily. Go to Full Review TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR (2023) 98% 98%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Dec 6, 2022 It is a bizarre and somewhat grotesque rewriting of the story’s moral... seen through the lens of bothsiderism. Go to Full Review Spirited (2022) 70% 81%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Dec 6, 2022 The problem is Scrooge. The film wants him to be good person deep down and keeps finding psychological excuses for his poor behavior. Go to Full Review Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022) 40% 67%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Nov 29, 2022 A delightful trifle of a mystery movie, a laugh-out-loud comedy that deserves to be a mass market theatrical hit. Go to Full Review Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) 91% 92%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Sep 30, 2022 The result is a joyful film that works well for both the 5-year-old child who is finally getting the hang of Halloween and the 15-year-old who still enjoys kid movies at heart. Go to Full Review Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) 65% - -

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Jul 29, 2022 Unfortunately, this movie’s by-the-numbers plot and dull action sequences make for exciting background noise but not a gripping big-screen bonanza. Go to Full Review The Gray Man (2022) 45% 90%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Jul 19, 2022 This new movie feels as if it had been written by someone who had never cracked a Jane Austen novel, just watched a few trailers for “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma,” opened Wikipedia for a plot summary and went from there. Go to Full Review Persuasion (2022) 30% 73%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Jun 21, 2022 It is the perfect movie to draw audiences back to theaters, with all of the joy and heart (and tear-jerking) one expects from a studio known for making millennials (and now their children) cry. Go to Full Review Lightyear (2022) 74% 84%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK May 10, 2022 While these performances will probably doom the film come awards season, they are the movie’s saving grace. The sheer silliness of the proceedings neutralize the film’s attempts at plumbing the dark side of wealth and the corruption... Go to Full Review House of Gucci (2021) 62% 83%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK May 6, 2022 This “Dr. Strange” epic is one of the best examples yet of how the empire Kevin Feige created manages to keep succeeding over and over and over again. Perhaps its rivals should take notes. Go to Full Review Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) 73% 85%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Apr 26, 2022 It seems unlikely that Cage’s turn as Cage will truly be recognized by the awards shows... But as a way to both return to the megaplex and highlight his entire persona in one two-hour long sizzle reel, it’s a grand slam. Go to Full Review The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022) 87% 87%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Apr 18, 2022 This franchise’s fanciful deck chairs are arranged appropriately for once, but it’s still sinking. Go to Full Review Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022) 46% 83%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Mar 14, 2022 It’s long been a Hollywood truism that centering women in coming-of-age stories guarantees that men will not watch them. Turning Red is a film that says fluff to all that. Go to Full Review Turning Red (2022) 95% 68%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Dec 23, 2021 For those looking for that old cyberpunk dystopia... this reboot may be a disappointment. But as a vision of hope, Lana Wachowski has done something rare: taken back the story to finish it as she sees fit. Call it The Matrix: Reclaimed. Go to Full Review The Matrix Resurrections (2021) 63% 80%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Dec 20, 2021 An overstuffed homage to Sony and Marvel's two decades in the Spider-fam business, the film nevertheless manages to be utterly charming, a feel-good two-and-a-half hour last hurrah for fans. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) 93% 40%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Nov 9, 2021 Larraín has created a fractured fairy tale, with a broken creature trapped in its center. Go to Full Review Spencer (2021) 83% 52%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Oct 4, 2021 As a streaming special, Diana: The Musical almost works. As a Broadway offering, it's a solid C, too schlocky to hit the emotional highs, and in desperate need of a better ending. Go to Full Review Diana: The Musical (2021) 12% 35%

Ani Bundel NBC News THINK Aug 23, 2021 Sadly, nothing ever really gels, making Reminiscence more a collection of ideas in search of cohesion than a good movie. Go to Full Review Reminiscence (2021) 37% 37%