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Kevin Slane

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Biography:

Kevin Slane is a staff writer for Boston Globe Media, primarily writing about movies and television for Boston.com and The Boston Globe since joining the company in 2014. Along with features, interviews, and reviews, Kevin writes a popular weekly column recommending the best new films and shows on streaming platforms. His work as a critic has been recognized with awards by the New England Newspaper & Press Association and the Milwaukee Press Club.

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The Rip (2026) 80% 2.5/4 EDIT “We won’t be seeing Affleck and Damon re-creating their "Good Will Hunting" speech at the Oscars for this one, but giving audiences a moderately entertaining two hours is good enough.” – Boston.com Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “Despite making its theatrical debut Thanksgiving weekend, "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" might be better suited for Halloween – or, given its subject matter, Easter Sunday.” – Boston.com Nov 26, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 2/4 EDIT “Despite two brilliant lead performances from Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, "Wicked: For Good" cannot transcend Universal’s original sin of prioritizing profit over storytelling.” – Boston.com Nov 20, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% 2/4 EDIT “Despite hinting at a grand thesis tying together cancel culture, #MeToo, power dynamics, and the cloistered world of academia, Guadagnino is content with light provocation and half-measures.” – Boston.com Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% 2/4 EDIT ““Deliver Me from Nowhere” tries to subvert the conventional biopic template by slowing down and telling a focused, highly personal story. But the result is a film that drags unnecessarily while still unable to break free from the trappings of its genre.” – Boston.com Oct 23, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% 4/4 EDIT ““One Battle After Another” is the director’s most purely entertaining film to date, an alchemic mix of political intrigue, thrilling action, and giddy comedy, all undergirded by some of the most technically spectacular filmmaking in recent memory.” – Boston.com Sep 25, 2025 Full Review Honey Don't! (2025) 45% 2/4 EDIT ““Drive-Away Dolls,” was a fun but disjointed genre exercise, coasting on ambience and the strength of individual scenes. “Honey Don’t!” plays in a similar register, but with diminishing returns.” – Boston.com Aug 22, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun (2025) 87% 3.5/4 EDIT ““The Naked Gun” would warrant a trip to the cineplex in any decade. But in 2025, its commitment to delivering the highest volume of jokes per minute is not only admirable, it’s without parallel.” – Boston.com Jul 30, 2025 Full Review Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) 62% 3/4 EDIT ““Happy Gilmore 2” is a lot like its star: A little bit flabbier, a little bit shabbier, but still undeniably funny after all these years.” – Boston.com Jul 25, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% 2.5/4 EDIT ““Fantastic Four: First Steps” lives up to its title. Rather than a bold leap forward, the film is a toddler tentatively putting one foot in front of the other. It never falls, but you can tell there’s a team of Marvel execs hovering around their baby.” – Boston.com Jul 23, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% 3/4 EDIT “Superman’s humaneness stands in stark contrast to that of Nicholas Hoult’s Lex Luthor, a billionaire styled to look like Andrew Tate but with the intellect, temperament, and ambition of a Silicon Valley technocrat.” – Boston.com Jul 9, 2025 Full Review Materialists (2025) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “Though “Materialists” occasionally stumbles in pursuit of its lofty objectives, the film does succeed in elucidating some unpleasant truths about dating in a capitalist society defined by the widening gulf between the haves and have-nots.” – Boston.com Jun 13, 2025 Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% 2.5/4 EDIT ““Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” is a flawed, overstuffed, vainglorious monument to radical self-belief. But when Ethan Hunt looks you dead in the eye and says, “I’m the only one who can do this,” you believe him.” – Boston.com May 14, 2025 Full Review The Accountant 2 (2025) 75% 2.5/4 EDIT “The end result is a sequel that’s both funnier and more violent than its predecessor, but also a lot more by-the-numbers in its approach.” – Boston.com Apr 24, 2025 Full Review The Instigators (2024) 41% 3/4 EDIT “Clocking in at a brisk 102 minutes with credits, “The Instigators” is the perfect after-dinner streaming choice. Unlike its protagonists, it knows how to get in, do its job, and get out before overstaying its welcome.” – Boston.com Aug 2, 2024 Full Review Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 78% 2.5/4 EDIT “Stylishly choreographed combat, winking fan service, and above all, a dogged dedication to burying itself up its own ass.” – Boston.com Jul 24, 2024 Full Review Twisters (2024) 75% 2/4 EDIT “With a heavier focus on personal tragedy and a plot that largely spins its wheels, “Twisters” only has one thing going for it: Glen Powell, Grade-A movie star.” – Boston.com Jul 19, 2024 Full Review Inside Out 2 (2024) 91% 2.5/4 EDIT “Ultimately, “Inside Out 2” doesn’t quite capture the magic of the original, but it’s still an enjoyable 90 minutes at the movies.” – Boston.com Jun 12, 2024 Full Review Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 90% 4/4 EDIT “Miller masterfully weaves the breathtaking action sequences he is known for into a compelling origin story that both enhances “Fury Road” on repeat viewings and stands on its own.” – Boston.com May 24, 2024 Full Review Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) 80% 3/4 EDIT “In a movie landscape in which Disney is promising to limit its Marvel output and studios are scrambling to figure out what’s next, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” offers one possible blueprint.” – Boston.com May 10, 2024 Full Review Challengers (2024) 88% 3/4 EDIT “Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O’Connor grunt, groan, and scream their way through one of the most over-the-top, deliriously entertaining movies of the year.” – Boston.com Apr 25, 2024 Full Review Dune: Part Two (2024) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT ““Dune: Part Two” not only does justice to Herbert’s groundbreaking novel, it eclipses 2021’s “Dune” both in scale and ambition.” – Boston.com Feb 21, 2024 Full Review Argylle (2024) 33% 0.5/4 EDIT “I saw more than 100 new movies in 2023. Not one of them was as ill-conceived or as stunningly awful as “Argylle.”” – Boston.com Feb 1, 2024 Full Review Deep Water (2022) 35% 2.5/4 EDIT ““Deep Water” can be a bit shallow and silly at times. But the basic thrills and surprising laughs it provides are more than enough to make for an entertaining evening.” – Boston.com Aug 9, 2023 Full Review The Gray Man (2022) 46% 2/4 EDIT “Given Netflix’s expenditures and the star pedigree on screen, audiences deserve — and should expect — more.” – Boston.com Aug 9, 2023 Full Review
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