Justin Chang

It is Mike Lee's wheelhouse. I mean, this is his great subject. He really taps into anger, and I think his great theme, or one of them, is the uneven distribution of happiness. And why are some people happy, and why are some people just not? And it sounds like a very simple thing, and from this, though, he gets so much complexity.

And this is a character played by Marion Jean-Baptiste, who you would not want to be in the same room with her, but you absolutely want to see her on the big screen.

And this is a character played by Marion Jean-Baptiste, who you would not want to be in the same room with her, but you absolutely want to see her on the big screen.

And this is a character played by Marion Jean-Baptiste, who you would not want to be in the same room with her, but you absolutely want to see her on the big screen.

I was riveted. And it's a very funny, a painfully funny performance at times. And I think people are almost scared to admit that this is actually a very entertaining, but also very forceful and devastating and angry movie. And I know, not an orthodox recommendation.

I was riveted. And it's a very funny, a painfully funny performance at times. And I think people are almost scared to admit that this is actually a very entertaining, but also very forceful and devastating and angry movie. And I know, not an orthodox recommendation.

I was riveted. And it's a very funny, a painfully funny performance at times. And I think people are almost scared to admit that this is actually a very entertaining, but also very forceful and devastating and angry movie. And I know, not an orthodox recommendation.

There is always Elf.

There is always Elf.

There is always Elf.

Thank you so much, David.

Thank you so much, David.

Thank you so much, David.

Some moviegoers are already referring to Gladiator 2 and Wicked as this year's Barbenheimer. I believe Glicked is the portmanteau of choice. We'll see if the comparison holds up. Both these lavish spectacles are set to be huge hits, but unlike Barbie and Oppenheimer, they're essentially known quantities, rooted in stories and characters that the audience knows well.

Some moviegoers are already referring to Gladiator 2 and Wicked as this year's Barbenheimer. I believe Glicked is the portmanteau of choice. We'll see if the comparison holds up. Both these lavish spectacles are set to be huge hits, but unlike Barbie and Oppenheimer, they're essentially known quantities, rooted in stories and characters that the audience knows well.

Some moviegoers are already referring to Gladiator 2 and Wicked as this year's Barbenheimer. I believe Glicked is the portmanteau of choice. We'll see if the comparison holds up. Both these lavish spectacles are set to be huge hits, but unlike Barbie and Oppenheimer, they're essentially known quantities, rooted in stories and characters that the audience knows well.

Wicked was adapted from the long-running Broadway musical, which was itself inspired by Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel. But you should know, going in, that this two-hour and forty-minute movie is just part one, and there will be a year-long intermission before part two.

Wicked was adapted from the long-running Broadway musical, which was itself inspired by Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel. But you should know, going in, that this two-hour and forty-minute movie is just part one, and there will be a year-long intermission before part two.

Wicked was adapted from the long-running Broadway musical, which was itself inspired by Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel. But you should know, going in, that this two-hour and forty-minute movie is just part one, and there will be a year-long intermission before part two.

The director John M. Chu, of In the Heights and Crazy Rich Asians, takes a glossy, maximalist approach to this origin story for the Wicked Witch of the West, the villain so memorably played by Margaret Hamilton in the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz.