Hey, ‘The Christophers,’ I Wonder What’s Going on With You Guys

April 23, 2026

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Not Pictured: The Christophers (CREDIT: NEON/Screenshot)

Starring: Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen, James Corden, Jessica Gunning

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Running Time: 100 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: April 10, 2026 (Theaters)

Here and there, I occasionally assess a movie I’ve seen by asking, “Would I like this to be my life?” Whenever the movie in question takes place in the art world, the answer is almost invariably “No!” So that’s not a good sign for The Christophers, in which Michaela Coel plays a young artist who is hired to sneakily complete a series of unfinished paintings by an aging artist played by Ian McKellen. But this tale actually takes place on the fringes of the art world and toys with the notions that govern it. So I’m saying that despite my built-in skepticism,  there’s some fun to be had along the way. Also, there’s this one part with an art-based reality show that looks pretty awful, but in a kind of subversive way. So no, I don’t want to live the life of The Christophers, but I suspect that the people who made this movie don’t want me to either.

Grade: 5.5 Forgeries out of 8 Christophers

‘Wakanda Forever’ and Ever, Amen

December 30, 2022

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Forever? Forever Ever? (Credit:
Marvel Entertainment/Screenshot)

Starring: Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Winston Duke, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Divine Love Konadu-Son

Director: Ryan Coogler

Running Time: 161 Minutes

Rating: PG-13]

Release Date:] November 11, 2022 (Theaters)

Upon seeing the first Black Panther back in 2018, my expectations were sky-high, and there was pretty much no way to meet them. For Wakanda Forever, however, I arrived with significantly subdued enthusiasm. I doubted that it could fully process the grief of Chadwick Boseman’s passing or that it could be another Landmark Cultural Event. So I ended up seeing it more than a month after its release with a much more chillaxed approach. And you know that? That may just have made all the difference. Also, the conflict with Namor was plenty satisfying and I totally didn’t see it coming.

Grade: No Love Lost (No Amor Perdido)