Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times

Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

Conway, AR, United States

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Past articles by Noel:

Review: Alban Lenoir in Netflix's 'AKA' and more streaming options

Science-fiction drama 'The Artifice Girl' interrogates ethics of AI; documentary 'Beyond Human Nature' probes a pulpy 1992 death; Wim Wenders' 'Wings of Desire' on Blu-ray. → Read More

'Peter Pan & Wendy' review: Disney remake offers few surprises

Director David Lowery ("Pete's Dragon," "The Green Knight") delivers a surprisingly conventional live-action version of the J.M. Barrie classic with Jude Law as Captain Hook. → Read More

'Clock' review: Dianna Agron stars in Hulu body-horror movie

Franz Rogowski as a future-seeing Nazi creep who can play Radiohead on the piano in "Freaks vs. the Reich"; Paul Kircher and Juliette Binoche in Christoph Honoré's French drama "Winter Boy" on Mubi. → Read More

‘A Tourist’s Guide to Love’ review and more streaming options

Rachael Leigh Cook and Scott Ly hook up in Vietnam in Netflix rom-com; Brendan Fehr, Luke Wilson and Dolph Lundgren team up in 'The Best Man'; Steve McQueen's 'Small Axe' gets the Criterion treatment. → Read More

Reviews: This week's best streaming and VOD movies

Quentin Dupieux's absurdist French action-comedy “Smoking Causes Coughing” on VOD; plus the "John Wick"-style Korean thriller "Kill Bonsoon" on Netflix. → Read More

Review: Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler win again with snappy 'Murder Mystery 2'

The stars again display charming comic chemistry, as they swap rapid-fire patter in front of their fabulous supporting cast and glitzy international locales in this Netflix sequel to the 2019 hit. → Read More

Review: Kiernan Shipka, Reggie Jackson and Stanley Kubrick highlight VOD, streaming options

M. Night Shyamalan's twisty thriller 'Knock at the Cabin' streams on Peacock; and an expanded look at David Lynch's 'Inland Empire' from the Criterion Collection. → Read More

Reviews: This week's big streaming and VOD movies

Watch 'Please Baby Please' on Mubi, psychodrama 'Spoonful of Sugar' on Shudder, plus 'Free Skate' reveals sordid and sensational sides of women's elite sports, and Sam Worthington stars in crime story 'Transfusion' on VOD. → Read More

Reviews: 'Sharper' and a Bill Russell documentary series

'The Integrity of Joseph Chambers,' starring Clayne Crawford, leads VOD releases and James Gray's 'Armageddon Time' arrives on Peacock. → Read More

'Shotgun Wedding' review: Jennifer Lopez's altared state

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel stare down a 'Shotgun Wedding' on Prime Video; Bob Odenkirk ponders a "Life Upside Down"; a French diplomat's reputation is smeared in "Kompromat." → Read More

Review: "Sick," "Kids vs. Aliens" and more to watch at home

Peacock's "Sick," co-written by "Scream's" Kevin Williamson, offers a terror take on COVID-19; "Kids vs. Aliens" on VOD; "The Fabelmans" come home and more VOD offerings. → Read More

Review: 'The Drop' leans into cringe comedy with the ring of truth

Hulu has the comedy "The Drop," "Candy Land" serves up ‘70s-style exploitation, Nicolas Cage stars in a western and "She Said" lands on Peacock → Read More

'Skinamarink' review: An odd experiment in immersive horror

An immersive horror movie that demands to be seen in a theater, director Kyle Edward Ball's 'Skinamarink' drops the viewer into a disorienting exploration of a darkened house. → Read More

Review: Theater makes a comeback in 'Broadway Rising'

"Broadway's" pandemic revival, a UFO sighting in Zimbabwe, Vietnamese head-transplant martial arts flick, plus Netflix's "White Noise" and "Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical." → Read More

Reviews: George Clooney, Julia Roberts with a 'Ticket' to stream

A Zoey Deutch rom-com on Prime, Dutch and Palestinian dramas, plus Lee Majors teams with Danny Trejo in this week's streaming and VOD titles. → Read More

Reviews: 'Four Samosas' and new Shudder horror titles

'Squid Game' star Lee Jung-jae makes his directing debut with 'Hunt'; 'A Wounded Fawn' and 'Blood Relatives' stream on Shudder. → Read More

Review: Christmas movies galore decorate streaming services

Justin Hartley, Lindsay Lohan and Freddie Prinze Jr. headline Netflix holiday lineup; Peter Billingsley returns as Ralphie in 'A Christmas Story Christmas" on HBO Max → Read More

Reviews: 'Disenchanted' on Disney+ and Netflix's 'Stutz'

Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey return for Disney+'s 'Disnechanted'; Jonah Hill turns the camera on his therapist in 'Stutz' on Netflix; the Charlie Trotter mystery → Read More

Reviews: "Say Hey, Willie Mays!," "My Father's Dragon" and more

Netflix adds a nonfiction companion to "The Good Nurse," and Bruce Willis and John Travolta pair up in pulpy "Paradise City." → Read More

Reviews: 'Enola Holmes 2,' 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' and more

'Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me' looks at mental health; Millie Bobby Brown charms in "Enola Homes 2" and Daniel Radcliffe gets 'Weird' as Al Yankovic. → Read More