Bob Strauss

2 weeks ago | thewrap.com | Bob Strauss |Jose Alejandro Bastidas

Tech bros go wild while wrecking the world in “Mountainhead,” writer-director Jesse Armstrong’s follow-up to his towering series about a different set of rich assholes, “Succession.”This ain’t that. Armstrong’s feature-directing debut does not have the bandwidth to develop searing character studies like four, intricately interwoven seasons of an all-time television great.

2 weeks ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Bob Strauss

Julianne Moore stars as the ultrarich Michaela “Kiki” Kell in “Sirens.” Photo: Macall Polay/Netflix“Sirens” seems to want to satirize “The White Lotus” and its growing number of copycat shows. That’s not an easy feat, since Mike White already builds a great deal of sophisticated self-mockery and naughty class critique into his TV franchise. So the route “Sirens” showrunner Molly Smith Metzler takes here is to go more vulgar with the humor, which is fine and often funny enough.

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Bob Strauss

“Sinners,” starring Michael B. Jordan, is returning to IMAX theaters for a limited time. Warner Bros. “Sinners,” Oakland auteur Ryan Coogler’s blues versus vampires movie set in 1930s Mississippi, is such a success that it’s been booked for a rare return to nine IMAX theaters nationwide this month.

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Bob Strauss

There’s still life in the old deathtraps. “Final Destination Bloodlines,” the sixth horror movie about people who escape certain doom only for Death itself to come after them with painful ingenuity, is a terrifically well-made supernatural thriller. Rated R: For strong violent/grisly accidents, and language.

3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Bob Strauss

Brec Bassinger in a scene from “Final Destination Bloodlines.” Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures/Associated PressThere’s still life in the old deathtraps. “Final Destination Bloodlines,” the sixth horror movie about people who escape certain doom only for Death itself to come after them with painful ingenuity, is a terrifically well-made supernatural thriller.