It has become cliché to insist that particular works of popular culture are about “trauma.” However, Candyman is very much a work about ...

Darren Mooney reviews Candyman (2021), directed by Nia DaCosta and starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, out in theaters on August 27.

Sometimes they nail the pop song in the trailer, and a haunting riff of Beyonce’s “Say My Name” is definitely the exact right ...