When a movie has a one sentence tagline like "the horror version of X," I am all in.
Hillary Clinton Won! - Battle of the Sexes
Well, not really. Donald Trump is still President of the United States. Hillary Clinton is still a private citizen. But for this one moment in history, it's as if the results turned out differently.
Standing Tall - Stronger
This story is not important for what it meant to the life of Bauman; it is important for what it meant to the life of a city.
Sean Baker Finds All The Feels - The Florida Project
The final product really exposes who people are--their flaws, their beauty, and everything in between.
A Total Waste of Perfectly Good JLaw - mother!
I didn't hate this movie; I just hated the experience of watching it.
Review: IT
If you take out the parts where the clown exposes rows of teeth that would make a great white shark envious and uses them to rip limbs off little children, this is basically just a sweet coming of age story. Think ET, but with the occasional mangled seven-year-old.
Review: Patti Cake$
What is the opposite of woke? Mayonnaise? This is mayonnaise. A pale, bland option that makes everything worse because it is relying on fat content and not flavor.
Review: Girls Trip
Some combination of casting, acting and directing created the kind of warm friendships rarely captured on film.
Review: Annabelle: Creation
If you can tackle this formula with something interesting to say about the world, it's pretty easy to garner heaps of praise. The bar is pretty low and this film just doesn't do much to get over it.
Review: Detroit
When Bigelow wants you to feel our protagonists’ fears, you will feel them. Whether it is a shot we hear but don’t see or a body making contact with the floor, this is trauma turned up to 11.
Review: Dunkirk
It is films like this that remind me I have no idea how to make a movie.
Poster: Okja
Something like a mix of Free Willy and ET, Okja will tug at your heart strings with a blend of the familiar and the alien.
Review: Baby Driver
Baby Driver feels like a singular experience. Whether it is the technical prowess or the murderer’s row of entertaining actors, this movie is popcorn in the best possible way.
Review: War for the Planet of the Apes
Some combination of Andy Serkis and advancements in technology have made possible a story where you can truly forget the line between ape and human.
Review: The Beguiled
Regardless of where you come out on the film or some of the narratives surrounding it, Coppola's craftsmanship is on full display.
Leave Sophia Coppola Alone (Sort Of)
Coppola may have just made the whitest film of 2017 and it is set in Civil War Virginia. We can’t not talk about this. But at the same time, we might be better served by a different conversation.
Review: Whitney: Can I Be Me
That voice.
Review: Transformers: The Last Knight
The immense talents of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Stanley Tucci, John Goodman and several other gifted actors are completely wasted in two and a half hours of some of the ugliest CGI and cartoonishly bad dialogue imaginable.
2018 Oscars Preview - Best Supporting Actor
An early look at next year's contenders for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Oscar Isaac and more.
Review: It Comes At Night
Most of the fear-inducing elements come from what these characters see and don't see when they look into the eyes of the other characters. If it can even be properly classified as horror, Schultz makes clear, the real horror is us.