In-depth film reviews, rated A through F, from someone who definitely thinks he knows more about movies than you.
‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ is a good-natured but ho-hum reimagining of the Legend of King Arthur, supplanting Good Life Lessons in lieu of innovative storytelling. Only kids and…
The Girl in the Spider’s Web erases the angry avenging angel elements of Lisbeth Salander to make way for a bland-washed pastiche of the character, only to then embroil her…
An inoffensive literary-tinged distraction well-suited for older crowds and book clubs on hiatus, ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me’ finds Melissa McCarthy flexing more dramatic muscles than we’re used to seeing,…
‘Boy Erased’ takes a difficult subject - a teen's experience with gay conversion therapy - and turns it into a lulling, don’t-rock-the-boat drama, devaluing the trauma of the subject matter…
‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ is a misguided attempt to reimagine the strangers-in-a-hotel mystery, baking neo-noir and grindhouse elements into an overlong and under-imaginative smorgasbord of serial cinema. It’s…
‘The House With a Clock in its Walls’ is neither the disaster that a PG Eli Roth movie may have been nor is it magical or memorable enough to cast…
'White Boy Rick' tells a fascinating true story in underwhelming fashion, touting strong performances and compelling dialogue but lacking any significant depth or emotional involvement.
Frustratingly flabby and flabbergastingly frightless, ‘The Nun’ boasts an eerie setting, strong performers, some well-timed comedic beats and various strokes of great potential only to flatline into a bunch of…
Big, dumb, get-the-job-done fun, ‘Skyscraper’ is both a testament to The Rock’s nigh-bottomless watchability and a litmus test for the depths of storytelling bankruptcy he’s willing to participate in. Both…
Entertainingly fluffy but problematic when you dig beneath the surface, Gary Ross’ ‘Ocean’s 8’ puts an all-women spin on the upscale heist series but misses the mark of genuine feminist…