Hard-boiled but undercooked, S. Craig Zahler’s nihilist crime saga invests in too many tangents and too little character development, forcibly dragging this frustrating but occasionally inspired story over the distant…
As cool as it is inventive, ‘Us’ takes liberties with horror movie expectations and shows Jordan Peele breaking down what worked for him before and building a unique premise up…
An outside-the-box film about outside-the-box thinkers, 'The Hummingbird Project'’s tech-heavy tale of milliseconds, obsession, legacy, and a 1,400-mile uninterrupted fiber cable has appeals outside mainstream sensibilities but appeals nonetheless, especially…
Julianne Moore is easy to adore in Sebastián Lelio’s nuanced tale of dating divorcées though ‘Gloria Bell’ lacks the distinction, and falls short of earning a place among great tales…
A purified blast of masterfully refined schlock, Climax is a depraved and largely unpleasant experience that boasts technical genius, a roaring soundtrack and wholly authentic performances. It’s at once impossible…
A bittersweet capstone to the 'How to Train Your Dragon' trilogy boasts remarkable animation but a muted and surprisingly straight-forward story with fewer emotional highs and more comedic lows. A disappointing…
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Even if you erase the messy gender politics and aggressively anti-feminist bent of 'Miss Bala', you’re still left with little more than a mildly watchable action movie defined by unremarkable…
Surreal ‘Piercing’ is a diabolically amusing exercise in misunderstood psychopaths trying to fill the proverbial void in their lives through violent means. Snappy, satirical, kinky, and with a killer ending…