Reviews

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Saturday, 26 December 2015 14:35

Lloyd brought an essential sweetness to his films.

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Written by Nic Champion Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:34

It’s the worst kind of comedy.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:20

I found myself quite pleased with Concussion, despite its flaws.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 24 December 2015 23:00

In the end, it hardly matters how inconsistent the movie can be.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 24 December 2015 22:45

Carol is something close to flawless.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:26

This movie wants you to be angry about the financial crisis, when instead, you’ll be angry about what a bad film this is. 

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Written by Cait Lore Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:04

Mustangis easily one of the year’s best, and perhaps one of the finest films to explore how the eyes of men can confine the lives of women.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 17 December 2015 23:46

If you want to see a dumb action movie but not feel too guilty about it afterwards, Mojin – The Lost Legend isn’t a terrible choice.

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Written by Nic Champion Thursday, 17 December 2015 22:38

You wouldn’t be wasting your time seeing this.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 17 December 2015 11:43

It feels not unlike the way good remakes of classic films feel: You’re surprised that it’s decent, but it doesn’t do much more than make you want to go back and watch the original again.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 17 December 2015 11:30

This isn’t a claim I make about movies very often at all, so I hope it carries some weight: The Danish Girl is a sexy movie.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 17 December 2015 11:27

Imagine how different things might be right now if Michael Brown had been Tased, not shot.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 17 December 2015 11:21

The film has the benefit of featuring a strong enough ending as to make one reassess everything that has come before.

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Written by Nic Champion Friday, 11 December 2015 00:03

With a plot as common and by-the-numbers as this, one has to ask why Ron Howard didn’t deliver on the whales, the movie’s biggest asset.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 10 December 2015 23:51

I went in hoping for a good adaptation of Macbeth, and while I didn’t get that, I left the theatre happy all the same.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Friday, 04 December 2015 00:15

Theeb isn’t a terribly memorable film.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Friday, 04 December 2015 00:05

Chi-Raq offers plenty of examples of Spike being Spike.

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Written by Nic Champion Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:58

Ultimately, Victor Frankenstein is harmlessly bad and occasionally surprisingly good. But mostly bad.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 24 November 2015 23:45

The Good Dinosaur is a bit of a mess, but enjoyable all the same.

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Written by Nic Champion Thursday, 19 November 2015 23:52

Despite its flaws, I think By the Sea is an indicator that Jolie is headed in the right direction with the writing and directing phase of her career.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 19 November 2015 23:47

It’s an enjoyable enough dramatization to not leave you feeling too dirty for liking it.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 19 November 2015 23:43

This isn’t a movie of good guys and bad guys, despite the subject matter, but is more a study of human fallibility.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 19 November 2015 23:35

The pleasures to be had in Brooklyn creep up on you.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 19 November 2015 23:29

To be fair, I’m sure it’ll make tons of money, but more out ofsense of duty on the audience’s part, and not because it deserves it.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 12 November 2015 22:33

“This kind of film” is quick to please; rarely memorable, but generally pretty enjoyable, too.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Friday, 06 November 2015 00:37

There’s no denying when a film doesn’t work, and in the end, Suffragette doesn’t.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 27 October 2015 18:30

As for whether this is a drama or a comedy, it’s more the latter, but we could debate that point.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 27 October 2015 18:27

Don’t read the rest of this review. Just go see the movie, and come back and do those other things later.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Tuesday, 27 October 2015 00:00

The script is a little too clunky and on the nose, and there’s too much audience hand-holding.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 22 October 2015 22:41

It is, indeed, pretty terrible.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 22 October 2015 22:31

This film is basically wall-to-wall dialogue, all of which is very compelling and smart, and with plenty of amusing barbs along the way.

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Written by Megan Washausen Thursday, 15 October 2015 20:09

Instead of producing spectacles, Ray’s films tell simple human stories, shot on location, using many non-professional actors.

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Written by Megan Washausen Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:42

Goosebumps is for everyone! You don’t need to have read the books to enjoy it.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 15 October 2015 19:26

Sometimes movies come along that are made by people you like, uphold values that you believe in, but, as movies, just aren’t very good.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 15 October 2015 17:54

I wasn’t really into it at all for the first 90 minutes, but the final 30 or so at least come close to making the whole thing worthwhile.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 15 October 2015 17:40

Bridge of Spies’ biggest downfall is its characters, but this is a problem in an unusual way.