Free Fire (A24, R)
You never learn enough about any characters to really care what happens to them, and you may feel before long that it would be a favor to mankind if they all died in an explosion.
Brie Larson
Kong: Skull Island (Warner Brothers, PG-13)
You’ll be bored out of your mind, and probably find your intelligence has been insulted as well.
Room (A24, R)
Don’t read the rest of this review. Just go see the movie, and come back and do those other things later.
The Gambler (Paramount Pictures, R)
It expects you to care that this fictional character wants another card at 18 when you don’t give a shit about him in the first place.
Don Jon (Relativity Media, R)
Don Jon works because of the cast.
Short Term 12 (Cinedigm, R)
The characters are strong, and that’s what matters. The movie is at its best when it just lingers and lets us observe them.
The Spectacular Now (A24, R)
The Spectacular Now is enjoyable enough, but not quite completely satisfying, either.
Rampart (Millennium Entertainment, R)
He’s a one-trick pony and so is the film, and neither really go anywhere.