Diane Keaton’s Senior Citizen Comedy ‘Poms’ Is About as Funny as a Colonoscopy
It's always intriguing to see what Diane Keaton can do with silly material, and it doesn't get any sillier than 'Poms.'
View Article‘Charlie Says’ Is a Needless Retelling of the Manson Family’s Horrifying...
Matt Smith is remarkable as the insane Charles Manson, but in a movie that reveals nothing we haven't seen or read before, does anybody care?
View ArticleBlythe Danner’s ‘The Tomorrow Man’ Is an Endearing Movie About Life’s Second...
'The Tomorrow Man' is a mature and radiant love story filled with intelligence, tenderness and joy that will warm your heart.
View ArticleJohn Travolta’s ‘The Poison Rose’ Is Another Dull Whodunit Nobody Wants to See
Nothing makes much sense here, including the title.
View Article‘Something Clean’ Takes on Painful Topics With a Blend of Awareness and...
As for the author, Fillinger is a brave, commanding new presence—a young American dramatist worth keeping an eye on in the future, and deserving of praise already.
View ArticleOctavia Spencer’s ‘Ma’ Is a Nauseating, Gasp-Worthy Disgrace
Don't say I didn't warn you.
View Article‘Papi Chulo’ Is a Poignant, Understated Film About an Unlikely Friendship
The relationship between the sweet, awkward and fragile Bomer and the tolerant, bemused and underplayed Patiño is a thing of joy.
View Article‘Katie Says Goodbye’ Is a Miserable Hunk of Depressing Junk
The point of this grim first film by writer-director Wayne Roberts is that lousy things happen to innocent people.
View Article‘The Child Remains’ Is a Loopy, Dementedly Written Horror Film
A well-made horror film is as rare as finding a diamond in a box of Cracker Jacks.
View ArticleThe Hopelessly Silly ‘Being Frank’ Is Like an Outline for a Rejected TV Rom-Com
Gaffigan deserves better material than this bomb, and so does the audience.
View ArticleIncurable Romantics Will Love Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine’s Charming ‘Plus One’
'Plus One' builds to a modest but likable conclusion, thanks to a script that is raunchy but clever and the chemistry and magnetism of the two stars.
View ArticleAvoid Jim Jarmusch’s ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ at All Costs if You Value Your Sanity
The entire movie is about nothing more than the severing of heads, which is apparently the only way you can kill a zombie forever.
View ArticleSienna Miller Delivers the Best Performance of Her Career in ‘American Woman’
She is simply, superbly splendid.
View Article‘Nightmare Cinema’ Will Make You Scratch Your Head More Than Your Goosebumps
Each story is designed and determined to scare the living daylights out of you, but I promise you more yawns than screams.
View ArticleAubrey Plaza’s Chucky Reboot ‘Child’s Play’ Is Tired, Desperate and Preposterous
My advice to the delusional folks who keep trying in vain to make something scary out of material that is already dead on arrival: Get it right, or give up.
View ArticleJames Caan’s ‘Holy Lands’ Teeters Uncertainly Between Dogma and Comedy
Despite good performances from a first-rate cast, the problem here is that the movie was written and directed by Amanda Sthers, who adapted it from her own novel.
View Article‘The Command’ Is a Polished, Heartbreaking Account of the Kursk Submarine...
I've never heard of the submarine Kursk, but I left 'The Command' with the unforgettable sense of having lived through the tragedy personally.
View ArticleAlexander Fehling’s ‘Three Peaks’ Is a Disturbing But Artfully Understated...
An exceptional film, well worth savoring.
View ArticleAlicia Vikander and Eva Green Will Bore You to Death in ‘Euphoria’
It lulls you into a disagreeable stupor clearly labeled "who cares?"
View ArticleDaisy Ridley’s ‘Ophelia’ Will Have Shakespeare Turning Over in His Grave
There's something lifeless about the whole thing, suggesting the film not only fails to expand or improve on the immortal play but should have stayed on the printed page, if anywhere at all.
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