Jean Reno’s ‘Cold Blood’ Won’t Raise Your Temperature, Even in Sub-Zero Weather
Nobody should have to sit through junk like this, even in summer, and I don't know anyone who will.
View ArticleAri Aster’s Grisly ‘Midsommar’ Is Downright Sickening
Like it or hate it, you can go away claiming it is not like anything you've ever seen before.
View ArticleGreg Kinnear’s Dark Comedy ‘Phil’ Is a Humdrum Waste of Time
Character development is non-existent, and isolated scenes resonate with occasional whimsy, but they don't add up to a satisfying whole.
View ArticleClimate Change Sets the Stage for the Dreary, Violent Western ‘Desolate’
'Desolate' claims to be an old-style western jazzed up with new-style ideas, but it's nothing new and the pulverizing violence has been done before.
View ArticleTheo James Turns the Modest ‘Lying and Stealing’ Into a ‘Thomas Crown Affair’...
It's all been done before, but the reason it's worth watching is to see James do it again.
View Article‘Crawl’ Is the Most Satisfying Horror Film of the Summer
While Crawl never quite achieves the classic status of 'Jaws,' it's so convincing that you forget about the mechanics and become petrified by the gore.
View Article‘The Art of Self-Defense’ Fails to Offer a Cogent Point of View on Toxic...
What this movie is really about is anybody's guess.
View ArticleWhite Supremacist Drama ‘Skin’ Is a Combination of Revelation and Horror
If you have a strong stomach, 'Skin' is well worth seeing for the lessons it teaches about the value of survival in the pursuit of redemption.
View ArticleNautical Thriller ‘Dead Water’ Is Long on Beauty but Short on Logic
Plot twists multiply, turning 'Dead Water' into nothing more than one huge red herring in an attempt to distract viewers from the sorry fact that nothing of substance is really happening.
View ArticleImaginative and Awful, ‘Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’ Is Typical Tarantino
The point, if there is one, honors the tradition that in movies about making movies, fiction is always more entertaining than the truth.
View Article‘After the Wedding’ Is a Mediocre Remake with Valiant Performances
Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams are splendid bookends in a well directed yet clumsily written sudser by Moore's husband, Bart Freundlich.
View ArticleCasey Affleck’s ‘Light of My Life’ Is Another Dour End-of-the-World Epic
Filmed largely in darkness without much hope beneath the desolation, there's not much light in 'Light of My Life.'
View ArticleNoomi Rapace Is a Deeply Troubled Single Mother in Psychodrama ‘Angel of Mine’
The cliché-resistant screenplay by Luke Davies and David Regal and the understated direction by Kim Farrant lead you into elements of surprise you do not anticipate.
View ArticleJohn Travolta’s ‘The Fanatic’ Is a Cheap and Cheesy Disaster
The movie goes nowhere, turning violent and predictable in time for a dumb, inconsequential and totally preposterous finale.
View Article‘The Goldfinch’ Is One of This Year’s Deadliest Disappointments
The theme is that great art, like great music, can get you through life, but 'The Goldfinch' proves great novels do not always make great movies.
View ArticleJennifer Lopez Brings the Trashy and Forgettable ‘Hustlers’ to Life
J-Lo has relentless perseverance, and the qualities her fan base adore most—awesome beauty, tireless energy and more curves than a scenic railway—are very much in evident in 'Hustlers.'
View ArticleDemi Moore’s ‘Corporate Animals’ Is One of the Worst Movies Ever Made
Although she does not get top billing, Moore is the central focus, surrounded by a cast of amateurs who are unknown for a very good reason.
View ArticleBill Skarsgard’s ‘Villains’ Is an Energetic Combination of Black Comedy and...
Everyone's a villain here, bumbling along as they turn the tables on each other, and there's no one to root for.
View ArticleGeneric Thriller ‘Running with the Devil’ Wastes the Time and Talent of...
The movie jumps around so often from Canada to Bogota that you seldom know who anyone is, where you are, or why.
View ArticleBroadway’s ‘The Height of the Storm’ Is Enigmatic Gibberish
The new Broadway season is officially in motion, and so far unofficially underwhelming.
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