In a time where crowd-pleasing films have taken a backseat to more dramatic offerings, Dream Horse is a breath of fresh air - an underdog story that simply make you smile.
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw is all over the map in terms of what kind of Saw film, what kind of horror film, and just what kind of overall movie it hopes to be. A stunning disappointment.
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Featuring a terrific breakout performance from Ezra Dewey, The Djinn tells the story of a mute 12-year-old boy who makes a wish when he finds a book of spells. As they say: Be careful what you wish for.
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Profile, presented as though everything is transpiring on a computer screen, details a female journalist going undercover to learn how ISIS recruits young women and finds herself resisting being lured into the cause.
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A bit messy and rough around the edges, Guy Ritchie trusts Jason Statham to bring Wrath Of Man across the finish line, which the veteran actor does the very best he can.
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Here Today is not at all a good movie, but writer/director/lead actor Billy Crystal tries his hardest to make this scattershot look at aging and dementia something endearing and meaningful.
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Those who know Roy Andersson’s work will eagerly embrace About Endlessness and it’s vignette-style, largely plotless look at how people matter and where we belong in the world.
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Zhang Yimou’s new film Cliff Walkers, a Chinese spy film set in the 1930s, is a beautifully crafted but narratively dense story that requires a viewer’s utmost attention.
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Michael B. Jordan gets his chance to lead a big blockbuster action movie franchise, though Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse is an average-at-best, forgettable introduction.
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Ben Sharrock’s BAFTA-nominated breakthrough film Limbo provides an insightful, offbeat look at the refugee and immigrant experience, through the eyes of a young Syrian man in conflict with himself and his family.
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Nikole Beckwith’s Together Together is a smart, clever relationship movie which goes a different direction than many might anticipate.
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Tied together by the idea of where we fit into an ever-changing and evolving society, this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Animated Short Film walk us through stories of grief, uncertainty, anxiety, classism, and embracing the mundane routines of everyday life.
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This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Live Action Short Film are the best in years, with a case made that any of these films could win. Four films reflect on the global issue of policing, protection, and law enforcement, with a fifth film focused on compassion for those different than ourselves.
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Emotionally draining, yet important and powerful, this year’s slate of Oscar nominated Documentary Short Subject films are moving tributes to people sacrificing their hearts, minds, and emotional wellbeing for the betterment of others.
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Voyagers may have a grand vision of young-adult, dystopian science-fiction adventure, but the film never establishes enough credibility to make this matter all that much.
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Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby crackles with electricity in a tense, darkly comedic story of a 20-something young woman attending a family shiva, only to have her past and present complicate the afternoon.
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While there will be some who simply are satisfied by Godzilla and Kong’s Hoss Fights, Godzilla vs. Kong is a movie that underwhelms and underperforms in virtually every way.
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As absurd and violent as it is, Nobody is a stylish, throwback, action thriller which lets Bob Odenkirk become the action movie star you never knew you needed him to be.
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Though not from a lack of trying, basketball drama BOOGIE wants to be a hard-scrabble story where a main character overcomes the obstacles, but the film simply fails to deliver effectively on those intentions.
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Raya and the Last Dragon is a rousing fantasy adventure for viewers of all ages, providing meaningful messages, important representation and a simply fantastic visual experience.
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