812filmreviews
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3/4
Clemency (2019)
As a character study, [Clemency] is incredible. As a study of death row, it's necessary.
Posted Feb 14, 2019
2
2.5/4
Troop Zero (2019)
Troop Zero is a film made for the misfits, the outcasts, and the dreamers - and will leave you floating to the stars.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
3
3/4
Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
Brittany Runs a Marathon is a sincere and delightful pep-talk for the soul.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
4
2/4
Isn't It Romantic (2019)
Isn't it Romantic: a meta-deconstructionist romantic comedy, feels five years too late to be of any consequence.
Posted Feb 13, 2019
5
3.5/4
Rendezvous in Chicago (2018)
Rendezvous in Chicago is a set of unique Chicago stories, acted, written, and directed with spontaneity and sincerity.
Posted Feb 12, 2019
6
3/4
Fighting with My Family (2019)
Fighting with My Family is a defining wrestling film wrapped in feel-good vibes.
Posted Feb 10, 2019
7
3.5/4
Luce (2019)
Luce is one of the most searing and honest examinations of race, tokenism, and the "Exceptional Negro trope" in recent memory.
Posted Feb 7, 2019
8
3.5/4
The Report (2019)
Scott Z. Burn's The Report is a taut political procedural...which will inspire anger and solace at the U.S. government.
Posted Feb 7, 2019
9
3/4
10
3/4
Hala (2019)
11
3.5/4
We Are Little Zombies (2019)
12
3/4
Honey Boy (2019)
Honey Boy an example of the therapy art offers within the confines of the screen.
Posted Feb 5, 2019
13
2/4
Fyre (2019)
If the Hulu-produced [Fyre Fraud] didn't exist, Netflix's [FYRE] would be a fully worthwhile presentation. But Hulu's [Fire Fraud] does exist, and it is decidedly better.
Posted Jan 18, 2019
14
3/4
Fyre Fraud (2019)
McFarland, like most scammers, is a wellspring of genius misused for perilous ends...Fyre Fraud is a story of an all-time swindle...
Posted Jan 18, 2019
15
1.5/4
Glass (2019)
Glass is the most Shyamalan film the director has ever made: only in the sense that you wonder - what could have been.
Posted Jan 16, 2019
16
1.5/4
The Upside (2019)
The Upside - a tone deaf, ill timed, and messy comedy - is a film no one: not even Hart, wants right now.
Posted Jan 10, 2019
17
3/4
Stan & Ollie (2019)
Stan & Ollie is a touching tribute to a love that endured through disagreements and has survived through time.
Posted Jan 9, 2019
18
3.5/4
The Endless (2018)
The biggest lesson of The Endless is how we can allow our lives to loop around in one crappy cycle until we cop out.
Posted Dec 30, 2018
19
2.5/4
Bird Box (2018)
Director Susanne Bier's perilous post-apocalyptic film, Bird Box, straddles the line between rudimentary and riveting.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
20
3/4
Bumblebee (2018)
[With Bumblebee] Travis Knight...finds the honey suckle sweet spot in a John Hughes/Steven Spielberg-inspired coming-of-age blockbuster.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
21
0/4
Second Act (2018)
Second Act should invite a script-burning party.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
22
1.5/4
Vice (2018)
Adam McKay's film shoves information down our throats like a Wikipedia breathing tube.
Posted Dec 17, 2018
23
3/4
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
From the moment Saoirse Ronan's Mary Stuart washes ashore, us and everyone on that craggy balmy Scottish beach innately know her as royalty.
Posted Dec 14, 2018
24
3.5/4
They Shall Not Grow Old (2019)
They Shall Not Grow Old is a fascinating exposition, told with reverence and stunning colorization, of these men who fought the war they thought would end all wars.
Posted Dec 14, 2018
25
1.5/4
The Mule (2018)
With basic directing and shot selection, and a troubling script, the only saving grace of The Mule is Eastwood's performance.
Posted Dec 12, 2018
26
2/4
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
27
3/4
Aquaman (2018)
28
2/4
Vox Lux (2018)
Vox Lux is a film without the hooks to deliver its meaning.
Posted Dec 6, 2018
29
2/4
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
30
3.5/4
31
3.5/4
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018)
Though we never untangle the difference between right and wrong in Shoplifters, we find ourselves emotionally invested in this inescapable work of art.
Posted Nov 23, 2018
32
3/4
At Eternity's Gate (2018)
At Eternity's Gate favors beauty in the extreme.
Posted Nov 22, 2018
33
3.5/4
The Favourite (2018)
Witty and dramatic, The Favourite offers the path of least resistance for anyone not swooned by Lathimos's brand of filmmaking.
Posted Nov 21, 2018
34
0/4
Robin Hood (2018)
Despite Robin Hood boasting a talented cast, the cheesiness of their script would blunt the sharpest of performances.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
35
3/4
Creed II (2018)
Creed II may not advance Adonis' story, but it's still a good Rocky film nonetheless.
Posted Nov 19, 2018
36
4/4
Burning (Beoning) (2018)
Burning is an intriguing dramatic mystery that rarely bequeaths answers, usurping the male gaze and dichotomy between the well-meaning creep and madman.
Posted Nov 19, 2018
37
2.5/4
The Front Runner (2018)
Reitman is very close to making The Front Runner into a clear winner, but like Hart, he falls just short.
Posted Nov 16, 2018
38
3.5/4
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Ralph Breaks the Internet: A film that mixes every property within the Disney universe, and some that aren't, while finding roots in existentialism...
Posted Nov 14, 2018
39
4/4
Widows (2018)
It's rare to see a director of McQueen's pedigree working on a heist film, and even rarer for a popcorn flick to work on the intricate and stratifying levels that Widowsgrants us.
Posted Nov 13, 2018
40
3/4
Green Book (2018)
Green Book feels like a relic, a film snatched from the 90's... In 2018, the film shouldn't work... yet, it does "succeed."
Posted Nov 13, 2018
41
General Magic (2017)
It'll make you dream big. It'll transfix you with wonder. It'll make you worship the magic of technology. General Magic is also one of the best documentaries of the year.
Posted Nov 11, 2018
42
4/4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
43
2/4
Boy Erased (2018)
Edgerton is a fine director and actor, but his adaptive writing is bland.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
44
2.5/4
Much like Ron's broken wand, Rowling's enchantment is becoming less-and-less dependable by the film.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
45
1.5/4
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
The Girl in the Spider's Web is a generic cash grab that lacks the unique artistry required for a strong female lead.
Posted Nov 7, 2018
46
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Mr. SOUL brings the amazing individual that was Ellis Haizlip back into the forefront of his and our cultural history.
Posted Nov 6, 2018
47
Postcards from the 48% (2018)
Postcards from the 48% reminds one of their global connectivity and the power of their vote.
Posted Nov 6, 2018
48
2/4
A Private War (2018)
While many have praised Pike's portrayal of the famed journalist, this will be a dissent. Sometimes, showy and intense are confused with great.
Posted Nov 6, 2018
49
2/4
Outlaw King (2018)
Outlaw King would be better off it weren't a film. This project screams mini-series.
Posted Nov 5, 2018
50
3.5/4
Suspiria (2018)