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87/100
The Coddling of the American Mind (2024) Philip Martin There's empathy here, even if yoked to a polemic... The film prods us to ask uncomfortable questions about resilience, about whether we are, in our zeal to protect, leaving young people less prepared for life's inevitable abrasions.
Posted Dec 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Superman (2025) Courtney Lanning Corenswet offers a more hopeful take on the character than we’ve seen in years, and Gunn made sure to humanize him the best way he knew how... by giving him a home in Kansas (with two loving parents) and an adorable monster of a dog.
Posted Jul 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Sugarcane (2024) Philip Martin It is a nonfiction film made with remarkable empathy and restraint, a sober but humane interrogation of the recurrent damage done by arrogantly applied benign intentions.
Posted May 17, 2024  Edit critic review
Sasquatch Sunset (2024) Al Topich These gross-out gags become repetitive and creates some tonal confusion that really hurts the film. It goes from something that has a lot of potential to just a mediocre and forgettable comedy unworthy of a second watch.
Posted May 17, 2024  Edit critic review
You Have No Idea (2022) Philip Martin A delicate, compelling and relatable story that is heartfelt without becoming mawkish or emotionally prescriptive to tell about the tribulations -- and rewards -- of raising a different kid in the 1990s and beyond.
Posted Mar 22, 2024  Edit critic review
We Have Just Begun (2023) Philip Martin The film is powerful and deserves sober consideration. It has a place in the ongoing conversation about how we ought to remember and redress some of the terrible crimes of the past.
Posted Jan 23, 2024  Edit critic review
Fallen Leaves (2023) Philip Martin In a way, this is a mathematically elegant movie, a simple but precisely calibrated film that we're lucky to have the opportunity to see in a theater.
Posted Jan 19, 2024  Edit critic review
Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Piers Marchant It's the director's commitment to eschew many of the trappings of its form that makes the film so resonant.
Posted Jan 06, 2024  Edit critic review
Ferrari (2023) Philip Martin Racing action aside, Ferrari is more a stolid soap opera than a portrait of an obsessed, arrogant legend.
Posted Dec 29, 2023  Edit critic review
85/100
The Boys in the Boat (2023) Philip Martin This isn't a great movie, and it may not even be a movie that most 21st-century people will want to watch, but there's no denying the quality of the production values and Clooney's mastery. He's made exactly what he wanted to make.
Posted Dec 23, 2023  Edit critic review
88/100
Dream Scenario (2023) Philip Martin While some of these threads are incompletely developed and others dropped entirely, Dream Scenario never collapses in formless entropy thanks in large part to Cage's open-hearted embrace of his character.
Posted Dec 11, 2023  Edit critic review
90/100
May December (2023) Philip Martin The best role belongs to Portman, who will surely get major awards attention for her turn as ambitious, diligent and perpetually line-crossing Elizabeth.
Posted Dec 01, 2023  Edit critic review
89/100
Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party (2023) Sean Clancy It's not for everybody, but for those who are drawn to the Birthday Party's brand of bleak, poetic nihilism, it's heavenly.
Posted Dec 01, 2023  Edit critic review
82/100
Napoleon (2023) Piers Marchant For all the film's refusal to canonize its protagonist, it doesn't have terribly much to offer beyond its mocking portrayal of the former general, and the peppering in of expansive battle sequences in between.
Posted Nov 27, 2023  Edit critic review
82/10
The Exorcist: Believer (2023) Piers Marchant The film's reasonably creepy first act laboriously sets up what might have been something good and jarring, only for the script to become a mishmash of barely considered ideas that mostly end up as demonic-hued piffle.
Posted Oct 06, 2023  Edit critic review
86/100
Golda (2023) Philip Martin Mirren gets the job done, which is the important thing. She blasts away the old caricature of the grandmotherly, somehow doddering Meir without ever indulging in over-the-top actorliness.
Posted Aug 25, 2023  Edit critic review
Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback (2023) Philip Martin I was a little skeptical that "Reinventing Elvis" could justify its length -- at one hour and 26 minutes it's more than twice the running time of the original special -- but even those well-versed in Presley lore are likely to learn something.
Posted Aug 22, 2023  Edit critic review
82/100
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023) Piers Marchant The film goes down relatively smoothly, albeit blunt as a mallet to the skull, even as it never lets us forget for a second the corporation behind it all.
Posted Aug 19, 2023  Edit critic review
The Miracle Club (2023) Philip Martin It feels like a waste of [a] pretty spectacular cast, but it's not the sort of movie that reasonable people get mad at... Good intentions ought to count for something.
Posted Aug 14, 2023  Edit critic review
Jules (2023) Philip Martin Quirky and sweet, "Jules" has a certain predictability and Gavin Steckler's screenplay at times strains a little too hard, but nothing about it feels like anything less than an earnest choice.
Posted Aug 13, 2023  Edit critic review
75/100
Haunted Mansion (2023) Dan Lybarger The new Haunted Mansion still feels unsatisfying because it's hard to tell which audience Disney was trying to reach.
Posted Jul 28, 2023  Edit critic review
Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie (2023) Courtney Lanning The film simplifies [its] characters to the point they have no soul and no redeeming qualities.
Posted Jul 28, 2023  Edit critic review
Oppenheimer (2023) Courtney Lanning "Oppenheimer" is weighty, it's tragic, it's art. Dammit, this is everything cinema should be.
Posted Jul 21, 2023  Edit critic review
4/5
The Sting (1973) Keith Garlington There's a playful allure that permeates much of the film and it has a cool retro style that calls back to the classic mob movies of Raoul Walsh and Lloyd Bacon. But it also has a touch of 1970s grit which helps sets it apart.
Posted Jul 21, 2023  Edit critic review
Superman: Red Son (2020) Courtney Lanning Superman: Red Son isn't a bad film. It's just a strange spectacle with a bit of uneven pacing and muddled messaging.
Posted Jul 19, 2023  Edit critic review
Nine Days (2020) Courtney Lanning There's not one wasted detail in [Edson] Oda's movie.
Posted Jul 19, 2023  Edit critic review
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Courtney Lanning In more ways than one, this simple story leaves complexity and nuance to its characters. They do the heavy lifting, and they look great doing it among a sea of creative cinematography from Conrad Hall.
Posted Jul 19, 2023  Edit critic review
Theater Camp (2023) Courtney Lanning ..."Theater Camp" is exactly the type of risky production Hollywood needs to be investing in to keep itself fresh and alive.
Posted Jul 19, 2023  Edit critic review
Biosphere (2022) Courtney Lanning There's no CGI to hide behind. And the only accompanying music they get is a scat soundtrack. But Ray and Billy make it work. Their journey, their grief, their humor, and their chemistry take a risky experiment and make it a film worth watching.
Posted Jul 07, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/5
The Lesson (2023) Keith Garlington Troughton keeps us engaged throughout, using all the pieces she's given to their fullest. And it's hard not to love the cast led by a deliciously noxious Richard Grant.
Posted Jul 07, 2023  Edit critic review
The Gullspång Miracle (2023) Piers Marchant It doesn't solve any crimes, but it certainly offers a lot about human nature and our ability to cram the round peg of belief through the narrow square space of reality.
Posted Jun 30, 2023  Edit critic review
One Night with Adela (2023) Piers Marchant Creating an atmosphere of dank dread is an accomplishment, but this one won't stay with you very long.
Posted Jun 30, 2023  Edit critic review
Rather (2023) Piers Marchant Follows the greatest hits format, but hopscotches around between archived news clips from different eras, contemporary interviews with Rather and some of his professional associates, to produce an encapsulation of his life that feels properly vetted.
Posted Jun 30, 2023  Edit critic review
Nimona (2023) Courtney Lanning This isn't a mindless cartoon full of pop music and a minimalistic story to put on in the background. Nimona deserves your full attention. It's important and it's still an absolute blast of action and fun even for those who aren't LGBT.
Posted Jun 30, 2023  Edit critic review
Asteroid City (2023) Courtney Lanning Every scene feels handstitched by a man who clings so tightly to his own vision that he has become a household name in the same vein as Christopher Nolan or Tim Burton.
Posted Jun 30, 2023  Edit critic review
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) Dan Lybarger It's almost as if DreamWorks themselves are admitting they can do better.
Posted Jun 30, 2023  Edit critic review
86/100
Asteroid City (2023) Piers Marchant To be certain, there is still a lot to savor for Anderson fans, but with this film, he has reached a new level of complexity that might have plunged his already teetering emotional ratio into much less accessible territory.
Posted Jun 23, 2023  Edit critic review
Past Lives (2023) Piers Marchant In Song's impossibly adept debut, she's able to find balance and harmony in the chaos of an ever-surging society.
Posted Jun 23, 2023  Edit critic review
1.5/5
God Is a Bullet (2023) Keith Garlington "God Is a Bullet" is hopelessly dark and dour -- a seemingly endless two hour 35 minute malaise of misery that eventually wears you down and even worse tests your patience.
Posted Jun 23, 2023  Edit critic review
85/100
The Blackening (2022) Piers Marchant The movie is a pip, a bracing rush of originality that gives one hope for the oncoming summer deluge.
Posted Jun 16, 2023  Edit critic review
80/100
Elemental (2023) Piers Marchant A film that maintains a sloppy grasp of its own basic mechanics, en route to a well-worn story that feels laden down with its own attempts at Deeper Meaning.
Posted Jun 16, 2023  Edit critic review
It Ain't Over (2022) Jack Schnedler Longtime baseball fans can revel in black-and-white archival footage showing Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra in his prime... The universe of non-fans can savor Berra as a pop-culture legend, thanks mainly to his trove of purported Yogi-isms.
Posted Jun 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Extraction 2 (2023) Courtney Lanning I don't think it's often we see sequels that improve on the previous entry in a film series. But when it happens, it certainly makes me happy.
Posted Jun 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Flamin' Hot (2023) Courtney Lanning When judged solely on the merits of craft and fiction, "Flamin' Hot" is all that and a bag of chips.
Posted Jun 10, 2023  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Boogeyman (2023) Keith Garlington The overall impression that "we've seen all this before" stymies much of the suspense and leaves the film feeling like pretty standard horror movie fare.
Posted Jun 09, 2023  Edit critic review
90/100
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Piers Marchant The combination of art and story produce an extraordinarily entertaining spectacle.
Posted Jun 02, 2023  Edit critic review
Kandahar (2023) Courtney Lanning Don't treat Kandahar like "another Gerard Butler action flick," even for those who like them. Expect more from this movie. Because it delivers.
Posted May 26, 2023  Edit critic review
Master Gardener (2022) Courtney Lanning The latter half of this movie seems content with leaving most of the planted ideas buried in the soil.
Posted May 26, 2023  Edit critic review
2/5
White Men Can't Jump (2023) Keith Garlington I'm still trying to figure out why they even bothered calling it "White Men Can't Jump" considering how little it has in common with the considerably better original.
Posted May 22, 2023  Edit critic review
78/100
Fast X (2023) Piers Marchant Dom -- and the film -- are so relentless with the notion of whatever family means, it all begins to feel like so much sentimentalist drivel, a colorfully patterned carpet designed to distract you from all the people losing money at the slot machines.
Posted May 19, 2023  Edit critic review
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