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5/10
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The Rip
(2026)
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Susan Granger
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Adapting a predictable story, this heist thriller is all-too-familiar, so by the time the 'traitor' is revealed, no one really care...and Carnahan's dialogue is so profanity-laden that it loses all effectiveness, becoming ludicrous, even laughable.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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8/10
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The Secret Agent
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Expressionistic, elegiac, yet satirical, sociopolitical thriller...
Posted Jan 15, 2026
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8/10
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Sentimental Value
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Affecting and exquisite, Joachim Trier focuses on intergenerational differences and familial love - reminiscent of Chekhov and Ibsen in its many melancholy permutations.
Posted Jan 13, 2026
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5/10
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The Testament of Ann Lee
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Amanda Seyfried delivers a radiant, remarkable performance although Mona Fastvold's linear biographical musical lacks emotional resonance.
Posted Jan 06, 2026
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7/10
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Eleanor the Great
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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95 year-old June Squibb stars in Scarlett Johansson's feature film directing debut - perhaps more experienced director might have pointed out the script's all-too-convenient. contrived 'coincidences' that tend to compromise believability
Posted Dec 27, 2025
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8/10
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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In the cinematic art of world-building, James Cameron has no peer - and this continues his mythic exploration with motion-capture and digital effects....but it's overly long with often-inane dialogue.
Posted Dec 21, 2025
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7/10
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East of Wall
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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This is one of those low-budget, independent films that win at film festivals but never goes much further - which is a shame - because it's a unique glimpse of contemporary cowgirls living near South Dakota's Badlands.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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8/10
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Song Sung Blue
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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If you're looking for an uplifting, family-friendly holiday movie - this engrossing, entertaining musical fits the bill - well, almost. Based on a real-life love story, it has its ups and downs - but Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson are terrific!
Posted Dec 15, 2025
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8/10
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Marty Supreme
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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In Josh Safdie's freely fictional character study, Timothee Chalamet plays an obnoxious, self-serving, self-confident con man/ping-pong prodigy who will lie, cheat and steal to get what he wants....the result is abrasive and exhilarating.
Posted Dec 15, 2025
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8/10
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Jay Kelly
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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While George Clooney delivers a remarkably self-absorbed performance, Adam Sandler steals the picture, deftly capturing the pathos of a beleaguered manager who has sacrificed far too much for his stellar client over the years.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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8/10
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Wicked: For Good
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Continuing the saga of Magic School pals Glinda (Ariana Grande) and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) - last seen mid-air 'Defying Gravity' - this is a bewitching conclusion - a two-hour. 18-minute spectacle that's already out-earned the first installment.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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10/10
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Train Dreams
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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A mesmerizing, lyrical. visually exquisite motion picture about solitude, sadness and community - one of the best of the year.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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4/10
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Rian Johnson's 3rd Benoit Blanc murder mystery is a comatose dud - unevenly written/directed, full of undeveloped Gothic archetypes flitting and out, talking incessantly about morality, philosophy & Christian theology.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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10/10
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Chloe Zhao scores again with this transcendent adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's heart-wrenching novel, a historical fantasy, about the trials and tribulations that indelibly marked the marriage of Anne Hathaway and William Shakespeare.
Posted Nov 29, 2025
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6/10
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Bugonia
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Another Yorgos Lanthimos absurd, satirical concept that's beyond bizarre - except, perhaps, to conspiracy theorists.
Posted Nov 29, 2025
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7/10
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Blue Moon
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Distinguished by Ethan Hawke's masterful performance, Richard Linklater recalls the fateful night that melancholy Lorenz Hart retreated to Sardi's after the Broadway opening of 'Oklahoma!'
Posted Nov 23, 2025
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8/10
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Rental Family
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Japanese-American filmmaker Hikari delivers an insightful glimpse into coping with loneliness in a foreign culture, while soft-spoken Brendan Fraser's sensitive performance recalls why he won an Oscar for 'The Whale.'
Posted Nov 22, 2025
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6/10
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The Running Man
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Edgar Wright delivers fast-paced sci-fi so it's up to Glen Powell to propel the pictures. Since the charming charisma he oozed in 'Hit Man' is barely visible, Powell relies on the physicality he honed working with Tom Cruise in 'Top Gun: Maverick.'
Posted Nov 18, 2025
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7/10
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Frankenstein
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Sumptuously stunning in its execution, Guillermo del Toro has made a poignant conception of what it means to be human - sanctified by his dazzling visual imagination, particularly his opulent use of shapes and color, reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch.
Posted Nov 12, 2025
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10/10
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Nuremberg
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Tightly scripted & confidently directed by James Vanderbilt, the verbal sparring between Malek's psychiatrist & Crowe's Hermann Goring is reminiscent of the manipulative maneuvering between Clarice Starling & Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs.'
Posted Nov 09, 2025
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6/10
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Suspenseful, scary, speculative and unsatisfactory...a 'message' movie, delineating a dilemma and then leaving the audience frustrated because there's no resolution, no payoff.
Posted Oct 29, 2025
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4/10
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After the Hunt
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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The problem with this prestige ensemble drama lies squarely in the hands of novice screenwriter Nora Garrett's ambiguous. almost incoherent script and Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino's abrasive, frustrating choice to favor excessive emotional extremes.
Posted Oct 21, 2025
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6/10
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Strenuous yet stilted and overly sanitized....
Posted Oct 20, 2025
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4/10
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The Woman in Cabin 10
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Since all the awkwardly underwritten characters are cheesy caricatures, why should we care if the protagonist - played by Kiera Knightley - is paranoid or being gaslit in writer/director Simon Stone's silly, soggy saga?
Posted Oct 12, 2025
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7/10
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The Lost Bus
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Writer/director Paul Greengrass delivers another explosive, survivalist thriller. He knows exactly how to ramp up tension with handheld cameras and rapid cutting - then defuse it - if only momentarily - before ramping it up again.
Posted Oct 11, 2025
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5/10
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Anemone
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Two brilliant performances in search of a plot! It's all about the actors who try desperately to hold your attention for 125 minutes...and featuring a particularly disgusting speech in which the protagonist details his revenge against a pedophile priest.
Posted Oct 11, 2025
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5/10
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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This is an infuriating, hypersexualized, politically polarized film in which almost every character is contemptible - except the young girl who surfaces halfway through.
Posted Oct 04, 2025
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5/10
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The Long Walk
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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With uneasiness and uncertainty dominating the news, it's not surprising that this bleak, depressing dirge tanked at the box-office. Instead of angst and agony, audiences are looking for optimism and an emotional escape from adversity.
Posted Sep 25, 2025
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3/10
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Black Creek
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Historically, grindhouse movies were not known for quality - indeed. most were characterized by inept, amateurish acting and poor filmmaking technique. This brutal, bloody action/drama/Western is no exception.
Posted Sep 24, 2025
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5/10
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Highest 2 Lowest
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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The police procedural script lacks rhythm & supporting characters lack depth/complexity. Worse yet, the self-conscious, profanity-laden, pseudo-Shakespearean rap dialogue is tiresomely repetitive during the climactic conclusion - talk about tone deaf!
Posted Sep 20, 2025
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8/10
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Witty writer Julian Fellowes has cleverly created and cast such fully realized, socially stratified characters that what occurs is completely credible and director Simon Curtis continues the bittersweet vibe - so the conclusion is elegant and endearing.
Posted Sep 13, 2025
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3/10
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The Roses
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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How many ways can a critic warn: 'This picture is absolutely awful'? Ill-conceived and ineptly scripted, the bickering never stops. Resentment is redolent. And - bottom line - it's not funny.
Posted Sep 07, 2025
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7/10
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The Thursday Murder Club
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Adapted from erudite Richard Osman's best-sellers, it's so cleverly cast and deftly directed by Chris Columbus that one hopes this caper will become a miniseries.
Posted Sep 03, 2025
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4/10
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Freakier Friday
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Jamie Lee Curtis & Lindsay Lohan do their best with what they're given but screenwriter Jordan Weiss and director Nisha Ganatra fail to delineate innate relationships & individual characterizations. Result? Too awkward and confusing!
Posted Aug 12, 2025
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7/10
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The Naked Gun
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Smartly silly reboot, skewering the police procedural franchise, sprinkling amusing jokes & droll one-liners - wickedly stupid wordplay - like confetti....Anderson & Neeson exude great cinematic chemistry.
Posted Aug 03, 2025
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5/10
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Ice Road: Vengeance
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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While Chinese star Fan Bingbing is a fierce kickass foil for grizzled Liam Neeson, this isn't really a sequel - and the highly touted 'ice' is in short supply, even in the Himalayas.
Posted Jul 29, 2025
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3/10
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Eddington
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Self-indulgent and tedious, Ari Aster's snarky Western thriller is my #1 nominee for the dullest, dreariest, most disappointing film - so far in 2025.
Posted Jul 20, 2025
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8/10
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My Mom Jayne
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Like the determined detective she plays on 'Law & Order: SVU,' Mariska Hargitay delves into the mystery of her own 'identity' and who her mother - '50s 'blonde bombshell' Jayne Mansfield - really was, fitting fragmented pieces of that puzzle together.
Posted Jul 16, 2025
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8/10
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Superman
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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James Gunn's exciting, irreverent, exhausting comic-book action-adventure super-spectacle is great fun, introducing David Corenswet as the now-vulnerable Man of Steel and savvy Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane. but the real scene-stealer is Superdog Krypto.
Posted Jul 12, 2025
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6/10
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Heads of State
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Without a big budget or bankable stars, this is a simplistic yet remarkably entertaining action/buddy comedy - as John Cena and Idris Elba bicker-and-banter their way through one dire, diverting dilemma after another.
Posted Jul 08, 2025
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7/10
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Jurassic World Rebirth
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Why do people go to the movies? For entertainment. That's why popular franchises flourish. This installment continues Spielberg's original vision although the sense of awe - as if those enormous creatures were real - is missing, except in one scene.
Posted Jul 07, 2025
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7/10
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F1 The Movie
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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If you're into Formula 1 racing and follow the Grand Prix circuit, go see high-octane thriller...If - on the other hand - you're unsure about motorsports or have problems deciphering British accents without subtitles, wait for streaming on Apple TV+
Posted Jun 29, 2025
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7/10
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28 Years Later
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Screenwriter Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle team up once again for this speculative, suspenseful, survivalist follow-up - a graphically violent yet character-driven story. Kudos also to cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle and editor Jim Harris.
Posted Jun 22, 2025
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4/10
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Mountainhead
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Jesse Armstrong's trivial, yet frightening satire focuses on four reprehensible, almost-cartoon-like, tediously talking heads, speaking in a pretentious patois that's filled with 'insider' references, profanity and computer allusions.
Posted Jun 19, 2025
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6/10
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The Phoenician Scheme
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Wes Anderson's bizarre, star-studded, espionage comedy - exploring capitalism - is idiosyncratic and forgettable.
Posted Jun 11, 2025
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3/10
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Locked
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Character-centric and claustrophobic...screenwriter Michael Arlen Ross & director David Yaroevsky strike a timely note regarding 'accountability' but their attempts to arouse empathy for the abrasive victim seem superficial & shallow.
Posted May 31, 2025
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7/10
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Nonnas
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Feel-good films are few and far-between these days, so discovering this nostalgic, compassionate dramaedy was an unexpected delight.
Posted May 28, 2025
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8/10
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Sketchily scripted by director Christopher McQuarrie & co-writer Erik Jendresen, its crazy, overly convoluted plot, punctuated by dour expository dialogue, combines high-tech espionage with stunning stunts, peppered with existential nostalgic flashbacks.
Posted May 25, 2025
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2/10
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Death of a Unicorn
(2025)
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Susan Granger
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Judging by its outlandish subject matter, I expected writer/director Alex Scharfman's absurdist A24 feature to be - at the very least - an intriguing fantasy/satire. Instead, it's astoundingly awful!
Posted May 20, 2025
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6/10
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The Friend
(2024)
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Susan Granger
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Next to working with a rather simplistic. contrived script, the co-writers/directors biggest hurdle was finding the right Great Dane to play the part of Apollo - which - thankfully - they did.
Posted May 15, 2025
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