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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/4
Kaboom (2010) Matt Pais It adds up to a sick joke that's not quite mind-blowing, but there's a gleeful thrill that comes from seeing such unflinching, defiantly goofy weirdness once in a while.
Posted May 29, 2020  Edit critic review
2/4
Split (2017) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt Though the last 20 minutes may disappoint, the majority of the film is genuinely thrilling and, to its credit, an incredibly interesting premise.
Posted Jan 20, 2017  Edit critic review
3/4
20th Century Women (2016) Lauren Chval A funny, complicated burst of joy, confusion and melancholy.
Posted Jan 12, 2017  Edit critic review
3/4
Patriots Day (2016) Lauren Chval Though Patriots Day is plagued by the requisite cheese, it remains remarkably apolitical, preferring to present a black and white battle of good vs. evil rather than muddle in the complicated shades of gray.
Posted Jan 12, 2017  Edit critic review
3/4
Fences (2016) Lauren Chval Unsurprisingly, the cast is magnificent.
Posted Dec 23, 2016  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Why Him? (2016) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt It's bizarre enough to lose yourself in and forget, for just a little bit, how insufferable Franco is.
Posted Dec 20, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Hidden Figures (2016) Lauren Chval Hidden Figures does a remarkable job demonstrating that women may all want different things but all desire opportunity.
Posted Dec 20, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Passengers (2016) Lauren Chval As expected, Lawrence and Pratt are fantastic together -- funny and believable and warm. It's easy to root for them despite the problematic nature of their meeting.
Posted Dec 20, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) Lauren Chval A fun ride that repeats the Star Wars legacy without really adding to it.
Posted Dec 15, 2016  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Jackie (2016) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt Portman reconciles the indulgent and extravagant aspects of Jackie's character with the strong-willed first lady looking to create something for the American people out of a nationwide tragedy.
Posted Dec 09, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Miss Sloane (2016) Lauren Chval An engrossing and beautifully acted meditation on how broken our political system is, Miss Sloane forgoes intelligence for intrigue.
Posted Dec 09, 2016  Edit critic review
2/4
Office Christmas Party (2016) Lauren Chval The cast is great, but the laughs are inconsistent and the plot is as flimsy as a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
Posted Dec 07, 2016  Edit critic review
2/4
Rules Don't Apply (2016) Lauren Chval Rules Don't Apply is not without its merits -- namely, Collins and Ehrenreich -- but it turns its attention away from things that matter toward things that don't.
Posted Dec 01, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Allied (2016) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt You might enjoy it, but you aren't missing anything if you decide to sit this one out.
Posted Nov 21, 2016  Edit critic review
4/4
Moana (2016) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt I'll be real with you. It made me cry twice. Go see it.
Posted Nov 18, 2016  Edit critic review
2/4
Bleed for This (2016) Lauren Chval Hits all the marks you expect, but with few surprises and a protagonist that doesn't inspire empathy, Bleed for This doesn't go very far.
Posted Nov 17, 2016  Edit critic review
2/4
Nocturnal Animals (2016) Lauren Chval A sexy thriller that is neither sexy nor thrilling.
Posted Nov 17, 2016  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Edge of Seventeen (2016) Lauren Chval Let The Edge of Seventeen remind you in a very real way that adolescence is painful and awkward but also universal in the sense that we all go through it. No one comes out unscathed.
Posted Nov 17, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) Lauren Chval It's not Hogwarts, but Rowling still has some magic in her.
Posted Nov 16, 2016  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Arrival (2016) Lauren Chval The real triumph of Arrival, though, is its commitment to the complexity of time and language.
Posted Nov 11, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Loving (2016) Lauren Chval Loving has a big, powerful story at its fingertips but only scratches the surface of telling it.
Posted Nov 11, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Lauren Chval There are a lot of war films, but Hacksaw Ridge feels unique in its dogged pacifism.
Posted Nov 02, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Doctor Strange (2016) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt It is visually stunning and makes excellent use of 3D, which feels less like a gimmick and more like a vital part of experiencing the film as it's supposed to be.
Posted Nov 01, 2016  Edit critic review
4/4
Moonlight (2016) Lauren Chval Moonlight is incredible -- poetic, haunting, gorgeous, ambitious.
Posted Oct 27, 2016  Edit critic review
0.5/4
Tyler Perry's Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt While it's Madea's entire schtick to be over-the-top, even minor characters lacked any and all nuance in their actions.
Posted Oct 27, 2016  Edit critic review
2/4
Inferno (2016) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt Almost interesting at best and terribly redundant at worst.
Posted Oct 27, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Hamilton's America (2016) Elise De Los Santos There's more history here than expected, but it'll help make sense of all the references in the lyrics that you would miss otherwise.
Posted Oct 24, 2016  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016) Elise De Los Santos If you have no idea what this has all been about, go out and find the nearest theater showing TRHPS and turn in your Rocky Horror V-card there instead.
Posted Oct 20, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/4
American Pastoral (2016) Lauren Chval Gorgeously dark with heartbreaking moments, American Pastoral isn't smart enough to have the prestige factor it's clearly going for.
Posted Oct 20, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
The Accountant (2016) Lauren Chval Much better than you expect it to be, The Accountant is a fun time despite its weaknesses.
Posted Oct 12, 2016  Edit critic review
2/4
The Girl on the Train (2016) Lauren Chval This movie is just a faux-prestigious, underwhelming murder mystery. I've seen less obvious episodes of Law and Order: SVU.
Posted Oct 06, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
The Birth of a Nation (2016) Lauren Chval The Birth of a Nation is a moving, angry film that directly ties history to the current atmosphere of the country. With a little more focus, it could have harnessed its blind burst of rage.
Posted Oct 06, 2016  Edit critic review
2/4
Masterminds (2016) Lauren Chval McKinnon is wasted, Wilson is unconvincing as a hick and the whole film takes a very condescending view of people with low incomes.
Posted Sep 29, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) Lauren Chval Even if you're willing to forgive the film's tendency to retread well-known paths, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children falls apart in its final act.
Posted Sep 29, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Goat (2016) Lauren Chval Effective and jarring, Goat is a tough pill to swallow, but that's the point.
Posted Sep 23, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Magnificent Seven (2016) Lauren Chval All the efforts to modernize the Western feel half-baked at best, like slapping one coat of paint on a crumbling house.
Posted Sep 22, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Queen of Katwe (2016) Lauren Chval A sweet film that sticks to a tried-and-true formula and still manages to inspire.
Posted Sep 22, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Snowden (2016) Lauren Chval A gripping story that preaches telling the whole truth but feels like it's leaving some darker secrets out.
Posted Sep 15, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Bridget Jones's Baby (2016) Lauren Chval Uneven at times, Bridget Jones's Baby will please fans and gives the old girl a warm wrap-up.
Posted Sep 15, 2016  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Blair Witch (2016) Shelbie Lynn Bostedt Blair Witch suffers from expanding on an already-told story and filling in the blanks that the original intentionally left, well, blank.
Posted Sep 15, 2016  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Sully (2016) Lauren Chval Sully is a meaningless, toothless waste of 96 minutes.
Posted Sep 07, 2016  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Light Between Oceans (2016) Lauren Chval After it's finished making you cry, The Light Between Oceans provides a rich story that demands discussion.
Posted Sep 02, 2016  Edit critic review
0.5/4
Morgan (2016) Lauren Chval Performances are wooden, the dialogue is grating and silly, and the plot holes can't be filled by your standard "artificial intelligence is complicated" explanation.
Posted Sep 01, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/4
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015) Lauren Chval Although A Tale of Love and Darkness is beautifully depressing and offers moments that linger, it plays on the surface rather than digging more deeply into the heart of its story.
Posted Aug 25, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Wiener-Dog (2016) Matt Pais Solondz remains a ruthless, cynical, necessary analyst of follies that maybe only seem obvious when we see other people doing them.
Posted Aug 24, 2016  Edit critic review
1/4
How to Tell You're a Douchebag (2016) Matt Pais Total amateur hour.
Posted Aug 24, 2016  Edit critic review
3/4
Joshy (2016) Matt Pais Few movies about groups of male friends do such a strong job with the dynamics between individual people and the collection as a whole.
Posted Aug 24, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/4
War Dogs (2016) Lauren Chval A good and outrageous story that never has the courage to go there and become something great.
Posted Aug 17, 2016  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Sausage Party (2016) Lauren Chval Those who enjoy the Rogen/Goldberg humor will undoubtedly be laughing for much of it, and even those with more sophisticated senses of humor will find a few things to chuckle about.
Posted Aug 11, 2016  Edit critic review
1/4
Suicide Squad (2016) Lauren Chval Suicide Squad is the biggest superhero disappointment in recent memory (even more than Batman v Superman). Not only does it fail to shake things up, but it's not even competent enough to be a serviceable superhero flick.
Posted Aug 04, 2016  Edit critic review
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