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Lost Girls | Tell-Tale TV | Cristina Iskander | Despite some strong performances and a compelling message, it does come off a little underbaked at times. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 20 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | Tell-Tale TV | Tamar Barbash | [It's] a love story that should never be celebrated and, thirty years after Sixteen Candles, another movie I don't want to share with my daughter. | 1.5/5 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
The Christmas Chronicles | Tell-Tale TV | Nick Hogan | The Christmas Chronicles, despite my initial reservations, turns out to be an emotional yet family-friendly holiday film that should hold up for many years to come. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 35 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
The Irishman | Tell-Tale TV | Erin Allen | It's incredible when something can live up to and surpass the hype-The Irishman is already a classic, instantly time-honored, and will pass through that slightly open door into the annals of great American cinema. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 40 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
The Knight Before Christmas | Tell-Tale TV | Alicia Gilstorf | The Knight Before Christmas isn't perfect but it comes as close as a Christmas rom-com about a knight and science teacher can. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 30 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
The Princess Switch | Tell-Tale TV | Esme Mazzeo | I find these twin-switch type movies fascinating when one actress is doing all of the work. I'm not saying Hudgens in a Netflix movie full of tropes is Emmy worthy, but it takes a lot of work. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 30 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
The Silence | Tell-Tale TV | Lauren Busser | Though it all, The Silence never loses its tension and the plot unfolds in a natural progression leading to an ending that feels perfectly deserved and fulfilling. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 20 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
The Wrong Missy | Tell-Tale TV | Lauren Busser | This movie is enjoyable, and it's definitely something I recommend watching if you want some lighter fare. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 20 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You | Tell-Tale TV | Alicia Gilstorf | The first half of this sequel is brimming with adorable little moments that instantly pull us back into the warm fever dream of teenage love that is Lara Jean's life. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 20 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
Unicorn Store | Tell-Tale TV | Lauren Busser | Unicorn Store is a fanciful movie steeped with some magical rainbow elements, but its strength lies in the overarching message and the amazing performances. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 25 | 41 | 10 | 2,277 |
Marriage Story | That Shelf | Colin Biggs | Driver and Johansson truly make the most of their performances, creating real, flesh and blood characters that are as definitive to cinema as Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman in Kramer vs. Kramer. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2,278 |
Richard Jewell | That Shelf | Colin Biggs | Jonah Hill was originally slated to play Jewell, but Hauser's anonymity allows him to disappear into the character. A recognizable star would've felt too fake. And considering how many fabrications Richard Jewell weaves already, that's saying a lot. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2,278 |
Swallow | That Shelf | Kevin L. Lee | Swallow is a confident, uncomfortable, and nasty little film that will make you think twice about what it truly means to have agency. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2,278 |
Tesla | That Shelf | Kevin L. Lee | Tesla feels like a grad student's thesis film for their history class. It's an interesting little experiment with moments of spark, even if it lacks a current, a driving story, to keep me compelled. | 5/10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | false | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2,278 |
The Hunt | That Shelf | Colin Biggs | As effective as any satire can be, the story will fall flat without a compelling protagonist to lead the way through. And Betty Gilpin (GLOW) is more than capable of putting the film on her back. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2,278 |
The Way Back | That Shelf | Colin Biggs | After his well-publicized departure from Batman, The Way Back is a welcome reminder that Ben Affleck is capable of greatness with the right material. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2,278 |
True History of the Kelly Gang | That Shelf | Colin Biggs | While True History of the Kelly Gang defiantly lacks historical accuracy, it's filled to the brim with a fiery punk pathos essential to a film about an outlaw. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2,278 |
Uncut Gems | That Shelf | Colin Biggs | The Safdie brothers - whose last film, Good Time, redefined Robert Pattinson for a lot of moviegoers - are prepared to show you a new side of Adam Sandler. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2,278 |
Blinded by the Light | That Shelf | Robert Daniels | Blinded By the Light is one of the most flawed films that still manages to be a great feel-good musical. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2,279 |
Captain Marvel | That Shelf | Joe Lipsett | It's a shame that Larson isn't given more opportunities to lend the character some heft, especially since Captain Marvel works best when it's focusing on its characters, not its intergalactic war. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,280 |
The Hunt | That Shelf | Joe Lipsett | The Hunt thinks it is a clever and pointed film about contemporary America, but in reality, it's little more than a pig dressed up in human clothes. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,280 |
The Hustle | That Shelf | Joe Lipsett | If you've seen the original film, there's no reason to watch this new one; aside from a few modern updates, it's the exact same movie. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,280 |
30 Miles from Nowhere | The Abstract | Kellie Haulotte | It's a film that is shot simplistic with still a pretty unnerving plot. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,281 |
Escape Room | The Abstract | Kellie Haulotte | I felt that this film from Adam Robitel was a lot better than his other films like Insidious: The Last Key. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,281 |
Godzilla Resurgence (Shin Godzilla) | The Abstract | Kellie Haulotte | Movie Review: Shin Godzilla | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,281 |
They're Watching | The Abstract | Kellie Haulotte | For those who watch HGTV's House Hunters International will find They're Watching a pretty funny and (sometimes spooky) spoof. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,281 |
Wild Child | The Age (Australia) | Jake Wilson | The screenplay by Lucy Dahl (daughter of Roald) dwells unpleasantly on cruelty and humiliation, and finally Poppy does little more than exchange one form of snobbery for another. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Step Brothers | The Age (Australia) | Jake Wilson | One thing spoils the mood: for all the joy that Ferrell and Reilly take in brawling or whimpering like two-year-olds, immaturity is still seen as something to be overcome. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Space Chimps | The Age (Australia) | Jake Wilson | A movie called Space Chimps ought to be cheap, crude and silly, and this computer-animated lark delivers on all fronts. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
The Eclipse | The Age (Australia) | Jake Wilson | While McPherson may have an extensive reputation as a playwright, as a filmmaker he's one step up from a total amateur. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Baby Mama | The Age (Australia) | Philippa Hawker | An under-achieving, lightweight movie that settles for a few competent gags and doesn't bother to take risks. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
The Black Balloon | The Age (Australia) | Jake Wilson | A writer-director portrays life with an autistic brother to heartwarming effect. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Bonneville | The Age (Australia) | Jim Schembri | A film full of emotional false notes, bad dialogue and cardboard characters... | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | false | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Caramel | The Age (Australia) | Philippa Hawker | Labaki, who co-wrote the film and also stars, maintains a knowing comic tone throughout. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
The Edge of Love | The Age (Australia) | Jim Schembri | Solid, if melodramatic... | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Fly Me to the Moon | The Age (Australia) | Jim Schembri | 3-D has yet to shake its cheese factor, though, to the credit of director Ben Stassen, an Imax movie pioneer, the new digital process often works with popcorn-dropping effect. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
In Search of Beethoven | The Age (Australia) | Philippa Hawker | Beethoven's creative life, with all its achievements, cannot easily be reconciled with the image of a difficult, solitary figure, shadowed by depression. Grabsky, to his credit, doesn't try to make one life fit the other, but manages to illuminate both. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Man on Wire | The Age (Australia) | Jake Wilson | It's a hell of a story, and Petit is a mesmerising storyteller, with an extravagantly poetic turn of phrase and the glittering eye of the Ancient Mariner. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Man on Wire | The Age (Australia) | Sandra Hall | Marsh stitches his story together with a seamless melding of interviews, stills, re-enactments and archival footage augmented by a wonderful score by Michael Nyman and the New York composer J. Ralph. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
My Blueberry Nights | The Age (Australia) | Philippa Hawker | As visually lush and distinctive and enveloping as you would expect from a Wong Kar-wai film, with space for performances that have impact. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Persepolis | The Age (Australia) | Jim Schembri | An uplifting, funny, moving fable about the difference between the ideal of freedom and the real thing... | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Sideways | The Age (Australia) | Philippa Hawker | A study of friendship, disappointment and self-deception, Sideways, directed by Alexander Payne, has at its centre the most leisurely of bachelor parties: it's a road movie that stops off at vineyards. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
The Book of Eli | The Age (Australia) | Jim Schembri | Directors Allen and Albert Hughes stage some impressive set-pieces, including intricately choreographed fights and a stunning shoot-out covered by a single rotating camera. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
War of the Worlds | The Age (Australia) | Philippa Hawker | Bewildered, mildly optimistic, holding out the hope of salvation in spite of everything in a blasted, empty landscape, War of the World is, in the end, and perhaps despite its intentions, a fairly tentative assertion of hope for the future. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Whaledreamers | The Age (Australia) | Jim Schembri | The September 11 segment is one of the clumsiest works of montage you're likely to see. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,282 |
Ad Astra | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | This is one of the year's best thus far, but it is also plagued by a few truly irritating weaknesses that hold it back from true greatness. | 7.5/10 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | false | 13 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Antebellum | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | A movie that wants so desperately to be as good as 'Get Out' but offers nothing more than gesturing broadly at Black pain to illicit a trauma response. A truly embarrassing film to release in 2020. | 3/10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | false | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Butt Boy | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | It may seem like a completely absurd, "bad on purpose" exploitation flick, but Butt Boy has some genuine pathos at its core. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Capone | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | Is this film the unique and original piece of cinema Trank has been implying he's capable of giving to audiences, or is this even further proof that maybe this dude should just hang it up and move aside? (Spoiler alert: it's the former.) | 2/10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | false | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Fast Color | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | Fast Color, a low-budget, sci-fi indie drama (...) operates within the superhero sub-genre, but without the plastic, toy-selling bombast these films have become known for. | 6.5/10 | 10 | 6.5 | 10 | false | 11 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Fighting with My Family | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | It doesn't suck! | 5.5/10 | 10 | 5.5 | 10 | false | 9 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Hustlers | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | Hustlers is a movie about strippers stealing money from finance bros so OF COURSE Dom loved it, but does that make it the best movie of 2019? | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 14 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Irresistible | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | Irresistible is little more than a cinematic monument to how much the current movement has passed Jon Stewart and his obsession with media failings by. He is still focusing on the symptoms of society's ills instead of the disease itself. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
It Chapter Two | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | A little scattered, bloated and too long, but (...) not a great horror movie in my opinion. but a pretty good movie movie overall. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | We may not have gotten the John Wick sequel we wanted, but it's entirely possible it's the one we need for now. | 7.5/10 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | false | 13 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Joker | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | {Joker} is one of Joaquin Phoenix's top five performances ever, one that is interesting, compelling and capable of carrying the entire film on its back... | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Once Upon a Time In Hollywood | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | Is nostalgic indulgence so bad? | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 15 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Scoob! | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | It's a big budget, modern animation reboot of the beloved franchise (...) but is it any good? Is it on par with the great tradition of Scooby flicks and would anyone care about it if it did actually make it to the big screen? | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | Watching Spider-Man: Far From Home, I finally realized what was wrong with the MCU Spidey movies... | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
The Fanatic | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | This movie is neither good enough to be genuinely watchable, nor bad enough to be entertaining ironically. | 3.5/10 | 10 | 3.5 | 10 | false | 5 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
The King of Staten Island | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | Unfortunately, this is easily the worst movie Judd Apatow has ever made. Even worse, the writing has been on the wall for this kind of failure for some time. | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
The Lion King | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | ...it just feels so hollow and so boring and so bland. There's a really strange pace to the film that I just cannot comprehend. | 3/10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | false | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
The Main Event | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | The WWE & Netflix have teamed up for a co-production and it's...basically a Disney TV movie rehash of the wrestling portion of Spider-Man's origin? And that's not even a bad thing!? | 6.5/10 | 10 | 6.5 | 10 | false | 11 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral | The Armchair Auteur | Dominic Griffin | Basically, I watched all 11 Madea movies for no reason... | 4/10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | false | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2,283 |
Last Flag Flying | The Arts Desk | Markie Robson-Scott | This is a darker story, but not dark enough, and you wish it could have been less conventional and harder-hitting. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2,284 |
Afternoon Delight | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | As a first film, Afternoon Delight is worth exploring -- perhaps mostly to see what film Soloway does next. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Bridge of Spies | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | Director Steven Spielberg gives audiences a meticulously composed espionage thriller, which establishes a tense atmosphere from the start and keeps the viewer engaged throughout. [Full review in Japanese] | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Brooklyn | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | Brooklyn is one of the best films ever made about leaving one's homeland in search of a better life, and forging a new path. [Full review in Japanese] | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Café Society | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | Caf Society aims to be light and frothy, but feels more like a stale cream puff. It looks enticing, but lacks anything fresh or substantial. [Full review in Japanese] | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Chronic | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | The daily care of the terminally ill is portrayed powerfully in the low-key and clear-eyed Chronic. [Full review in Japanese] | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Coming Through The Rye | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | The film is undermined by distracting elements, like scenes in which Jamie breaks the fourth wall and addresses the camera directly with snarky asides. [Full review in Japanese] | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Get Out | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | Kudos to Peele for tackling a painful subject in such a massively entertaining and thoroughly memorable fashion. [Full review in Japanese] | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Green Book | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | Green Book is a glib, caricatured and insensitive movie that reduces an enduring, dangerous societal problem to a calculated fable with a happy ending. [Full review in Japanese] | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Ixcanul | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | Ixcanul is a mesmerizing, intimate and meditative coming-of- age tale that explores a culture rarely seen in films. [Full review in Japanese] | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Leviathan | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | A palpable and melancholy aura of resignation fills the masterful Leviathan the fourth feature from Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev. [Full review in Japanese] | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Loving | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | The film shines a light on how far the U.S. has come in its views of equality, but also how far it has still to go. A true story that is still very relevant, Loving is understated, compelling and deeply affecting. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Paddington 2 | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | The way Paddington embraces his fellow outsiders, like the inmates in Portobello Prison, subtly reminds viewers that even those without Paddington's good manners have kindness in their hearts. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
She's Funny That Way | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | She's Funny That Way is trying very hard to be a sexy screwball comedy. It tries so hard, with such a contrived and silly story, that it only succeeds in wearing the audience down. [Full review in Japanese] | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Silence | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | While the craftsmanship is undeniable and the themes of spiritual belief, betrayal and redemption are laudable, the film feels flat and not as emotional or moving as it should be. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
The Gift | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | The Gift is a tense, unsettling and expertly crafted psychological thriller that keeps the audience consistently on edge. [Full review in Japanese] | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
The Hateful Eight | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | The Hateful Eight often feels more like a sadistic stage play than a movie. [Full review in Japanese] | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
The Insult (L'insulte) | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | The Insult provides a valuable, fascinating and hard-hitting history lesson on Middle East politics, particularly the plight of Palestinians. It instructs, but offers no easy answers. [Full review in Japanese] | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
The Jungle Book | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | It's the very rare remake that's actually better than the original. The Jungle Book is that rarity. [Full review in Japanese] | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Toni Erdmann | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | An offbeat and sometimes off-putting German farce/drama hybrid that features a father-daughter pair that are two of the most fully realized characters in recent memory. [Full review in Japanese] | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Unbroken | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | Unbroken is an odyssey detailing a harrowing ordeal and insurmountable odds. But this polished story feels conventional, overly long and not sufficiently involving. [Full review in Japanese] | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Wonder Woman | The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan) | Claudia Puig | As befitting the genre, Wonder Woman is heroic and spirited. The fighting sequences are spectacular, and the story is engrossing, uplifting and fun. There's even a bit of romance and humor amid all the action. [Full review in Japanese] | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,285 |
Bully | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | What Bully does is offer viewers the potential to connect a growing network of like-minded people, and does so with elegant storytelling. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 70 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Carnage | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | Where previously we felt as trapped in Polanski's apartments as his characters, in Carnage we only ever peek in through the window. | 4.9/10 | 10 | 4.9 | 10 | false | 39 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Casa de mi padre | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | As a low-budget independent not necessarily intended for a broad audience, Casa doesn't have to bow to the middle-of-the-road multiplex appeal that handcuffs many SNL-pedigreed films. That works to the film's great benefit. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 60 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Chernobyl Diaries | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | This is a standard-issue slasher movie without much slashing, substituting the Chernobyl-workers' ghost town of Pripyat for the likes of Friday the 13th's Camp Crystal Lake. | 3/10 | 10 | 3 | 10 | false | 20 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | Demonstrates that one can take a pat inspirational story and infuse it with the hardship required to make that inspiration feel earned. | 8.5/10 | 10 | 8.5 | 10 | false | 75 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Fast & Furious 6 | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | Furious Six continues on in the same vein as its predecessor, and may just be my favorite of the lot. | 6.8/10 | 10 | 6.8 | 10 | false | 58 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
God Bless America | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | This is no simple wish-fulfillment revenge fantasy. It's an indictment of us as viewers and tacit supporters of the cultural trash heap. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 60 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Insidious: Chapter 2 | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | Though there's some admirably clever plotting to interweave the film's second half with events in the original, it's simply not as scary. | 5/10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | false | 40 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Safe | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | The thoroughly mediocre Safe provides little more than an excuse for Statham to do what Statham does better than anyone else: look stern while punishing bad guys. That's just not enough. | 3.5/10 | 10 | 3.5 | 10 | false | 25 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Searching for Sugar Man | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | A fantastic music doc with a surprising twist; which, when done as well as it is here, works just as effectively whether you know what's coming or not. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 70 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | The genuine sweetness of the friendship that develops between these two wins out over any of the movie's failings. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 60 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Side Effects | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | Soderbergh is less interested in making statements than he is in skillfully fulfilling genre expectations. | 7.9/10 | 10 | 7.9 | 10 | false | 69 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
Silent House | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | The camera's unblinking eye constantly stays with Olsen, and we feel in as much danger as she is. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 60 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
The Conjuring | The Atlantic | Ian Buckwalter | ...there were moments where it seemed the entire theater was holding its breath. We were united in one feeling: terror. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 70 | 91 | 10 | 2,286 |
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