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Skate Kitchen | The Pitch | Eric Melin | The real girls of Skate Kitchen make it work beautifully as a coming-of-age fictional film. The group's friendship and camaraderie translates naturally to the screen. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
Suicide Squad | The Pitch | Eric Melin | In Guardians and Avengers both, when the team finally comes together, it's big. Cinematic. Triumphant. That same moment in Suicide Squad feels more like the Ben Stiller-led Mystery Men. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
Synchronicity | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Gentry's script plays cleverly within the rules of the sandbox it creates, and its introduction of romantic themes and a fully believable relationship help, but Synchronicity doesn't quite get where it means to go. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
The Dirt | The Pitch | Eric Melin | The authentic, rule-breaking storytelling strategy would have been to portray Mötley Crüe as the children they were, instead of some teenage wish-fulfillment fantasy that retro-cons their history and sugarcoats their bad deeds. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | false | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
The Fate of the Furious | The Pitch | Eric Melin | The Fate of the Furious tops its predecessors not in its action scenes, but by applying that familiar, reality-confounding aesthetic to its characters. The result tests the patience like nothing short of a Diesel crying scene. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
The Little Stranger | The Pitch | Eric Melin | The Little Stranger's 111 minutes are dreary and repetitive, as if the declining years of Downton Abbey were re-cut as a suspense movie trailer by some enterprising YouTuber. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
The Magnificent Seven | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Fuqua skirts anything remotely interesting from a thematic standpoint, opting instead for a by-the-books modern re-imagining of the genre. Modern as in violent. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
Tully | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Tully has enough lived-in performances and sure-footed observational truths to withstand the plot mechanics. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
The Virgin Suicides | The Pitch | Jon Niccum | If [Coppola's] debut film is any indication, talent does run in the family -- even if it is a somewhat disjointed talent. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
Westfront 1918 | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Rather than force common war story beats onto the characters, Pabst employs a more observational tone. His camera was free to move along the surface of the trenches, giving the full wide expanse of what the soldiers were experiencing. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
Where the Money Is | The Pitch | Jon Niccum | The money of the film's title should refer to Paul Newman, because the actor's presence elevates this routine caper into a pleasantly bankable diversion. | 2/4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | false | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
Widows | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Because it spends more time with husbands and wives, mothers and daughters, and fathers and sons - families who deal with injustice as a calibrated normal - it rings truer than its contemporaries. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
Won't You Be My Neighbor? | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Neville weaves the narrative around some of Rogers' favored concepts and core beliefs rather than providing a full birth-to-death biography of the man's private life. It's a wise choice because Rogers' words and ideas are stirringly relevant today. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,352 |
Black Panther | The Pitch | Eric Melin | ... there's so much more to Black Panther than a shrewd movie studio finally recognizing the value of an untapped market. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Capernaum (Capharnaüm) | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Capernaum illustrates not just an indifferent world, but a hypocritical one as well. And it answers over and over again the question of why forgotten people are so rarely able to play by society's rules. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Captain America: Civil War | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Marvel's response to superhero fatigue, then, is clear: Double-down on character and up the storytelling's short game as well as its long game. It's an old-fashioned strategy, and it absolutely works. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Doctor Strange | The Pitch | Eric Melin | ...a sur+ of thrilling escapism inside a movie that clocks in at just less than two hours. You wonder why it took the Harry Potter films eight films to get where they were going. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Donnybrook | The Pitch | Eric Melin | The best movies walk the line between having something compelling to say and just being exploitative. It swerves maniacally between those lines like a tweaker on a three-day bender, convinced that its characters have no other choice. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Dunkirk | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Nolan's array of unique POV shots and his peerless command of scale relay the terrifying subjective experiences of Dunkirk's characters in a hauntingly visceral way. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Good Time | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Good Time is thrillingly alive, both hard to look at but impossible to turn away from. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Green Room | The Pitch | Eric Melin | The setup is straight out of an exploitation film, but the thrills aren't cheap, and there are no plot twists for twists' sake. The action is potent and shocking. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
John Wick: Chapter 2 | The Pitch | Eric Melin | One-ups the original in almost every way while retaining the original's scrappy spirit & surprising wit - a rare sequel that expands its universe while keeping its new thrills and twists in step with the themes that allowed so much fun the first time. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Logan | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Through one simple, emotionally satisfying revelation late in the movie, Logan argues that stories like this - like the Westerns before them - can be culturally crucial because they give us hope when we need it the most. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Mandy | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Mandy shouldn't be written off as just another gory horror flick. It's a truly singular experience: a stylized-to-the-hilt journey into the circles of hell. It's impossible to shake. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
mother! | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Aronofsky has made something brutal and funny, a maddening prank on those who take their stories too literally. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Nocturnal Animals | The Pitch | Eric Melin | A jarring, uneasy social experiment that dares you to keep watching and subverts traditional 'hero's journey' storytelling modes thoroughly, if very obviously. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Private Life | The Pitch | Eric Melin | It understands that the struggle for fertility can make monsters of anyone, and it doesn't judge its characters. It doesn't let them off the hook either, and it avoids offering easy outs. In other words, it feels about as real as movies get. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | The Pitch | Eric Melin | For this lived-in universe, Rogue One features some distinctly CGI distractions: revisiting classic characters and resuscitating them 2016-style. It's crude and unnecessary in a film that's otherwise fairly sturdy, if unremarkable. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Suspiria | The Pitch | Eric Melin | However lopsided Suspiria is, it builds to a satisfyingly nutso conclusion with lots of righteous fury. And it sticks with you, demanding you reckon with its themes at least one more time. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
The Witch | The Pitch | Eric Melin | The lack of answers and stifling cultural specificity are what give The Witch its gnawing power. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Thor: Ragnarok | The Pitch | Eric Melin | This is the first mega-budget Marvel picture to put its heroes on spaceships and hurl them into a wormhole called the Devil's Anus. Clearance, Clarence. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Toni Erdmann | The Pitch | Eric Melin | A tragi-comedy, yes. It's also beautiful and unique - art of a high order. In its portrayal of stark philosophical differences, the movie speaks to how people across generations see, and find meaning in, modern life. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
Us | The Pitch | Eric Melin | As you might expect with a horror film about dopplegangers: the terror lies within, we are our own worst enemies, etc. But Peele's allegory goes beyond that into a fable about crippling self-doubt and class struggles. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
You Were Never Really Here | The Pitch | Eric Melin | Its strength lies in its ability to surprise, which comes directly from experiencing a cruel, cruel world the way a severely traumatized man sees it. It's how Joe makes sense of his reality that says the most about human fragility. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,353 |
V/H/S | The Playlist | Todd Gilchrist | a horror anthology which chillingly showcases both the breadth of interesting ideas still available to explore within the genre, and the considerable talent of some of its most promising filmmakers. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2,354 |
Alice Through the Looking Glass | The Playlist | Christopher Schobert | Question: Is the exhausting, utterly uninvolving Alice Through the Looking Glass somehow worse than Tim Burton's execrable Alice in Wonderland? Answer: Probably. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | false | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2,355 |
American Mary | The Playlist | Todd Gilchrist | Alternately creepy and languid, incisive and aimless, American Mary examines a provocative subject, heralding the duo as a couple of the genre's next great voices - that is, as soon as their follow-through proves as strong as their set-up. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,356 |
Horrible Bosses 2 | The Playlist | James Rocchi | Watching Horrible Bosses 2, I was occasionally surprised when looking to my immediate left did not reveal a window with a wing and clouds on the other side of it. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,356 |
Oz the Great and Powerful | The Playlist | James Rocchi | " ... lurches its way into theaters like a dying whale into your living room, all breathless bulk and clammy fat." | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,356 |
Piercing | The Playlist | Valerie Complex | While Nicolas Pesce aims to do something different with the story, he ends up leaving out all the elements that make Ryu Murakami's novel so revolutionary. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,356 |
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | The Playlist | James Rocchi | " ... any more generic and this supernatural teen-lit adaptation might as well have a plain unbleached-paper label and a title in comic sans." | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,356 |
The Signal | The Playlist | James Rocchi | The Signal may come down to an ending that can't quite rise to meet the power, pleasure and performances of the film that precedes it, but as the striking and exciting work of a young talent worth making noise about, you can hear it loud and clear. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,356 |
Trainwreck | The Playlist | James Rocchi | Trainwreck is worth seeing and worth talking about, but it's too managed and well-conducted; hopefully, next time, Schumer will really go off the rails and show us something truly worth looking for in the wreckage. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,356 |
Ted | The Popcorn Junkie | Cameron Williams | Does well for a film built on a thin plot and an outlandish premise but it works well and it's good to see MacFarlane take his first steps into filmmaking. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,357 |
Chameleon | The Public (Buffalo) | M. Faust | Marcus Mizelle's independent crime drama is a masterpiece of concision that eventually cuts a little too close to the bone. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2,358 |
Greed | The Public (Buffalo) | M. Faust | An "eat the rich" comedy and a docudrama about the fast fashion industry is a lot to cram into one movie, and you can't help but feel that Michael Winterbottom might have found a better vehicle to express his anger (but give it credit for trying). | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2,358 |
Human Capital | The Public (Buffalo) | M. Faust | [Though] it doesn't strike the nerve it should have, Human Capital features strong work from an exceptional cast, especially Schreiber, Tomei and Sarsgaard. | 5.5/10 | 10 | 5.5 | 10 | false | 9 | 19 | 2 | 2,358 |
Love & Debt | The Public (Buffalo) | M. Faust | That the script by first-timer Dylan Otto seeks as much sympathy for a debt collector as for the family facing being crushed by that debt is the key to this slice-of-life tale. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2,358 |
Night Sweats | The Public (Buffalo) | M. Faust | Debuting director Andrew Lyman-Clarke and his co-writer Seth Panman hit a lot of the right marks with their Cronenberg-ish venereal horror thriller. | 6/10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | false | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2,358 |
Body Cam | The Queer Review | James Kleinmann | What lets Body Cam down is the screenplay, which after a tight opening becomes slightly unfocused in the final act, and as the film progresses there's a tendency to spell out what's happening a little too clearly. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,359 |
John Lewis: Good Trouble | The Queer Review | James Kleinmann | An up close and personal biographical study of the activist and longstanding public servant, as well as a compelling examination of the history of the Civil Rights movement, through Lewis' vital role in it. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,359 |
Ben is Back | The Quint | Udita Jhunjhunwala | For all its good intentions, Ben Is Back is at most a satisfactory watch, but a remarkable showcase for both Lucas Hedges and Julia Roberts. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,360 |
Hotel Mumbai | The Quint | Stutee Ghosh | Overall, Hotel Mumbai isn't an easy watch in the sense that it does bring back some very painful memories; but cinematically it is a solid and gritty retelling of an extremely tragic moment in our recent history. 4 Quints out of 5! | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,360 |
Love Aaj Kal | The Quint | Stutee Ghosh | As for the narrative, the GPS never worked. It's off the mark and if you are an Imtiaz Ali fan, be prepared to be disappointed but be ready to be left confused first | 1.5/5 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | false | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2,360 |
Shame | The Reel Deal | Mark Sells | Dark and difficult, Shame is not really a redemptive film, but a heavy, reflective one. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,361 |
Super | The Reel Deal | Mark Sells | Gunn's unique approach, combining twisted humor, dark drama, and over-the-top violence, offers a great change of pace for audiences tired of mainstream comic book fare. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,361 |
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | Birds of Prey is a celebration of women in their most real and flawed form, badass and unencumbered by the need to impress anyone -- especially men. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
Blinded by the Light | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | Unabashedly cheesy and a charming coming-of-age tale featuring a breakthrough performance by its lead, Blinded by the Light sticks to convention, while at the same time, being entirely authentic. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
Captain Marvel | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | Captain Marvel's reflection of the female experience, along with the themes of empowerment and the general nostalgia trip, help make the result more than just your ordinary superhero movie. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
Carmen & Lola (Carmen y Lola) | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | Carmen & Lola is a heartbreaking Spanish drama with a beautiful love story at its center. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
Cats | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | Francesca, sweetie, I'm so sorry. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
Charlie's Angels | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | An impossible mission with a clever hand, Charlie's Angels is a satisfying experience and a revitalization of a story for a new audience of Angels. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
It Chapter Two | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | All in all ... It Chapter Two still packs the right amount of heart, and its emotionally cathartic ending almost makes its drawn-out execution worth it. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
Ladyworld | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | Ladyworld is polarizing, for sure, but you end up feeling like you're watching an acting workshop with a narrative that ultimately feels directionless. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
Robin Hood | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | The film's narrator instructs viewers to 'forget what you know' of the man under the hood because what they are about to see is far from a Disney-esque bedtime story ... [but], ultimately, it breaks its promise of something new. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
Stuber | The Reel Roundup | Sara Clements | While it's a movie that packs both physical and comedic jabs from start to finish, at least managing to keep the audience entertained, it ends up feeling as uninspired as its title. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2,362 |
1917 | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | While in some ways 1917 speaks the visual language of a current-day shooter video game, the performances elevate the film to almost operatic drama | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Bad Education | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | Director Cory Finley deftly walks that caper film tightrope, allowing us to enjoy the company of scoundrels while never asking us to identify with them. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Color Out of Space | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | Even as the plot spirals out of control to the point of incomprehensibility, Cage manages to hold our attention, largely by matching the escalating developments, outrage for outrage. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Come to Daddy | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | If you like your cinematic tea served with a dash of arsenic and a teaspoon of bile, this gleefully twisted tale of intergenerational angst might be the sip you've been waiting for. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Dolemite Is My Name | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | The story of Rudy Ray Moore in a nutshell: It's better to be authentic. And that's a lesson Eddie Murphy seems to have learned, as well. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Downton Abbey | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | A reunion in the best sense: Nearly two dozen characters...each get a welcome moment in the spotlight; some to say apparent goodbyes, others to leave tantalizing hints of yet another return as the clouds of...War gather on the Hampshire horizon. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Driveways | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | [This] gentle and sweetly endearing...tale of a lonely eight-year-old boy who befriends the elderly Korean War vet next door is defiantly positive; a big wet kiss on the lips of a world that normalizes cynicism and celebrates conflict. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Inside the Rain | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | Inside the Rain can't help but be a brave piece of filmmaking. But you might not expect it to be as funny as it is. And above all, you may well be caught off-guard by its frequent moments of visual beauty. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Joker | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | It all reminds me of a Goth teenager: He dresses in black, circles his eyes with mascara and mopes around in his room, all the time with no idea what he's so depressed about. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Judy | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | This is emphatically a movie about Renée Zellweger playing Judy Garland, reclaiming the mantle of 'serious actor' that marked her for greatness nearly two decades ago...To which I can only add: Mission Accomplished. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Just Mercy | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | Not all good-for-you movies are actually all that good. Just Mercy, populated by monumental performances and powered by a story of uncommon courage, is by every measure a great film. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | You don't reach the level of stardom Ronstadt did without a white-hot fire of blind ambition, and although the film paints a portrait of an artist hell-bent on success, it's also clear she was also forever doubtful of her own abilities. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Love Wedding Repeat | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | I laughed...I liked most of the characters. I was dazzled by the Rome setting. And the story is...so proudly implausible that I... willingly wallowed in its ridiculous excesses. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Made in Italy | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | I'm all for any film that manages to pry a gun from the hands of Liam Neeson. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Military Wives | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | What could have been a mawkish flight of sentimentalism is kept firmly on the ground mostly thanks to the script co-written by Rachel Tunnard, who similarly avoided easy sentimentality in her criminally overlooked 2016 comedy Adult Life Skills . | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | [Writer/director Celine] Sciamma is blessed with two lead actors whose haunted round eyes and exquisitely calibrated performances offer portraits of studied desperation, crushed beneath centuries of societal expectations. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Rebuilding Paradise | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | As powerful a 15 minutes as you'll ever see open a film. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Resistance | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | Inspiring and simultaneously horrifying, the film is a testament to how unspeakably awful we humans can be...and also to how astonishingly often the right person emerges at the right time to do battle with the darkness. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Richard Jewell | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | As usual, Eastwood displays his astonishingly streamlined style of storytelling. There's not a wasted beat in the film | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Standing Up, Falling Down | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | Billy Crystal has...found a worthy return in this big-hearted comedy about two hard-drinking, emotionally tormented loners who, despite themselves, strike up the most meaningful friendship of their lives. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | Spoiler alert: There are Ewoks at the end. Dancing. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Tesla | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | Ethan Hawke, one of the screen's great chameleons...succeeds admirably in bridging the chasm between us and the inventor. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
The Outpost | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | More than qualifies as one of the most important war films of the past decade. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
The Short History of the Long Road | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | I have a feeling a decade from now lots of us will look back at this big-hearted road movie and say, 'Oh, yeah - that's the first time I noticed Sabrina Carpenter.' | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
The Trip to Greece | The Saturday Evening Post | Bill Newcott | The main focus is on banter, the scenery, and the so-beautiful-you-can-taste-it food. But from the outset of this installment, there's a sense that the guys and director Michael Winterbottom are aiming for something a bit more substantial. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2,363 |
Amulet | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | Garai gets mileage out of the house's funky plumbing, always a rich source of horror-movie eesh. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
Babyteeth | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | A director's opportunity to say "Look what I can do with image and sound" (the answer: quite a lot), but also a wonderful evocation of one of those youthful nights that just take off in their own ecstatic trajectory and become both ordinary and singular. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
Beanpole (Dylda) | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | There is no light touch here, but by the time you reach the film's final 20 minutes, it has earned its fever-dream intensity. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | The Ross brothers never let anyone overstay his welcome -- the latter point especially impressive, given how quickly drunkards can become tiresome. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
Dark Waters | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | Maybe, speaking as a non-fan of much of Haynes' career, it might be good to see this filmmaker doing more jobs of work. | 3/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | false | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
First Cow | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | If this isn't the best movie of the year, it will serve until something else comes along. But seriously, it might be the best movie of the year. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
Irresistible | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | The political landscape has tilted, and the world calls for a different kind of satire-as though anything could keep up with reality, of course. | 2.5/4 | 4 | 2.5 | 4 | false | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
Jazz on a Summer's Day | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | It's impossible to find a bad or uninteresting person on screen here; maybe people just looked cooler then. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
Never Rarely Sometimes Always | The Scarecrow | Robert Horton | A steady and sympathetic -- but not sentimental -- film about the near-impossibility of getting an abortion for a teenager living in the wrong situation. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2,364 |
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