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The Dinner Party
Their Own League
Harris Dang
The Dinner Party is an effectively creepy horror flick with game performances and a gleefully dark sense of humour; even if it bites a bit more than it can chew.
3/5
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Captain America: The First Avenger
Think Hero
Jenna Busch
It had more heart than 'Iron Man.'
9/10
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2,395
Drive
Think Hero
Jenna Busch
I think it was a master acting class, honestly...the violence was amazing. It's not going to be for everyone but it's definitely worth seeing!
A-
long_letter
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15
18
1
2,396
Real Steel
Think Hero
Jenna Busch
"I don't think this is something your average 35-year-old couple will go out and see on a date but if you've got kids, it's great.
B+
long_letter
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14
18
1
2,396
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Think Hero
Jenna Busch
"It's incredibly touching...it's what summer blockbusters should be...Andy Serkis deserves an award!"
A-
long_letter
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15
18
1
2,396
Endings, Beginnings
Third Coast Review
Steven Prokopy
It's all such vague nonsense right out of a hipster romance novel that it becomes frustrating.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
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9
2
2,397
A Most Violent Year
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Chandor leaves out many details and explanations for his characters' behavior; the movie raises more questions than it answers, including why the filmmaker was driven to make it.
3/5
5
3
5
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2
5
1
2,398
Big Eyes
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
A depressingly bad and soulless seriocomedy.
1/5
5
1
5
false
0
5
1
2,398
Blue Is The Warmest Color
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
We have Kechiche to thank for this wonderful movie that celebrates gay love (and sex) in all its messiness and truth.
5/5
5
5
5
false
4
5
1
2,398
Borgman
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
A nasty, insane, mind-melting and unpredictable piece of work
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Boyhood
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
An intimate epic as fresh and thrillingly alive as Francois Truffaut's films of Antoine Doinel, who was wrought in five movies beginning with The 400 Blows. Boyhood is but one movie, and it's just as subversive.
5/5
5
5
5
false
4
5
1
2,398
Coherence
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
A low-budget sci-fi indie that doubles, and triples, and quadruples, as a truly original existential horror movie.
5/5
5
5
5
false
4
5
1
2,398
Eden
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
Mia Hansen-Lve's EDM movie memoir is the art-house party of the year.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Enemy
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
A nifty bit of murky fun rife with unsettling imagery and a sense of taut dread even Alfred Hitchcock would have admired.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Force Majeure
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
Gruesomely funny.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Foxcatcher
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
Part existential murder mystery, part Freudian detective story and fully an indictment of the American success story.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh)
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
A must-see for fans of extreme cinema and those movie-lovers who get off on taut editing, delicately placed sound design and tightly wound storytelling-and a must-never-see for pretty much everybody else.
3/5
5
3
5
false
2
5
1
2,398
Inherent Vice
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Anderson had long wanted to adapt Pynchon--this marks the first movie to do so. Is it successful? That depends on what you demand from an L.A. detective mystery.
3/5
5
3
5
false
2
5
1
2,398
Kids for Cash
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
'Kids for Cash' will scare the wits out of anyone worried about how institutional neglect is affecting our kids.
5/5
5
5
5
false
4
5
1
2,398
Knight of Cups
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Like Tree of Life, it's best to let the film wash over you and enjoy Lubezki's gorgeous images such as mist rolling over a hillside and various inventive underwater perspectives.
2/5
5
2
5
false
1
5
1
2,398
Miss Julie
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
Chastain's electrifying performance places among the great female dramatic turns in a literary tragedy, from Nina Pens Rode in 'Gertrud' to Nastassja Kinski in 'Tess' and Isabelle Huppert in 'Madame Bovary.'
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Night Moves
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
The film's universe is one of complex moral fabric, where red herrings fall like flies and paranoia, among other things, is in the water.
5/5
5
5
5
false
4
5
1
2,398
Noah
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Even with this misguided quest to prove himself as a would-be Spielberg, Aronofsky remains defiantly true to himself, and upholds his mission to "never bore an audience."
3/5
5
3
5
false
2
5
1
2,398
Queen of Earth
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
A startlingly audacious departure for the writer/director that also feels like a natural progression for an auteur in the making.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Saint Laurent
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
For those cinephiles who go weak at the knees for tortured artists and decadents, it's movie heaven.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Stranger by the Lake
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
Understands desire as something ravenous, terrifying and ridiculous.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
Test
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
Capture[s] the realities and rhythms of gay urban life without succumbing to the cliches that tend to plague queer cinema.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,398
The Congress
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
'The Congress' widens the possibilities of filmmaking -- and in doing so, is as pro-cinema as it is anti-Hollywood.
5/5
5
5
5
false
4
5
1
2,398
The Double
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
A cinematic swoon.
5/5
5
5
5
false
4
5
1
2,398
The Gambler
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Our anti-hero has a gambling addiction. He is depressed. He is trapped. And the arc of the movie is about him trying to ditch his unhappy life and pull it out. Snore.
1/5
5
1
5
false
0
5
1
2,398
White Bird in a Blizzard
Thompson on Hollywood
Ryan Lattanzio
Araki's beautifully told films make you feel warm and fuzzy... revealing a latent darkness that leaves you unsafe and unsettled. And these warring sensibilities have never felt more at odds (or at home) than in the campy, creeping dread of 'White Bird.'
3/5
5
3
5
false
2
5
1
2,398
Tron Legacy
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The story is silly. But like the first TRON, this sequel also pushes the frontiers of what's possible. The movie delivers enough of a wow factor to pull in viewers.
B-
long_letter
null
null
false
12
18
1
2,399
Howl
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
An ambitious and admirable film from documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Howl is inspiring, frustrating, and compelling. But finally, it doesn't come together.
C
long_letter
null
null
false
10
18
1
2,399
Albert Nobbs
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The movie is a good, not great period piece bolstered by Close's subtle, contained performance as the heartbreakingly lonely waiter.
B
long_letter
null
null
false
13
18
1
2,399
Barney's Version
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The movie meanders from one decade to another, but Giamatti commands the screen as brainy, womanizing, boozing, out-of-control, charming TV producer Barney Panofsky. Paul Mazursky would have known how to direct this movie
B-
long_letter
null
null
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12
18
1
2,399
Buck
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The guy's a star: the magic charisma that works on horses, no matter how disturbed, shines out of him in person, too.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,399
By The Sea
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Jolie is aiming for an intimate Cassavetes-style exploration of emotion. Sometimes she gets there.
B
long_letter
null
null
false
13
18
1
2,399
Concussion
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
More effective as heartfelt agit prop than visceral drama.
B-
long_letter
null
null
false
12
18
1
2,399
Contagion
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Writer Scott Z. Burns has fashioned a reality-based thriller that could easily come true..casting is superb, from Fishburne, Cotillard and Winslet to biologist Ehle and snaggle-toothed misinformation blogger Law, who gives my profession a very bad name.
B
long_letter
null
null
false
13
18
1
2,399
Coriolanus
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Powerful hand-held Shakespeare from rookie Ralph Fiennes, directing himself and Vanessa Redgrave. Engrossing, timely war tragedy will play to smart demo and Academy voters.
A-
long_letter
null
null
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15
18
1
2,399
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The degree of difficulty was high on studio comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, which could easily have gone south in less skillful hands. The cast led by Steve Carell delivers.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
2,399
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Thompson on Hollywood
John Anderson
Electric Boogaloo is basically a celebration of chutzpah.
B
long_letter
null
null
false
13
18
1
2,399
Friends With Kids
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
[Westfeldt a] better filmmaker than she is a movie star; the sharply observed comedy...would have been better served with Westfeldt in a supporting role, with the underutilized Kristen Wiig in the lead.
B
long_letter
null
null
false
13
18
1
2,399
How Do You Know
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
we don't care about the things they are worrying about...we are lost in the intricacies of Rudd's relationship with his corrupt p---- of a father (Nicholson)...a career disaster for Reese Witherspoon, who needs a flop like a hole in the head.
C-
long_letter
null
null
false
9
18
1
2,399
Human Capital
Thompson on Hollywood
John Anderson
Human Capital works quite well as a conventional, if unconventionally structured, narrative, which may be why it's done so well in Europe.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
2,399
Inception
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Beyond a taut suspense thriller, Inception is also a moving love story.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,399
Mirror Mirror
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Lily Collins' Snow White is a doltish drip,..While the often incoherent filmmaker has always favored style over content in the past, he was never this insipid.
C
long_letter
null
null
false
10
18
1
2,399
Moneyball
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The movie isn't about the love of the game as much as adapting to change, sticking to your guns, not letting conventional wisdom get the better of you. [it's] rebellious anti-establishment story arc should make it a populist crowd-pleaser.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
2,399
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, made smarter by Avatar's DNA, knocks all other versions out of the water. You've never seen anything like these sentient apes.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,399
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is not like anything you've ever seen before. Wright mixes the structure of musicals and action films to break up what starts out as a fairly naturalistic relationship comedy with wildly fantastical action fights.
B-
long_letter
null
null
false
12
18
1
2,399
Senna
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
You've never seen anything like Senna, partly because the footage is 100% authentic. Not one piece of fakery was added, not even new talking heads.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,399
Sunshine Superman
Thompson on Hollywood
John Anderson
As a movie about a guy who lived life the way he wanted, it will win certainly fans. It should win some for its execution as well.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,399
The Big Short
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The Big Short reflexively comments on its Hollywoodness to pull in the complicit viewer and make them trust what they are hearing.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
2,399
The Dark Horse
Thompson on Hollywood
John Anderson
Contrary to the standard Hollywood diagnosis of mental illness, it doesn't improve according to how much love a sufferer receives, although there is a lot of love in The Dark Horse.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,399
The Descendants
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
You care for these people, who are utterly real. They also have great lines, such as 'paradise can go fuck itself.'
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,399
The Dilemma
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
How are the mighty fallen...unavoidably second-rate...a likable guy goes completely bonkers, and it isn't funny...Tatum charmingly steals his scenes with Vaughn, revealing how limited the actor is...Definitely aimed at males, the movie is quite misogynistic.
C-
long_letter
null
null
false
9
18
1
2,399
The Fighter
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The buzz on the street about David O. Russell's The Fighter-the boxing movie is a rousing crowd-pleaser, stolen by Christian Bale-was correct.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
2,399
The Tourist
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
one of the oddest star vehicles to come out of the Hollywood dream factory in some time...Depp and Jolie know exactly what they are doing. Jolie has never been more ludicrously Barbie-Doll/Sophia Loren glamorous
C
long_letter
null
null
false
10
18
1
2,399
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The creepy film paints a nasty portrait of a dysfunctional mother and son,..It tends to have a polarizing effect,[parents may] feel prickles of discomfort and recognition at its sympathetic portrait of a mother who never bonds with her malevolent son.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
2,399
Weekend
Thompson on Hollywood
Anne Thompson
The movie is exquisitely written, directed and acted in naturalistic, hand-held style on a shoestring. It's heartbreaking.
A
long_letter
null
null
false
16
18
1
2,399
Monsters and Men
Thoughts On Film
Ross Miller
A thoughtful, ambitious and keenly-judged feature debut from Reinaldo Marcus Green that deals with the ricocheting effect of a black man being gunned down by police officers.
4/5
5
4
5
false
3
5
1
2,400
Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
As we see Stritch carry on, still performing into her eighties, battling the physical and mental ravages of time, it's obvious she was no sissy.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,401
Faster
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
I'm not sure how anyone could take such a simple premise as this movie has and get it so wrong.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
2,401
The Machinist
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
Bale's performance, which is more than merely his physical transformation, keeps you in the story, even during its more surreal moments.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,401
Sucker Punch
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
Eye candy is all very well as far as it goes, but it can't sustain a movie on its own.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
false
3
9
2
2,401
Under the Skin
Three Movie Buffs
Scott Nash
The premise is intriguing and it's only the possibility that something might come of it that keeps your attention, but that attention is never rewarded.
2/5
5
2
5
false
2
9
2
2,401
10 Cloverfield Lane
Thrillist
Matt Patches
It's a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too horror movie, where the sights and sounds crescendo to the very last beat.
8.5/10
10
8.5
10
false
75
91
10
2,402
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi
Thrillist
Matt Patches
13 Hours is a ripe action movie and a messy portrait of American fighters [...] I know which uncles I'm hiding on Facebook.
6.8/10
10
6.8
10
false
58
91
10
2,402
A Bigger Splash
Thrillist
Matt Patches
The mesmerizing photography and ecstatic personality of A Bigger Splash will leave you tipsy, so please, bring a designated driver for this one.
8/10
10
8
10
false
70
91
10
2,402
Barbershop: The Next Cut
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Ice Cube revived his smack-talking franchise at a pivotal moment. Swinging from hard laughs ... to potent drama.
7.4/10
10
7.4
10
false
64
91
10
2,402
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Thrillist
Matt Patches
The movie is Bat-s--t crazy. A dour, disdain-filled demeanor, + a gluttony of complex plot twists, dissipates most of the contact high.
3/10
10
3
10
false
20
91
10
2,402
Captain America: Civil War
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Slid off my senses like Thor's hammer across Cap's vibranium shield -- the powerhouse hits land without so much as a scratch.
5/10
10
5
10
false
40
91
10
2,402
Creative Control
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Creative Control questions our current direction ... [it's] a movie with enough dramatic pizzazz that not even Reggie Watts's psychedelic performances can steal the show.
7.3/10
10
7.3
10
false
63
91
10
2,402
Everybody Wants Some!!
Thrillist
Matt Patches
The best movie of the year (so far) ... the perfect kick-back-and-chill movie, a combo of fastball jokes and unexpected wisdom backed by a 1980s jukebox.
9.3/10
10
9.3
10
false
83
91
10
2,402
Green Room
Thrillist
Matt Patches
A throaty, thrashing, spit-slinging punk tune belted through an invasion movie microphone at max volume. It's nasty-and near-perfect.
8.9/10
10
8.9
10
false
79
91
10
2,402
Hail, Caesar!
Thrillist
Matt Patches
A deeply personal jaunt for the Coens ... also straight-up bonkers.
8.8/10
10
8.8
10
false
78
91
10
2,402
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Thrillist
Matt Patches
One of the year's most transportive comedies.
7/10
10
7
10
false
60
91
10
2,402
La La Land
Thrillist
Matt Patches
La La Land extends a hand to anyone scarred by a barrage of two-steps, jazz hands, and glitter costumes -- and bets are, you'll grab hold.
6.8/10
10
6.8
10
false
58
91
10
2,402
Mountains May Depart (Shan he gu ren)
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Each pivotal moment thrills and thrills again, reflected a second time through the movie's rearview mirror.
9.2/10
10
9.2
10
false
82
91
10
2,402
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Thrillist
Matt Patches
When played for biting, borderline woke laughs in Neighbors 2, talking points feel a hell of lot fresher than anything involving three dudes with hangovers.
7.1/10
10
7.1
10
false
61
91
10
2,402
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Thrillist
Matt Patches
With every super-spoilable turn, 'The Last Jedi' anticipates backlash, and asks longtime devotees to look inward.
7/10
10
7
10
false
60
91
10
2,402
Swiss Army Man
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Radcliffe's floppy, infantile work is up there with Jim Carrey's contortions ... There's never been a movie this brainless with so much on its mind.
7.8/10
10
7.8
10
false
68
91
10
2,402
The Girl on the Train
Thrillist
Matt Patches
The end of The Girl on the Train doesn't justify the means of The Girl on the Train, a testing two hours of meandering miserablism that ends with a hardy "hell yeah."
3/10
10
3
10
false
20
91
10
2,402
The Lobster
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Farrell and Weisz balance the off-kilter dystopia with vibrant, sexual heat.
9/10
10
9
10
false
80
91
10
2,402
The Nice Guys
Thrillist
Matt Patches
A comedy of groovy errors
7.2/10
10
7.2
10
false
62
91
10
2,402
The Purge: Election Year
Thrillist
Matt Patches
With a down-to-Earth supporting cast-all hail action-star-in-the-making Betty Gabriel-Election Year is edge-of-your seat mayhem cut together with chainsaw grace.
7.1/10
10
7.1
10
false
61
91
10
2,402
The Wave (Bolgen)
Thrillist
Matt Patches
'The Wave' capsizes tranquility with 100 tons of liquid devastation.
7/10
10
7
10
false
60
91
10
2,402
The Witch
Thrillist
Matt Patches
The payoff will keep your mind racing, and your face hiding under the covers, for days.
7.4/10
10
7.4
10
false
64
91
10
2,402
Weiner
Thrillist
Matt Patches
The candidate's humor, misguidance, and determination make Weiner one of the greatest political portraits.
8.8/10
10
8.8
10
false
78
91
10
2,402
Wiener-Dog
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Caring for animals changes who we are as people, and this film sniffs around to discover every possible way. Wiener-Dog is a low-key masterpiece.
9/10
10
9
10
false
80
91
10
2,402
X-Men: Apocalypse
Thrillist
Matt Patches
A stylish sugar-bomb that throws caution, logic, and the leather budget to wring every bit of entertainment out of a threadbare franchise.
7/10
10
7
10
false
60
91
10
2,402
Zootopia
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Impressionable kids and adults who swear they're progressive will both take something away from Zootopia.
7.2/10
10
7.2
10
false
62
91
10
2,402
Blair Witch
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Rarely do Hollywood horrors leave you feeling this lost, this helpless. For a few of us psychos, that's a positive.
73/100
100
73
100
false
72
100
1
2,403
Deadpool
Thrillist
Matt Patches
[Reynolds] brings a ton of compassion and manic energy ... [but Deadpool] is a cartoon in the real world that never goes crazy enough.
3/5
5
3
5
false
20
41
10
2,404
Mohawk
Thrillist
Scott Weinberg
A brutal chase thriller told from a perspective we rarely see.
4/5
5
4
5
false
30
41
10
2,404
Southside With You
Thrillist
Matt Patches
The JFK-ing of Obama ... it *almost* vindicates itself.
3/5
5
3
5
false
20
41
10
2,404
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Thrillist
Matt Patches
Sacrosanct and on steroids ... [but] comes to life here, thanks to the magnetic performances of Ridley and Boyega.
3.2/5
5
3.2
5
false
22
41
10
2,404
The Big Short
Thrillist
Matt Patches
The devilish juxtaposition of lap dances and macroeconomic lessons is the essence of 'The Big Short's ingenious duality.
4/5
5
4
5
false
30
41
10
2,404
The Birth of a Nation
Thrillist
Matt Patches
An unflinching historical document.
3.3/5
5
3.3
5
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The Revenant
Thrillist
Matt Patches
An extravagant "dad" speech: "Back in my day, we walked eight miles barefoot in the snow to hunt down the men who left us for dead!"
2.5/5
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2.5
5
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