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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3.5/5
Suspect (1987)

Jack Sommersby

Illogical but suspenseful courtroom thriller.
Posted Oct 23, 2020
2
This Is Not a Movie (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

For anyone still willing to believe that journalism is a force of genuine good in an increasingly convoluted world despite the constant barrage of attacks it receives from all sides, The is Not a [Movie] is well worth viewing.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
3
Synchronic (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

[Writer-directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorehead] have gone larger in size and scope with this effort without losing the bold experimental streak that made their earlier efforts stand out.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
4
The Sounding (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

The kind of film that forces me to drop a Shakespeare quote of my own by stating that it is, as a wise man once said, "full of sound and fury / Signifying nothing."
Posted Oct 22, 2020
5
The Planters (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

This is a considerable accomplishment and I just wish that the end result, The Planters, had proven to be even a sliver as interesting as its backstory.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
6
Over the Moon (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

I'm not necessarily suggesting that you give Over the Moon a pass -- little kids will like the bright colors and goofy humor, older viewers will appreciate the artistry behind it.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
7
Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You is an entertaining and occasionally illuminating look at the artistic process of one of the musical greats of this era and a reminder that rock 'n' roll is, despite rumors to the contrary, still alive and thriving.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
8
4/5
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Rob Gonsalves

I'd be dishonest if I said The Trial of the Chicago 7 wasn't engaging, though it feels a little... light. The stakes don't seem as high as they might.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
9
4/5
Talent for the Game (1991)

Jack Sommersby

An affecting baseball picture with a career-best performance by the always-welcome Edward James Olmos.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
10
4/5
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)

Jack Sommersby

Entertaining and perceptive.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
11
5/5
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something (2020)

Rob Gonsalves

By hanging his film on the structure of Chapin's awakening as a man who agitated endlessly for change, director Rick Korn avoids the trap of the conventional rockumentary.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
12
4/5
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

It has moments of great hilarity mixed in with stretches of tedium before hitting its undeniably strong and scathing final stretch. However, the good stuff here is so good that it is easy to forgive the weaker moments.
Posted Oct 21, 2020
13
3.5/5
Caddyshack (1980)

Jack Sommersby

A meandering mini-classic.
Posted Oct 21, 2020
14
3/5
Easy Money (1983)

Jack Sommersby

Uneven but decent-enough Rodney Dangerfield star vehicle.
Posted Oct 20, 2020
15
2/5
Books of Blood (2020)

Erik Childress

The actors do the best they can, particularly Friel and Robertson, but none of the stories are particularly involving.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
16
White Riot (2019)

Peter Sobczynski

The story contained in the documentary White Riot may not necessarily be new, but the issues that it raises and the anger that it contains prove to be almost frighteningly timely and relevant in today's world.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
17
Totally Under Control (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

It lays the whole sorry saga out in such clean and concise detail that when the histories of this period are written, it will probably be utilized as a primary source.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
18
Rebecca (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

Rebecca may be Wheatley's least objectionable film to date, but compared to the eternal greatness of the previous film version, his take dissipates like a wisp of smoke.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
19
Love and Monsters (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

An agreeably silly bit of seasonal entertainment aimed squarely at viewers who are perhaps too old for Hocus Pocus and too young for Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
20
Honest Thief (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

The film isn't so much bad as it is dead--it pokes along at a pace that makes it seem about four times longer than it actually is and the occasional bursts of action are more perfunctory than anything else.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
21
Nocturne (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

While it does offer some good insights about the pressures that prodigies put upon themselves to succeed at their crafts, it is undone by a lack of originality and some clunky storytelling.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
22
Evil Eye (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

The performances by Mani and Choudhury are engaging enough but they cannot overcome the inescapable fact that the story is way too familiar for its own good.
Posted Oct 15, 2020
23
The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

Those who are going into it because they liked Thunder Road a lot may be disappointed by the fact that it has so many similarities to that earlier film, but none of the delicate balance of tones that made that one work so well.
Posted Oct 9, 2020
24
The War with Grandpa (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

What could there have possibly been about this insultingly bad material that could have attracted such a good cast?
Posted Oct 9, 2020
25
Time (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

It is a triumph that nevertheless leaves you heartbroken and angry.
Posted Oct 9, 2020
26
Naughty Books (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

The conversations with the authors and the other interview subjects on hand are engaging and Rachlis presents the subject in a manner that takes it seriously without delving into salaciousness.
Posted Oct 9, 2020
27
The Lie (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

The performances are not especially convincing either --you never buy the characters played by Skarsgaard and Enos or their relationship for a second and the work by King is not so much complex as it is maddeningly opaque and not in the good way.
Posted Oct 9, 2020
28
The Doorman (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

There is precious little here of interest for even the most undiscriminating action film junkies.
Posted Oct 9, 2020
29
3.5/4
The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

Erik Childress

The delivery of "When do I get to be right about something?" is a hard laugh and its easy to then wonder how that question will be solved. You might be thinking the same of how a werewolf film may turn out to be one of the defining films of this era.
Posted Oct 7, 2020
30
2/5
The Devil All the Time (2020)

Rob Gonsalves

Overheated, garish southern-discomfort stories have a long and sometimes scintillant pedigree. But Antonio Campos, the director of The Devil All the Time, manages to deaden every emotion and atrocity.
Posted Oct 7, 2020
31
4/5
The Wolf House (La casa lobo) (2018)

Rob Gonsalves

Something like The Wolf House earns high marks just on the strength of its restless images -- sometimes the movie seems dissatisfied with itself, always in motion, always shape-shifting. But a little of that can go an awfully long way.
Posted Oct 7, 2020
32
1/5
Possessor: Uncut (2020)

Rob Gonsalves

My only surprise at Possessor was that I managed to sit through all of it.
Posted Oct 7, 2020
33
2/5
The Call (2020)

Jack Sommersby

Tries for something different but is ultimately unsuccessful. Its star, Tobin Bell, shines, though.
Posted Oct 4, 2020
34
3/4
Bloodthirsty (2020)

Erik Childress

Comes from a darker place that is sure to get under somebody's skin more than just another curse.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
35
3/4
The Queen of Black Magic (1983)

Erik Childress

Manages to achieve a constant state of dread until it finally just explodes into madness.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
36
2/4
How to Deter a Robber (2020)

Erik Childress

A watchable and fitfully amusing film that may not take up much brain space once I finish this review.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
37
3/4
Laughter (Le rire) (2020)

Erik Childress

Labreche-Dor is terrific throughout, but a pair of monologues she shares about her experience's aftermath and a scene she shares with Daoust are exceptionally powerful.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
38
3/4
The Boy Behind the Door (2020)

Erik Childress

There is enough solid work to recommend The Boy Behind the Door is more than just another run-of-the-mill psycho thriller.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
39
1/4
Girl (2020)

Erik Childress

Girl is as generic as its title.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
40
2/4
Teddy (2020)

Erik Childress

[Teddy] cannot steer itself from too many of the same tropes that have tempered so many attempts at the lore and winds up as just another stale log on the fire.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
41
Save Yourselves! (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

The basic joke of young people so absorbed with themselves that they somehow fail to notice the world literally collapsing around them is not especially unique and fails to come off here.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
42
Possessor: Uncut (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

If you sit back and just let its array of heady ideas and bold imagery swish around in your head for a couple of hours, it will leave you with a suitably blown mind.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
43
Once Upon a River (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

What gives the movie its real juice is the performance from newcomer DelaCerna as Margo, who is a real find and who helps keep the story grounded when it threatens to turn into a soap opera.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
44
Let's Scare Julie (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

Let's Scare Julie breaks out the gimmick of telling its entire story in one continuous and unbroken shot -- an ironic move, considering the fact that someone involved probably should have called "Cut!" early on during the screenwriting process.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
45
The Glorias (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

While the film has a lot of ideas and talent behind it as well as a number of strong individual scenes, it never quite finds the kind of grand unifying idea that might have pulled them all together into a satisfying whole.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
46
Eternal Beauty (2019)

Peter Sobczynski

Eternal Beauty is ambitious, personally felt and filled with enough good performances to help it overcome the storytelling stumbles and make it worth seeing.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
47
Death of Me (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

Death of Me is a scare-free embarrassment that even undiscriminating horror junkies will find remarkably easy to pass up.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
48
A Call to Spy (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

A Call to Spy is not necessarily a bad movie, just a slightly dull and underwhelming treatment of a group of brave and resourceful people.
Posted Oct 2, 2020
49
The Boys in the Band (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

I wish that all involved could have gotten together to do a project that spoke to audiences today instead of shrieking their way through this inexplicable revival of a theatrical artifact that has clearly lost all of whatever zing it might have [had].
Posted Oct 2, 2020
50
2067 (2020)

Peter Sobczynski

Those looking for standard genre thrills and spills may grow frustrated with the more contemplative aspects of 2067, but those who prefer their science fiction to be on the trippier and more cerebral part of the spectrum should find it intriguing.
Posted Oct 2, 2020