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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3.0/5
Munich: The Edge of War (2022)
Munich: The Edge of War is particularly relevant to 2022.
Posted Feb 2, 2022
2
2.5/5
Don't Look Up (2021)
Don't Look Up captures the culture of banality. It focuses on the shallowness and tackiness of the human race.
Posted Jan 16, 2022
3
2.0/5
At its best American Insurrection transcends its politics.
Posted Jan 14, 2022
4
2.5/5
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
The Matrix Resurrections is a minefield for critics.
Posted Dec 31, 2021
5
2.5/5
Being the Ricardos (2021)
Given it is Sorkin, the language is smart and the characters are engaging.
Posted Dec 24, 2021
6
2.0/5
Belfast (2021)
Belfast is a well-made film, in which Branagh plays homage to himself.
Posted Dec 21, 2021
7
2.0/5
Killing the Shepherd (2021)
The indie documentary is at its best when it shows the villagers and the power of nature.
Posted Dec 16, 2021
8
3.5/5
The Power of the Dog (2021)
The Power of the Dog has levels and depths that should be plumbed.
Posted Dec 9, 2021
9
2.5/5
How times have changed.
Posted Dec 1, 2021
10
2.0/5
House of Gucci (2021)
House of Gucci is a stylish, disjointed film.
Posted Nov 23, 2021
11
3.0/5
Implanted (2021)
Michelle Girolami delivers one of the best female performances I've seen this year.
Posted Nov 21, 2021
12
2.0/5
Red Notice (2021)
Sometimes one just wants escapism. If so, do I have a film for you.
Posted Nov 15, 2021
13
2.5/5
Outlier (2021)
Outlier takes us on an erratic quest.
Posted Nov 10, 2021
14
2.5/5
The best part of The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is the tour de force performance by Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character.
Posted Nov 7, 2021
15
2.0/5
No Time To Die (2021)
No Time To Die could be titled James Bond Visits the Kitchen Sink.
Posted Sep 30, 2021
16
2.0/5
Cry Macho (2021)
Clint told me that he likes "to be unpredictable."
Posted Sep 20, 2021
17
2.0/5
Overrun (2021)
Overrun goes off the rails and becomes a conglomeration of wacky mayhem.
Posted Sep 15, 2021
18
2.0/5
Fever Dreams (2019)
It throws a lot on the screen to see what sticks.
Posted Sep 11, 2021
19
1.5/5
The Card Counter (2021)
Who is the audience for The Card Counter?
Posted Sep 4, 2021
20
2.0/5
Kringle Time (2021)
Kringle Time is more a wayward slog than a provocative romp.
Posted Aug 23, 2021
21
2.0/5
Caged (2021)
Caged takes us on a gruelling trip into the man and his tortured mind.
Posted Aug 17, 2021
22
2.0/5
This Is Not a War Story (2021)
The first half of This Is Not a War Story is extraordinary, but the last part is just ordinary.
Posted Jul 12, 2021
23
2.5/5
The musical journey has spirit; the religious one doesn't.
Posted Jun 28, 2021
24
3.0/5
Love and Monsters (2020)
What really sets Love and Monsters apart is its humanity.
Posted Jun 10, 2021
25
3.0/5
Marathon (2021)
Marathon is an engaging indie mockumentary.
Posted Jun 9, 2021
26
1.0/5
Bad Cupid (2021)
Please spare me.
Posted Jun 2, 2021
27
2.5/5
A Rainy Day in New York (2020)
It may not reach the magical status of Midnight in Paris (2011), but it possesses memorable qualities.
Posted May 25, 2021
28
2.5/5
Touch (2020)
Touch is in the total grip of Aleksandra Szczepanowska, who wrote, directed, and played the leading character in the film.
Posted May 25, 2021
29
2.0/5
Minari (2020)
The movie Minari is a bunch of minari.
Posted Apr 29, 2021
30
2.0/5
Hot Water (2015)
Hot Water is a scalding indie documentary.
Posted Apr 20, 2021
31
3.5/5
Another Round (Druk) (2020)
Ultimately, Another Round depends on Mads Mikkelsen's range and humanity. He gives the film gravity and uplift. He tumbles and soars.
Posted Feb 15, 2021
32
1.5/5
Wander (2020)
Wander is Aaron Eckhart's film, until it's wrested away from him.
Posted Feb 2, 2021
33
2.5/5
The Ringmaster (2020)
Sometimes plans go awry.
Posted Jan 14, 2021
34
2.0/5
Minor Premise (2020)
Minor Premise is sci-fi, science, horror, and fantasy. It's a heady mixture.
Posted Jan 11, 2021
35
2.5/5
Ice Cream in the Cupboard (2020)
It is not a film that I was anxious to see. But it is worth seeing.
Posted Jan 3, 2021
36
2.5/5
The Racer (2020)
The Racer has especially gifted performances for an indie.
Posted Dec 28, 2020
37
1.5/5
The Midnight Sky (2020)
The Midnight Sky throws the kitchen sink into space.
Posted Dec 22, 2020
38
2.0/5
Mank (2020)
Mank is a dissonant film.
Posted Dec 6, 2020
39
2.5/5
Rom Boys: 40 Years of Rad (2020)
Rom Boys: 40 Years of Rad is a celebration.
Posted Dec 1, 2020
40
2.0/5
Effigy, Poison and The City (2020)
Effigy -- Poison and the City is a peculiar period piece.
Posted Nov 19, 2020
41
3.0/5
IRL (2019)
IRL is LOL.
Posted Nov 10, 2020
42
2.0/5
Chasing Einstein (2019)
One scientist says, "We need an Einstein today," but the film shows we don't have one.
Posted Oct 26, 2020
43
2.5/5
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is convincing entertainment. It's not great history.
Posted Oct 22, 2020
44
2.5/5
Enola Holmes (2020)
In Enola Holmes, there's a new Holmes in the hunt.
Posted Oct 9, 2020
45
2.0/5
Northwood Pie (2020)
It's hard to figure out who the target audience for indie Northwood Pie is.
Posted Oct 5, 2020
46
2.0/5
Shooting Heroin (2020)
Folmar seems to have satisfied his target audience.
Posted Sep 23, 2020
47
3.0/5
Unprescribed (2020)
Unprescribed is a strong antidote to brainwashing.
Posted Aug 10, 2020
48
3.0/5
Cyrano, My Love (Edmond) (2019)
In this time of unsettling conflict and interminable hardship, some people may be looking for an escape.
Posted Jul 25, 2020
49
3.0/5
Rag Doll (2020)
Rag Doll is a challenging and fitfully appealing indie film.
Posted Jul 14, 2020
50
2.5/5
Fame-ish (2020)
Fame-ish is an entertaining hodgepodge.
Posted Jul 4, 2020