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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3.5/4
It Happened One Night (1934)
It's all about the snappy dialogue and simmering tension between these hugely charismatic stars.
Posted Sep 5, 2018
2
3.5/4
The Vanishing (Spoorloos) (1988)
It's an elegant, riveting piece of filmmaking.
Posted Aug 20, 2018
3
2/4
Razorback (1984)
It isn't as nutty as it could have been, and it certainly isn't as nutty as its description suggests.
Posted Jul 30, 2018
4
1/4
The Pagemaster (1994)
The Pagemaster is the kind of movie first-grade teachers would have popped into the VCR in the 1990s to kill time on a rainy afternoon.
Posted Jul 15, 2018
5
4/4
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Lives of Others is exquisitely tense, with massive stakes and a pervasive sense of danger.
Posted Jul 1, 2018
6
3/4
Body Double (1984)
It's an expertly crafted B-movie, a brisk and twisty mixture of the slick and sleazy, the glossy and grungy.
Posted Jun 18, 2018
7
3/4
Big Wednesday (1978)
8
3/4
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Technology has advanced significantly since 1988, but Roger Rabbit doesn't just hold up, it wows.
Posted May 28, 2018
9
2/4
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
The let's-put-on-a-show energy can be intoxicating. But man, does it take a long time to achieve that high.
Posted May 6, 2018
10
3.5/4
Local Hero (1983)
Writer-director Bill Forsyth's 1983 film sneaks up on you. It takes its time. It reveals its characters through snippets of conversation and casual interactions.
Posted Apr 22, 2018
11
3/4
Suspiria (1977)
Argento accomplishes so much simply through lighting and music - which goes a long way to compensate for the stilted dialogue and awkward character interactions.
Posted Apr 15, 2018
12
3/4
After Hours (1985)
It might not make any sense. It might not even matter. But it's a blast while it lasts, and it brings the most perfect of endings along with the sunrise.
Posted Apr 8, 2018
13
2.5/4
Zardoz (1974)
Such a wildly ambitious misfire that you can't help but root for it, or at least feel some twisted sense of affection for it.
Posted Apr 1, 2018
14
2.5/4
Newsies (1992)
It's extremely earnest and more than a little corny, but there's an innocence about it that makes it kinda irresistible.
Posted Mar 19, 2018
15
2/4
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
It would seem impossible to go wrong with such an incredible, all-star cast - which makes A Bridge Too Far such a frustrating misfire (no pun intended).
Posted Mar 11, 2018
16
1/4
Graffiti Bridge (1990)
Graffiti Bridge is essentially a series of music videos strung together uncomfortably with awkward dialogue and stiff acting.
Posted Mar 5, 2018
17
4/4
Decades later, you can see the influence of Bicycle Thieves everywhere, in a variety of genres and languages.
Posted Feb 26, 2018
18
2/4
Nine Lives (2016)
19
3/4
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
It is an incredibly simple yet irresistible idea for a movie. It's also exactly what you think it's going to be - no more, no less.
Posted Jul 26, 2016
20
3/4
Finding Dory (2016)
It's gorgeous. It's lively. It's got terrific performances from a strong voice cast. It's emotionally affecting without being heavy-handed.
Posted Jun 26, 2016
21
.5/4
The Do-Over (2016)
22
3.5/4
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
23
.5/4
Mother's Day (2016)
24
1.5/4
Hardcore Henry (2016)
It is pummeling. It is punishing. It is nauseating and headache-inducing.
Posted Apr 9, 2016
25
1/4
A nightmarish landscape that's meant to be frightening - or at least unsettling - ends up being hilariously cheesy instead.
Posted Mar 20, 2016
26
1/4
London Has Fallen (2016)
London Has Fallen is Donald Trump in film form.
Posted Mar 14, 2016
27
3/4
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Their latest, Hail, Caesar!, is their giddiest comedy to date, but it's also hit-and-miss within itself.
Posted Feb 18, 2016
28
3/4
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
29
1.5/4
The 5th Wave (2016)
30
3.5/4
31
0/4
The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
You can watch The Ridiculous 6 whenever you'd like from the comfort of your own home. Lucky you.
Posted Dec 14, 2015
32
4/4
Spotlight (2015)
33
4/4
Room (2015)
This is one of those situations in which mere words seem insufficient in describing a film's profoundly moving power.
Posted Oct 24, 2015
34
2.5/4
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Hotel Transylvania 2 is the greatest movie Adam Sandler and Kevin James have ever made together. I believe this is called "damning with faint praise."
Posted Sep 29, 2015
35
4/4
36
1.5/4
War Room (2015)
War Room is the most slickly made faith-based film I've seen yet in terms of production values, but that doesn't make it quote-unquote good, per se.
Posted Sep 11, 2015
37
3/4
We Are Your Friends (2015)
It's the perfect one-last-blast movie for the end of summer.
Posted Aug 28, 2015
38
3.5/4
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
It's very easy to imagine sing-along showings cropping up for years to come.
Posted Aug 21, 2015
39
1/4
Fantastic Four (2015)
Laughably cheesy, bordering on Zardoz levels of simplicity.
Posted Aug 10, 2015
40
3/4
Paper Towns (2015)
Paper Towns is a movie that I really liked, but I probably would have loved if I'd seen it when I was 13.
Posted Jul 24, 2015
41
3/4
Ant-Man (2015)
The overwhelming, self-serious sense that we are watching something Very Important blissfully doesn't exist in Ant-Man. It's just plain fun: light, breezy, simple and enjoyable.
Posted Jul 22, 2015
42
2/4
Minions (2015)
Fittingly, because they're pill-shaped, the Minions work best in small doses.
Posted Jul 12, 2015
43
3.5/4
Tangerine (2015)
44
3.5/4
Amy (2015)
A mesmerizing yet devastating look at a singular talent.
Posted Jul 10, 2015
45
3/4
Magic Mike XXL (2015)
If you're not a fireman or a police officer or a cowboy beneath those breakaway pants, then who are you, really? This is the central question of Magic Mike XXL.
Posted Jul 1, 2015
46
1.5/4
Max (2015)
Max is an absurdly violent PG-rated movie in which kids and dogs are repeatedly in peril.
Posted Jun 29, 2015
47
2.5/4
Ted 2 (2015)
48
3.5/4
Inside Out (2015)
This is a movie that dares to explore existential crises, in the middle of the summer, in an animated movie that's aimed at the whole family
Posted Jun 24, 2015
49
2/4
Jurassic World (2015)
So basically, Jurassic World is a big-budget indictment of corporate greed, jammed with product placement for Samsung and Mercedes-Benz and Beats by Dre and Coca-Cola.
Posted Jun 16, 2015
50
1.5/4
Entourage (2015)