Jak Luke Sharp 1/24/25 Jak Luke Sharp 1/24/25

Gladiator II

Gladiator II seems to strip away so much of Scott’s own thematic and tone of emotive catharsis: be it morality, empathy and the like

Maxance Vincent 1/16/25 Maxance Vincent 1/16/25

Wicked

Wicked moves at a snail’s pace

Hillary White 1/15/25 Hillary White 1/15/25

Small Things Like These

Small Things Like These is a type of film that could easily be overlooked

Maxance Vincent 1/14/25 Maxance Vincent 1/14/25

The Piano Lesson

The Piano Lesson is undoubtedly the most cinematically thrilling adaptation of any August Wilson play to date

Hillary White 1/13/25 Hillary White 1/13/25

Heretic

It's disheartening to say that Heretic doesn’t offer much that’s new

Chris Santon 12/18/24 Chris Santon 12/18/24

Juror #2

Juror #2 is a massive disappointment and one that could've been salvaged with a simple rewrite or another pass through the edit

Maxance Vincent 12/17/24 Maxance Vincent 12/17/24

Red One

Red One is indicative of Johnson’s philosophy that movies are mindless content designed to push as many products as possible

Chris Santon 12/16/24 Chris Santon 12/16/24

Terrifier 3

Terrifier 3 is worth checking out if the audience present is interested in some mightily impressive gore

Maxance Vincent 12/16/24 Maxance Vincent 12/16/24

Conclave

For a movie that wants to discuss catholicism and crises of faith, Conclave seems relatively incurious to explore the root of corruption

Maxance Vincent 11/6/24 Maxance Vincent 11/6/24

Megalopolis

Megalopolis exists on a different plane far beyond the confines of what one would consider to be ‘traditional’ cinema

Jak Luke Sharp 11/5/24 Jak Luke Sharp 11/5/24

Rebel Ridge

Rebel Ridge pushes and pushes to an inevitable climax and yet still feels refreshing

Maxance Vincent 10/29/24 Maxance Vincent 10/29/24

Anora

The non-stop level of adrenaline throughout its runtime ensures many of its key scenes are hilarious

Jak Luke Sharp 10/28/24 Jak Luke Sharp 10/28/24

Kneecap

Kneecap have successfully managed to educate, bring conversation and dialogue into the mainstream

Maxance Vincent 10/8/24 Maxance Vincent 10/8/24

The Substance

Don’t be fooled by the gore; The Substance has no teeth.

Hillary White 10/8/24 Hillary White 10/8/24

Rez Ball

Although much of Rez Ball could be considered by the numbers, what differentiates it is that the stakes are different for this basketball team.

Carson Timar 9/30/24 Carson Timar 9/30/24

The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot is an effective feature that will take the audience on an emotional ride that is strongly designed and executed.

Maxance Vincent 9/28/24 Maxance Vincent 9/28/24

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

It’s been too long since Tim Burton made something worthwhile

Beatrice Grasso 9/27/24 Beatrice Grasso 9/27/24

Venice 2024: Wolfs

Wolfs delivers precisely the kind of light entertainment one might expect from it

Maxance Vincent 9/15/24 Maxance Vincent 9/15/24

The Instigators

The Instigators is a rather rudimentary crime thriller that’s elevated through Liman’s fun sense of style

Maxance Vincent 9/14/24 Maxance Vincent 9/14/24

The Crow

The Crow is a thunderous bore