Entertainment Weekly
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
A-
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018)
2
B
Second Act (2018)
[Lopez is] nothing if not a woman who knows her brand... and Second Act is perfectly tailored to it.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
3
C
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
Most of the heartwarming power of Mark's stranger-than-fiction story is AWOL in its Tinseltown makeover.
Posted Dec 19, 2018
4
B+
Cold War (Zimna wojna) (2018)
Cold War resembles a waking dream. And a ravishingly romantic one at that.
Posted Dec 18, 2018
5
B
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
A suitably inspiring biopic despite its narrative unevenness and occasional reliance on schmaltz...
Posted Dec 17, 2018
6
B
Dumplin' (2018)
...there's so much willful, joyful uplift in the final scenes, it's hard not to buy into every aphorism re-upped from the classic Dolly playbook.
Posted Dec 17, 2018
7
B+
Vice (2018)
[A] slick, wildly meta, and occasionally too-clever portrait of the most influential and easily least understood figure to ever hold the nation's second-highest post.
Posted Dec 17, 2018
8
B+
Capernaum (Capharnaüm) (2018)
Labaki's excellent film is tough sledding - a sucker punch that lands with the emotional force of Dickens relocated to the slums of the modern-day Middle East.
Posted Dec 14, 2018
9
B+
Bumblebee (2018)
[Cena] gives good muscle, but Bumblebee brings something even more important - and actually transforming - to the series: a sense of humor, and a heart.
Posted Dec 14, 2018
10
B
The Mule (2018)
Eastwood probably just knows that Earl's story is a great one and that he's just the man to tell it. He happens to be right on both counts.
Posted Dec 12, 2018
11
B
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Spoonfuls of sugar always help the movie magic go down; if only this Mary had gotten a necessary twist of lemon, too.
Posted Dec 12, 2018
12
C-
Aquaman (2018)
13
B+
It's both a memorial and a cautionary tale about unchecked power and ambition in America.
Posted Dec 7, 2018
14
B
Tyrel (2018)
A tense social satire that speaks to its moment even if it ends with a fizzle instead of the cathartic gut-punch you're waiting for.
Posted Dec 6, 2018
15
C+
Mortal Engines (2018)
16
D-
Dr. Giggles (1992)
17
A-
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
18
B+
Ben is Back (2018)
Hedges is a flayed nerve, jittery and raw. Roberts may be the true revelation, though: She begs, she bargains, she swears like a teamster.
Posted Dec 3, 2018
19
B
Bird Box (2018)
Bier keeps the mood taut and defiantly in the moment.
Posted Dec 3, 2018
20
It's up to a pair of elves (Jingle Bells and Jangle Bells) to save the day. But first they have to get past Heat Miser and Snow Miser - the best Christmas baddies since the Grinch.
Posted Nov 29, 2018
21
B-
Spider-Verse has plenty of small delights, and it looks unique.
Posted Nov 28, 2018
22
A-
Burning (Beoning) (2018)
The kind of movie whose takeaways you could spend hours debating and still feel miles away from being sure of anything at all.
Posted Nov 27, 2018
23
A-
The World Before Your Feet (2018)
Like the apostles who followed Forrest Grump as he ran cross country, one could find Buddhist wisdom or metaphorical meaning in Green's work, even if it's not necessarily there.
Posted Nov 21, 2018
24
C
Robin Hood (2018)
Bathurst's approach is derivative, and lacks the narrative purpose that has made the aesthetic shine in other contexts.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
25
B
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
Make some cocoa for the family, and spike yours if you have to, but remember what the holiday is about: watching mediocre, predictable movies with the people you love.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
26
C+
Widows (2018)
It's not clear exactly what kind of movie(s) Widows wants to be: feminist heist thriller? Sprawling political saga? Bare-knuckled gangster noir?
Posted Nov 18, 2018
27
B+
Green Book (2018)
In a world that seems to get uglier every day, this movie's gentle heart and mere humanity feel like a salve.
Posted Nov 18, 2018
28
B+
The Grinch (2018)
The latest animated iteration of Christmas' most famous nemesis might not be strictly necessary, but it's still pretty fun - and revamped just enough to feel fresh.
Posted Nov 18, 2018
29
C
Vox Lux (2018)
Corbet tackles nothing less than the ruthless mechanics of stardom, the decline of American society, and domestic and global terrorism. But his reach exceeds his grasp.
Posted Nov 16, 2018
30
B+
Creed II (2018)
31
B+
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
Unlike so many recent horror movies, The Clovehitch Killer is patient with its thrills, almost excruciatingly so.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
32
B
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Even when Buster Scruggs isn't firing on all cylinders, it remains a warm and cheeky tribute to a genre that the brothers behind True Grit and No Country For Old Men clearly love.
Posted Nov 14, 2018
33
B+
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
34
B
Instant Family (2018)
It's a surprisingly winning movie, packed with just the right combination of laughs and sniffles. Damn you, Wahlberg!
Posted Nov 14, 2018
35
B+
At Eternity's Gate (2018)
36
B+
El Angel (El ángel) (2018)
Ortega has a real eye for flashy, chaotic set pieces and a real ear for excellent Latin rock needle drops on the film's killer Scorsese-inspired soundtrack.
Posted Nov 12, 2018
37
B-
There might not be a more gorgeous-looking movie this year than Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
Posted Nov 12, 2018
38
B+
Overlord (2018)
A surprisingly well-made mash-up of old-fashion war movie tropes and proudly disgusting horror-flick shocks. It's a ton of fun.
Posted Nov 9, 2018
39
C-
Dead Man (1995)
40
A
Ed Wood (1994)
Ed Wood [is] a comedy of the ridiculous in which the ridiculous turns unexpectedly sublime.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
41
A-
Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
What a bizarro trio!
Posted Nov 7, 2018
42
B-
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Despite Depp's tender melancholy, the performers who stay with you are those who dare to crack the surface of their characters' alienation.
Posted Nov 7, 2018
43
B
Benny & Joon (1993)
Inconsequential as it is, Benny & Joon is that rare thing, a crazy-versus-sane movie that likes one kind as much as the other.
Posted Nov 7, 2018
44
C-
The joke is on the filmmakers: By taking the finality out of death, they've already robbed the horror genre of its giddy sting.
Posted Nov 7, 2018
45
C
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
46
C
Here and Now (Blue Night) (2018)
For most of the film, Parker's Vivienne is bland and forgettable.
Posted Nov 7, 2018
47
B
Theater fans will give it a standing ovation; others may be moved only to polite applause.
Posted Nov 5, 2018
48
B-
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Malek has the ineffable pixie dust the part requires (if not the teeth; the famous Freddie overbite is prosthetic).
Posted Nov 1, 2018
49
A
It's at turns playful and sad. But even in its melancholy, it's also inspiring.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
50
B
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)