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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
2.5/4
Second Act (2018)
It's a pleasant enough diversion, helped along immensely by Lopez's warm screen presence and by a first-rate Sassy Best Friend performance by Leah Remini.
Posted Dec 20, 2018
2
1/4
Aquaman (2018)
It seems director James Wan had one overarching goal in making "Aquaman." His prime directive? Crush the audience into submission.
Posted Dec 19, 2018
3
2/4
Bumblebee (2018)
For his live-action debut, Knight slips into Bay boomboom mode.
Posted Dec 18, 2018
4
3/4
Ben is Back (2018)
Roberts... takes hold of this movie like a lamppost in the winter darkness.
Posted Dec 17, 2018
5
1/4
Mortal Engines (2018)
"Mortal Engines" hasn't much in the way of originality, other than its rolling city, to distinguish it from other, better post-apocalyptic tales.
Posted Dec 13, 2018
6
2.5/4
The Cable Guy (1996)
While not the truly incisive film it could have been, this cautionary tale proves that there's more to Carrey than stupidity with an inflated price tag.
Posted Dec 12, 2018
7
4/4
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
Emily Blunt, holding the movie in her impeccably gloved hands, makes Mary Poppins her own.
Posted Dec 12, 2018
8
3.5/4
"Into the Spider-Verse" is pure fun, nonstop from start to finish.
Posted Dec 10, 2018
9
4/4
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018)
Every one of master Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda's movies breaks your heart in a different way.
Posted Dec 10, 2018
10
2.5/4
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Every movie that has Saoirse Ronan in it works, to the extent that it has Saoirse Ronan in it.
Posted Dec 10, 2018
11
3.5/4
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018)
"Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle" is a bloody good version of "The Jungle Book." And I do mean bloody.
Posted Dec 5, 2018
12
3.5/4
The Favourite (2018)
The real fun here is in the three central performances, each of which threatens to steal the film
Posted Dec 4, 2018
13
1/4
Dr. Giggles (1992)
14
2.5/4
Anna and the Apocalypse (2018)
"Anna," though short, runs out of ideas - but not of fake blood - long before its ending. Nice spurting, though.
Posted Dec 4, 2018
15
3/4
This movie lives in its black-and-white clips, which provide both a fine introduction to those new to Keaton's work, and plenty to dig into for hard-core fans.
Posted Nov 29, 2018
16
3/4
Creed II (2018)
It's always fun to decry a formulaic movie - except when the formula actually works.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
17
2.5/4
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
The best animated movies are those that feel timeless. "Ralph," with its right-now storyline, seems already dated, a product of thinking that's five minutes ago.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
18
3/4
Green Book (2018)
You watch "Green Book" wishing it were a little better but nonetheless enjoying how very good much of it is, thanks to Mortensen and Ali, who make every moment sing.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
19
2/4
20
2.5/4
The Front Runner (2018)
21
4/4
Widows (2018)
If all heist movies were like this, I'd never leave the multiplexes.
Posted Nov 14, 2018
22
3.5/4
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
All in all, this "Buster" is something else.
Posted Nov 13, 2018
23
3.5/4
A Private War (2018)
A fact-based feature film both celebrating and illuminating the disappearing, dangerous art of the war correspondent.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
24
1.5/4
Overlord (2018)
Zombies. Nazis. Clichés. Insane violence. "Overlord" delivers a whole lot of much too much.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
25
3/4
The Grinch (2018)
26
3/4
Boy Erased (2018)
27
2/4
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
It feels inert, just this side of listless.
Posted Nov 6, 2018
28
2.5/4
An enjoyably nutty more-is-more family holiday extravaganza.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
29
2/4
Suspiria (2018)
By its bizarre final sequence... the viewer feels lost in a sea of blood and pretension.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
30
3.5/4
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
By the movie's too-quick end, all you want is to hang out with these two just a little bit longer...
Posted Oct 31, 2018
31
3.5/4
Wildlife (2018)
A small-scale gem with a haunting final image, Paul Dano's debut feature "Wildlife" is the story of a 1960s family quietly imploding.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
32
2/4
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Pretty much everyone in this film is a cipher, particularly Mercury's bandmates.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
33
3.5/4
Viper Club (2018)
She's walking an emotional tightrope. Sarandon walks it with no missteps. It's a remarkable performance.
Posted Oct 30, 2018
34
1.5/4
Stella's Last Weekend (2018)
The basics of Draper's story hold promise, but the film derails because Jack and Oliver just aren't charming as social pariahs.
Posted Oct 25, 2018
35
3/4
Hunter Killer (2018)
The plot has a lot of moving parts, but Marsh fits them together adroitly to deliver a thriller that's consistently exciting and thoroughly preposterous.
Posted Oct 25, 2018
36
2/4
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
There's enough funny stuff here to make a hilarious very short film...
Posted Oct 24, 2018
37
3/4
The Happy Prince (2018)
Florid but warmhearted - much like the man at its center - "The Happy Prince" is a haunting portrait of the aftermath of betrayal; of how the master of comedy became a tragedy.
Posted Oct 23, 2018
38
2/4
The Oath (2018)
39
3.5/4
Sadie (2018)
Its honesty and power makes it feel large; you live among these characters in their weary trailer park, aching for them.
Posted Oct 17, 2018
40
3.5/4
Halloween (2018)
There's more here than graphic gore and shocks. This is also the story of the multigenerational effects of trauma.
Posted Oct 17, 2018
41
3/4
The Guilty (Den skyldige) (2018)
Möller makes a whole lot out of very little: a whole lot of dramatic forcefulness out of the most simple and basic of elements, a solitary man struggling to do the right thing.
Posted Oct 16, 2018
42
4/4
Free Solo (2018)
Despite the gravity-defying cinematography and alpine setting, "Free Solo" transcends the climbing world and intimately examines something universal.
Posted Oct 10, 2018
43
3/4
The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
It's a fitting send-off for a legendary Hollywood figure.
Posted Oct 9, 2018
44
3.5/4
The Hate U Give (2018)
"The Hate U Give" succeeds or fails on Stenberg, and she carries the load.
Posted Oct 8, 2018
45
4/4
First Man (2018)
"First Man" is a most intimate epic about a most private man.
Posted Oct 8, 2018
46
2/4
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
Mostly, this is an exercise in style; a slick tribute to righteous trash that promises a lot more fun than it actually delivers.
Posted Oct 8, 2018
47
1.5/4
Venom (2018)
A picture in the running for the dubious distinction of being perhaps the worst Marvel-derived origin story ever. And that includes the odious 2015 "Fantastic Four."
Posted Oct 4, 2018
48
3/4
MATANGI/MAYA/M.I.A. (2018)
It is fascinating to watch M.I.A. develop into middle-age as, inevitably, the sum of her own best efforts.
Posted Oct 3, 2018
49
3.5/4
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
Audiard has made an atmospheric Western in which the four lead actors portray their characters with remarkable subtlety.
Posted Oct 3, 2018
50
3/4
A Star Is Born (2018)