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Death of a Unicorn
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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If only Death of a Unicorn’s better, bleaker elements didn’t suggest a superior feature lurking in the shadows like a vengeful, bloodthirsty unicorn.
Posted Mar 27, 2025
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Grand Tour
(2024)
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Sarah Gorr
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Even days after viewing, days after this feast, I can’t stop chewing on it, rolling it around in my head like a taste I can’t forget.
Posted Mar 27, 2025
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Black Bag
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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It's not quite the most fun one can have with their clothes on, but it's adjacent.
Posted Mar 13, 2025
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Black Bag
(2025)
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Justin Harrison
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Between the cast’s fine work, Koepp and Soderbergh’s impeccable story-crafting, and David Holmes’ sleek score Black Bag is a brainy, zippy joy.
Posted Mar 13, 2025
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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I feel confident calling The Day the Earth Blew Up not as good as Looney Tunes of yore while still being a fine successor in its own right.
Posted Mar 13, 2025
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
(2024)
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Lisa Laman
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Equally outstanding imagery and towering performances realize the complicated lives of ignored sexual abuse survivors.
Posted Mar 07, 2025
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Captain America: Brave New World
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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A solid, if unspectacular, superhero movie with a couple of decent action sequences and better CGI than other recent MCU films.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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Love Me
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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The result is an exercise in creating humanity that never manages to find its own.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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Love Hurts
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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Add in some brutally bad voiceover and a script that is almost all show and no tell except when it comes to the violence, and you end up disappointed, despite the delightfulness of its lead.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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Heart Eyes
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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[Heart Eyes] lets the audience sit with the two’s considerable chemistry as they run from the wonderfully designed titular killer.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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Companion
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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It’s not the film to see if you are looking for a pure feel-good romance, but a bloody (pun 100% INTENDED!) good time for couples who like some darkness in their Valentine’s Day celebration.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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The Gorge
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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The middle portion in which Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller steadily increase their levels of flirtation across a literal chasm filled with who knows what horrors is a kick.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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This might not be the sweet, silly rush you want for Valentine’s Day, but it is well worth a watch.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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You're Cordially Invited
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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You can’t make a romantic comedy work without the romance, no matter how much gator slapstick you introduce.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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Kinda Pregnant
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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Jillian Bell does her thing, stealing every scene, and there are hints of something at the corners. But hints are the most it offers. This is no comeback film.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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Paddington in Peru
(2024)
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Lisa Laman
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Paddington in Peru is a step down from the first two movies. And yet, there’s still charming fun here instead of hyperactive slop.
Posted Feb 12, 2025
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Dog Man
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Most importantly, youngsters clutching their Dog Man books tight will undoubtedly walk exit this movie grinning ear to ear.
Posted Jan 29, 2025
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Coexistence, My Ass!
(2025)
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Clint Worthington
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Eliassi’s approach at least gives her the opportunity to attack the question of peace from a lighter angle than most, which prevents Coexistence My Ass! from wallowing in misery. And that’s sorely needed.
Posted Jan 27, 2025
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The Ugly Stepsister
(2025)
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Clint Worthington
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Body horror in the truest sense, as we watch a woman destroy herself for the heartless whims of a world that just doesn’t accept her in the shape in which she was born.
Posted Jan 27, 2025
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Back in Action
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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One can’t help but wish they got something a little chewier and cleverer as a welcome back gift.
Posted Jan 17, 2025
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Wolf Man
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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This mostly listless retread of superior horror cinema only fleetingly delivers entertainingly violent chaos.
Posted Jan 15, 2025
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8.0/10
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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
(2025)
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Clint Worthington
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There’s a scummy charm to Pantera that feels like the next level up from Gudegast’s first; where that was a grim, nihilistic ode to LA misery, he seems to have let his affection for his surviving characters bleed into the script.
Posted Jan 10, 2025
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Better Man
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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The monkey is freed to author a character rather than slavishly recreate a real person.
Posted Dec 25, 2024
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
(2024)
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Lisa Laman
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Thankfully, director Jeff Fowler has become more comfortable as an artist across all three Sonic titles.
Posted Dec 24, 2024
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Carry-On
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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This is the kind of solid action filmmaking that deserves to be a sleeper hit in theatres. The sort that no one would think of placing in their top 10, but most would respond, “Oh yeah, that was a good one.”
Posted Dec 17, 2024
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Sweethearts
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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Despite being a fairly forgettable affair—or perhaps precisely because it is—Sweethearts feels like a perfect Holiday Break film for when you grow tired of the tinsel and holly.
Posted Dec 06, 2024
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Spellbound
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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Sometimes, you end up respecting what a movie’s trying to discuss more than you enjoy the film itself. Case in point, Spellbound.
Posted Nov 26, 2024
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Out of My Mind
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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The true 2024 heir to the warm and unusually honest Wonder arrives on Disney+ this week in the form of Out of My Mind.
Posted Nov 19, 2024
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Gladiator II
(2024)
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Sarah Gorr
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Given the current state of Hollywood, that Scott could create something that holds together at all feels like a small miracle.
Posted Nov 15, 2024
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Joy
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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Joy has a bruised, rebellious heart beating in its chest. It doesn’t provide catharsis, per se, but a perhaps heartening reminder of the previous struggles and triumphs.
Posted Nov 14, 2024
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Your Monster
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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Your Monster succeeds more than it fails. That’s why, despite the jumbled conclusion, it gives the audience a sense of satisfaction.
Posted Nov 05, 2024
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A Real Pain
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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Movies can magically ground viewers in worlds achingly familiar, surrounded by people so recognizable they’d swear they knew them already. That... is what A Real Pain pulls off with unfussy ease.
Posted Nov 01, 2024
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We Live in Time
(2024)
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Justin Harrison
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As good as Pugh and Garfield are, and as striking as parts of We Live in Time are, something’s missing.
Posted Oct 30, 2024
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Woman of the Hour
(2023)
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Tim Stevens
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Woman of the Hour does something many movies can’t manage. It sticks with you.
Posted Oct 18, 2024
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Sweetheart Deal
(2022)
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Peter Sobczynski
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Startling and often heartbreaking
Posted Oct 18, 2024
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Caddo Lake
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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Caddo Lake is quiet, creepy science fiction done well.
Posted Oct 10, 2024
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Blood Rage
(1987)
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Gena Radcliffe
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A true gem from the VHS era, back when on-screen “twins” were depicted with one of them always turned away from the camera, rather than a CGI trick.
Posted Oct 08, 2024
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It's What's Inside
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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[While not reaching the heights of Bodies, Bodies, Bodies or Talk to Me] writer-director Greg Jardin’s first feature effort boasts an intriguing premise and enough visual flair to make it worth a watch.
Posted Oct 04, 2024
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Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
(2022)
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Peter Sobczynski
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Drawing Monsters is a thoughtful and entertaining celebration of an undeniably unique artist whose work should interest both hardcore fans and newbies alike.
Posted Sep 27, 2024
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The Wild Robot
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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In the end, [The Wild Robot] comes out firmly in favor of parenthood and joining a community, but until then, it does give both sides a surprisingly fair shake.
Posted Sep 24, 2024
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Wolfs
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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There’s something to be said for a little better than mediocre film animated by star power. Wolfs is such a picture.
Posted Sep 20, 2024
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A Different Man
(2024)
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Sarah Gorr
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Schimberg’s script is an actor’s dream, and Stan more than lives up to the part.
Posted Sep 18, 2024
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The Substance
(2024)
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Sarah Gorr
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The Substance is a film that not only demands your attention but wholly deserves it.
Posted Sep 17, 2024
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Uglies
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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Taken in total, Uglies [is] a visually and philosophically ugly watch.
Posted Sep 13, 2024
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Rebel Ridge
(2024)
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Tim Stevens
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It might not be as strong as Saulnier’s track record would have one anticipating, true. But it’s still a strong—and most importantly, thoughtful—contribution to its genre.
Posted Sep 10, 2024
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Cuckoo
(2024)
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Sarah Gorr
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It’s still an entertaining ride through a bizarre world, but not a knockout horror classic worthy of Stevens and Schafer.
Posted Aug 13, 2024
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Daddio
(2023)
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Lisa Laman
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Daddio is a bumpy ride, thanks to all the interesting thematic and visual possibilities left on the side of the road.
Posted Jul 10, 2024
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June Zero
(2022)
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Chris Ludovici
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All of these stories are about the contradictions inherent in being alive and how we can simultaneously be a part of something and separate from it.
Posted Jul 10, 2024
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Mother, Couch
(2023)
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Sarah Gorr
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It’s... a joy to see McGregor far from franchises and playing out a strange version of middle-aged confusion, grief, and fear.
Posted Jul 10, 2024
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Kill
(2023)
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Justin Harrison
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[A] worthy swing with strong narrative escalation and an enjoyably despicable turn from Juyal.
Posted Jul 10, 2024
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