The film suggests that violence on behalf of an oppressed people isn’t only justifiable but even moral.
Jaume Collet-Serra’s deft touches elevate what otherwise feels like another formulaic contemporary Disney blockbuster.
Jaume Collet-Serra’s remake of House of Wax is a nostalgia trip worth taking for fans of noughties horror.
The final optimism of the film’s worldview lands with a conviction that’s rare in contemporary Hollywood cinema.
What makes The Shallows churn so forcefully for so long is Jaume Collet-Serra’s visual acrobatics.
This time around, in spotlighting Liam Neeson’s fatigued charisma, Jaume Collet-Serra’s formidable filmmaking chops have plateaued.
The latest collaboration between director Jaume Collet-Serra and star Liam Neeson is made with far more care and visual detail than you might expect.
Films like Salt and Unknown fulfill a fantasy of mixing current geopolitical drama with old-school spy games.
The only thing mysterious about Orphan is why Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard signed on to such an idiotic mess.
The suspense generated from Esther’s early lunatic behavior is of a mild, amusing variety.
Nothing here is very fleshed-out, but it really does seem as if Jaume Collet-Serra had a lot of fun making this thing.