The film awkwardly pitches itself between a somber drama and antic melodrama.
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The film reveals itself as a prototypical yet surprisingly tender love story.
It’s a testament to the immersive performances of its two leads that the series manages to bring its titular iconic figures to life.
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For a while, the performances are nuanced enough to distract from the film’s implausibilities.
The film treats its premise as the backdrop for a trite celebration of empowerment and teamwork among professional women.
Whatever satire of white elite society is intended by The Forgiven has been blunted by monotony.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye exists only to allow its performers to run in pyrotechnic circles around each other.
The film is an intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall, and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
Ava isn’t only banal, but also, in its half-hearted stabs at novel ideas, seemingly content with its banality.
The film argues we’re stronger and better when we’re home, building communities that can oppress the oppressors.
The film is an all-too-fitting whimper of a conclusion to a franchise that never remotely fulfilled its potential.
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The teaser seems hell-bent on satisfying those who found the first film to be an over-directed succession of freakouts.
Guillermo del Toro’s gothic romance receives a significant packaging upgrade from Arrow Video.
The Tree of Life is the culmination of Malick’s artistry, and Criterion treats it as such with this totemic release.
Susanna White and screenwriter Steven Knight’s white patriarchal guilt is the film’s driving energy and motivation.
Aaron Sorkin deep dives into self-parody from the opening moments of his directorial debut, Molly’s Game.
It imbues a pessimistic view of the seemingly bottomless depths of human cruelty with sorrowful tragic force.
Miss Sloane’s enigmatic nature holds one’s interest throughout, even as it veers into pat moralism.
The overriding despair of Winter’s War’s imagery calls into question who, exactly, the film is for.
Del Toro’s lavish, tragic romance is his most personal film to date, and this gorgeous Blu-ray reflects its exacting perfectionism.