The film’s lack of charm prevents it from transcending the thinness of its high-concept premise.
This is the rare MCU movie of late that ends far stronger than it starts.
Quentin Tarantino’s generation-defining classic receives a sterling, detail-rich 4K transfer.
Criterion’s transfer maximizes the beauty of Lemmons’s bold, haunting feature debut.
The sensibilities of Quentin Tarantino and Tony Scott come together to fashion one of the cornerstone films of the early 1990s.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey starts strong but its main character only grows thinner as the story progresses.
Criterion’s 4K UHD release is as comprehensive a release of the Hughes brothers’ debut as anyone could’ve hoped for.
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard improves on its 2017 predecessor only insofar as it runs 20 minutes shorter.
Spiral seems primed to explore the present-day fight against police brutality, but it never lives up to that promise.
The film largely evades any perspectives that might question the institutions that put our soldiers in harm’s way.
Jon Watts deftly weaves the epic and the mundane aspects of Spider-Man’s existence throughout the film.
Ultimately, the only truly retro thing about this weirdly reactionary potboiler is its politics.
Brie Larson’s directorial debut is nothing so much as a series of quirks.
The film is an un-aerodynamic vehicle of uncertain design, packed carelessly with origin storylets and pop-cultural flotsam.
M. Night Shyamalan’s film is aimed at an audience from whom he cringingly craves fealty.
Life Itself revels in the shameless emotional manipulation stemming from the ham-fisted tendencies of its own maker.
Incredibles 2 primarily concerns male anxiety about women taking over traditionally masculine roles.
Ultimately, the film most disappoints for its unwillingness to consistently poke fun of its inherent absurdity.
Every creature here that’s intended to burrow into our nightmares is less a wonder of imagination than of size.
The action builds to such a head that even the serious stakes of the film’s motivation give way to pleasant vibes.