Doug Liman’s sci-fi action thriller remains one of the most enjoyable American blockbusters of the previous decade.
The Netflix show’s linking of cruelty and emotional healing is dubious at best.
The film steers clear of bad-faith miserabilism by virtue of Richard Billingham’s from-the-gut specificity.
With Ray & Liz, Richard Billingham delivers a richly evocative portrait of working-class life in the British Midlands.
The efforts of a slumming cast dwarfed by clichés and opportunistically scattershot class pity.
Tom Cruise turns the series of false starts, dead ends, and hard lessons into a working metaphor for his own career.
The Sansa/Cersei contrast sets the tone of the episode, which focuses on women more than any other hour of the series to date.
True to the more muted tone of the premiere, the second episode offers minimal indication that anything is wrong.
Wheatley’s film gets a perfectly acceptable DVD transfer, as well as some insightful interview-based extras.
A sardonic depiction of Britain as a land where a thin veneer of strained politesse masks a throbbing heart of darkness.
The most exciting thing about the season-two premiere of Game of Thrones is its refreshing sense of focus.
Wheatley’s film follows up a strong first half with a rather less productive second act.