Blonde is visually striking and demonstrates a clear aesthetic character, but Dominik’s insistence on the dogma of his limited themes keeps it from becoming either…
There’s no denying that Tyler Perry is an auteur capable of fascinating works, but A Jazzman’s Blues is further proof that the director is…
Lou proves to be a surprising and nostalgic actioner for its first half, but it utterly undone by an interminable second half beset by…
Do Revenge is over-the-top but toothless, sorely lacking any genuine bite and trading in paper-thin social commentary. Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Someone Great) would…
Drifting Home can be plagued by its narrative convention and visual monotony, but it’s also a charming portrait of emerging adolescence that will please plenty…
I Came By is all superficial signaling, failing to build any actual substance, subtlety, or genre thrills into weightless construction. Babak Anvari is less…
Loving Adults is visually impressive and sporadically interesting, but sacrifices the necessary character depth for this type of film at the altar of melodramatic plot…
Me Time is an unfunny, haphazard, and chemistry-poor waste of everyone’s time. The Kevin Hart-Netflix train rolls on with Me Time, a new buddy comedy…
Day Shift tackles familiar territory with refreshing style, breeziness, and memorably enjoyable characters, as well as delivering some of the year’s best action. Despite being…
This latest Ninja Turtles product is a narratively lazy and formally chaotic bit of empty IP. As long as one doesn’t stubbornly insist on…
The Gray Man is an unforgivably bland and phoned-in actioner defined by digital smearing and toothless character work. It’s a little disingenuous to describe a…
Persuasion tries and fails to hide its thoughtless adaptation instincts and baffling decision-making behind a deluge of modern stylistic flourishes and homages to superior…
Even within the teen romance subgenre, Hello, Goodbye stands out as particularly bland, delivering signifiers and signposts in place of genuine substance. Marketing materials…
Incantation is found footage horror that does little to add fresh twists to a stale formula, instead relying on a non-stop barrage of tired…
The Man from Toronto is as familiar as assassin-centric action-comedies come, but nevertheless proves a refreshing blast of mid-summer fun on the strength of its…
CIVIL wades into necessary discourse, but stops short of probing any of the thornier facets of Crump or the culture that has led to his…
Spiderhead is pure algorithm “art,” an empty bad-tech tale that delivers nothing new or exciting. You’d be forgiven for getting excited for a mid-budget, talent-driven,…
Hustle is middlebrow inspo cinema that fails to channel the best of either Sandler’s juvenalia comedy or his dramatic talent — just one giant…