Reviews7:00 AM15hSaveReviews7:00 AMCReviewsGeneric redemption drama Palmer expects us to buy Justin Timberlake as a hardened ex-conIgnatiy Vishnevetsky20If there’s anything worth missing about the leading men of long ago, it is not—as right-wing pundits claim—some…
Reviews1/19/21Jan 19SaveReviews1/19/21BReviewsNotturno offers a striking look at the scars, but not the horrors, of life in a war zoneIgnatiy Vishnevetsky1How does one sleep near a war zone? The question, though never directly posed, is given multiple answers in…
Reviews1/12/21Jan 12SaveReviews1/12/21CReviewsLiam Neeson moseys into Clint Eastwood territory with The MarksmanIgnatiy Vishnevetsky16Note: The writer of this review watched The Marksman on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
Reviews12/17/20Dec 17SaveReviews12/17/20CReviewsArmageddon is free family therapy in the Gerard Butler disaster movie GreenlandIgnatiy Vishnevetsky30If the disaster genre is to be believed, global cataclysms are nothing short of free couples therapy and family…
Reviews12/16/20Dec 16SaveReviews12/16/20B-ReviewsPaul W.S. Anderson brings more video game mayhem to the big screen with Monster HunterIgnatiy Vishnevetsky61Note: The writer of this review watched Monster Hunter on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision…
Reviews12/10/20Dec 10SaveReviews12/10/20DReviewsThe first movie inspired by the pandemic is here, and it sucksIgnatiy Vishnevetsky96If nothing else, the pandemic has separated the true constants from the variables. We know now what an America…
Best Of12/9/20Dec 92Best Of12/9/20Best OfThe best movie scenes of 2020A.A. Dowd, Allison Shoemaker, Alex McLevy, and 16 more72Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…
Preview12/3/20Dec 31Preview12/3/20PreviewWonder Woman, George Clooney, and Pixar bring the blockbusters home this ChristmasA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, and 1 more43It’s the final month of 2020, and we’re not much closer than we were all year to getting back to the status quo of…
Reviews12/1/20Dec 11Reviews12/1/20BReviewsMayor finds cringe comedy and dread in the business of running a Palestinian cityIgnatiy Vishnevetsky10Musa Hadid, the mayor of the Palestinian city of Ramallah (pop. 40,000), is not an imposing guy. Accoutered in a…
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Reviews11/24/20Nov 242Reviews11/24/20DReviewsStardust, the Bowie biopic without any Bowie songs, is velvet garbageIgnatiy Vishnevetsky152Note: The writer of this review watched Stardust on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see…
Reviews11/20/20Nov 20SaveReviews11/20/20ReviewsThere are two new Jackie Chan movies out today, but only one is dumb and funIgnatiy Vishnevetsky38There’s no reason why a movie that features Jackie Chan, lion attacks, and machete-wielding henchmen on Jet Skis…
Recommends11/20/20Nov 20SaveRecommends11/20/20RecommendsA quirky ’80s comedy features one of Jackie Chan’s toughest fightsIgnatiy Vishnevetsky10Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Recommends11/12/20Nov 122Recommends11/12/20RecommendsWith Lessons Of Darkness, Werner Herzog turned the Gulf War into science fictionIgnatiy Vishnevetsky14Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Reviews11/6/20Nov 6SaveReviews11/6/20C+ReviewsThrowback quirks aside, David Fincher’s Citizen Kane origin story Mank is conventional to a faultIgnatiy Vishnevetsky55It’s the spring of 1940. The alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) has come to a secluded ranch…
Preview11/2/20Nov 2SavePreview11/2/20PreviewThis November brings Oscar contenders, a David Bowie biopic, and lots of Christmas fareA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, William Hughes, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, and 1 more52Those determined to see a new movie on the big screen this month may have a few options, as a Blumhouse horror…
Reviews10/27/20Oct 27SaveReviews10/27/20B-ReviewsFire Will Come eventually and spectacularly lives up to its titleIgnatiy Vishnevetsky2Oliver Laxe’s Fire Will Come opens at night in a forest somewhere in Galicia, the mountainous region of northwestern…
Reviews10/15/20Oct 15SaveReviews10/15/20C-ReviewsBen Wheatley’s demystified Rebecca is a pale imitation of the Hitchcock classicIgnatiy Vishnevetsky64Note: The writer of this review watched Rebecca from home on a digital screener. Before making the decision to see…
Recommends10/13/20Oct 13SaveRecommends10/13/20RecommendsNon-Stop took the Liam Neeson thriller to new heights of dumb-smart funIgnatiy Vishnevetsky11Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Recommends10/9/20Oct 9SaveRecommends10/9/20RecommendsThere’s a touch of Oliver Stone and ’80s action excess in this ode to the Black PanthersIgnatiy Vishnevetsky16Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…