Preview4/1/21Apr 1SavePreview4/1/21PreviewMortal Kombat brings showers of blood to the April movie landscapeA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, William Hughes, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, and 1 more32Although the vaccine rollout is underway in America, most studios still aren’t eyeing a big return to theaters quite…
Reviews3/30/21Mar 30SaveReviews3/30/21C+ReviewsFunny Face puts cinematic scare quotes on a paean to urban authenticityIgnatiy Vishnevetsky2Note: The writer of this review watched Funny Face on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…
Recommends3/19/21Mar 194Recommends3/19/21RecommendsOne of Hollywood’s biggest flops ever is a masterpiece—especially in its extended cutIgnatiy Vishnevetsky146Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Recommends3/12/21Mar 122Recommends3/12/21RecommendsIt wasn’t until the second Pink Panther that Inspector Clouseau bumbled into the spotlightIgnatiy Vishnevetsky92Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Recommends3/5/21Mar 52Recommends3/5/21RecommendsThe Rescuers is a Disney classic in a minor keyIgnatiy Vishnevetsky66Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Preview3/4/21Mar 4SavePreview3/4/21PreviewGodzilla Vs. Kong, a Disney dragon, and the Snyder Cut are all streaming this MarchA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, and 1 more41Blockbusters are back in a big way this March, even if movie theaters aren’t. Many of the month’s biggest titles,…
Reviews3/3/21Mar 3SaveReviews3/3/21C-ReviewsBoss Level is a time loop of bad jokes, tedious action, and Mel Gibson villainyIgnatiy Vishnevetsky86Outside of The Grey and a suite of unrealized projects, the writer-director Joe Carnahan has seemed most at home in…
Reviews2/27/21Feb 27SaveReviews2/27/21C+ReviewsUnderwhelming undersea road trip Sponge On The Run squeezes SpongeBob dryIgnatiy Vishnevetsky37SpongeBob (Tom Kenny), the lovable and highly merchandisable naïf from Bikini Bottom, has a problem: His pet sea…
Recommends2/19/21Feb 191Recommends2/19/21RecommendsBetween Lethal Weapon sequels, Danny Glover delivered his most strangely magnetic performanceIgnatiy Vishnevetsky13Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Reviews2/19/21Feb 19SaveReviews2/19/21CReviewsIt’s the audience that loses in Lee Daniels’ bloated The United States Vs. Billie HolidayIgnatiy Vishnevetsky16Harry Jacob Anslinger, who started as a railroad bull, spent more than 30 years as the commissioner of the Treasury…
Reviews2/9/21Feb 9SaveReviews2/9/21CReviewsThe Mauritanian transforms a memoir of unlawful detention into just another shouty courtroom dramaIgnatiy Vishnevetsky5Note: The writer of this review watched The Mauritanian on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision…
Recommends2/5/21Feb 52Recommends2/5/21RecommendsDeep Cover is a smart, over-the-top ’90s classicIgnatiy Vishnevetsky46Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Preview2/4/21Feb 4SavePreview2/4/21PreviewNic Cage, Tom, and Jerry crash a February of late Oscar hopefulsA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, William Hughes, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, and 1 more7Another month, another slate of films hedging their bets between the slow reopening of movie theaters and the…
Reviews2/3/21Feb 3SaveReviews2/3/21CReviewsRussia’s Oscar hopeful Dear Comrades! is spin disguised as a history lessonIgnatiy Vishnevetsky25Note: The writer of this review watched Dear Comrades! on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision…
Reviews1/27/21Jan 27SaveReviews1/27/21CReviewsGeneric redemption drama Palmer expects us to buy Justin Timberlake as a hardened ex-conIgnatiy Vishnevetsky31If 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 Vishnevetsky2How 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 Vishnevetsky62Note: 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…