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“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…

J.K. Simmons knows how to do sociopath. There’s something so fascinating about…

The first two-thirds of “A Sacrifice” are a largely leaden affair that…

Valérie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is reminiscent of the “women’s…

I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…

“The Roundup: Punishment” is the third sequel in a series of Korean…

Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news.…

The Adams Family—a group of filmmakers led by father John Adams, mother…

Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…

Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…

There’s nothing worse than watching a bio-doc about a revolutionary, unique, creative…

“What would you say if your daughter told you her boyfriend pushed…

Good movies always have integrity, but not-good movies can have integrity, too.…

With the notable exception of “Barbie,” the modern blockbuster can be pretty…

When it premiered at Tribeca last year, David Duchovny’s “Reverse the Curse”…

One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and…

The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…

“Cuckoo” gets more confusing the more it explains itself. The further writer-director…

There has been a growing subgenre of non-fiction films that I jokingly…

The horror movie element isn’t even the most compelling part of the…

The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…

“Knowing” is among the best science-fiction films I’ve seen — frightening, suspenseful,…

If you read the synopsis of “Sing Sing,” you might mistake it…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the…

Spiders. Why’d it have to be spiders? Any of us who flinch…

“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…

Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…

The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…

Every one of the recent English language kaiju epics from Legendary Pictures…

Not gonna lie, this had me in the first half. In its…

Four tall, scruffy creatures amble through a storybook forest. They walk, they…

There’s something refreshing about the plainly weird premise of “Dream Scenario”. Nicolas Cage…

“Road House” likes to explicitly reference that it thinks it’s a Western.…

“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie.   The core of…

Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…

Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…

One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…

If you take a step back from the realistic locations and terse…

For a few minutes, “Arcadian” basically becomes “Aliens” on an Irish farm…

“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of…

I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…

Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…

2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…

Documentaries about cultural hotspots are as common as the film festivals that…

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I return to a film to…

“Enough” is a nasty item masquerading as a feminist revenge picture. It’s…

It takes up to four men to restrain Emile Hirsch in “State…

Several enemies of the state are murdered on live TV in a…

Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…

Todd Verow’s thriller “You Can’t Stay Here” takes viewers into the heart…

It’s natural to be suspicious of an Angel Studios picture; after all,…

“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…

Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…

James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western…

“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…

Characterizing Belgian co-directors/writers Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s style is tricky since…

Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…

A corporate video is not art, as much as its director might…

John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this…

When “Caligula” arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a…

“When I think of Barbie, I think of a little white doll…

Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…

In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…

There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…

Three people sit down to dinner at a remote cabin in the…

There’s a lot of ground to cover in “It’s Only Life After…

Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider…

Writer-director Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love,” is a two-hour foray into…

Rarely has a more serious effort produced a less serious result than…

Neil LaBute’s “Lakeview Terrace” is a film about a black cop who…

There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and then there’s…

“I’ve been called a witch, a slut, and a murderer. Maybe people…

As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…

From the moment Dave (Ewan McGregor) frantically walks across a deserted parking…

The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…

Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…

Rhys Darby is perfectly cast as the wholesome, dopey time traveler in…

The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…

Xavier Gens is back with his second stateside release of the year…

When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…