Recent Reviews
The Shape of Water (2017)
Sally Hawkins is enchanting in this masterfully told tale of love, loss … and monsters
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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
This potentially thought-provoking science-fiction adventure morphs into an entertaining creature feature
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The Paper Chase (1973)
Watch John Houseman spar with Timothy Bottoms? Hang in there only if the early 70s is your thing
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The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Toshiro Mifune gets top billing, but Kamatari Fujiwara and Minoru Chiaki are the stars in this Kurosawa epic
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The 33 (2015)
Antonio Banderas gives it his all in this real-life tale of trapped Chilean miners beating the odds
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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
You expect a lot from Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, and Pierce Brosnan, and they deliver in this delightful whodunit
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
This silent-era masterpiece is a must-see for film students, but exhausting for modern audiences to watch
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The Pod Generation (2023)
Emilia Clarke and Chiwetel Ejiofor squeeze as much heart as possible out of this bloodless satire
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The Amateur (2025)
This Amateur doesn’t even try to outdo the 1981 original; it just gives us a passable, if implausible, spy thriller
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The Amateur (1981)
If the intensity of the opening scenes could have been sustained, ‘The Amateur’ might have been a classic
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The Accountant 2 (2025)
Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal exchange brotherly banter as they blast through a horde of despicable bad guys
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The Accountant (2016)
Ben Affleck may be the star, but it is snarky Anna Kendrick who makes this just-good-enough thriller worth it