Recent Reviews

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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Revolver (2024)
In this tense tale of retribution, Jeon Do-yeon proves that Hell hath no fury like a police officer betrayed
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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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Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)
Yes, it’s that bad. This diehard Star Trek fan feels sorry for Michelle Yeoh and PO'd at the filmmakers
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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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Hitchcock (2012)
Psycho, the movie that defined modern horror, serves as a diverting backdrop for a love story
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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
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My Lovely Angel (2021)
Jin Goo and Jung Seo-yeon make an unlikely family in this unexpectedly touching tale of redemption
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Conclave (2024)
Superb performances by Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini are the inspired aspects of this religious semi-thriller
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Recent Quick Takes
Barefoot (2014)
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This feel-good romance about mental instability successfully walks that fine line between cliche and authenticity
The Front Line (2011)
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The vicious battle of Aerok Hill leaves North and South Korean soldiers unable to remember why they even fought
Christmas in Scotland (2023)
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A vacationing New York installation designer overcomes cliches to transform her Scottish hometown
A Furry Little Christmas (2021)
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Yet another independent, successful woman is coerced into returning to her hometown for a ‘nice guy’
Grace of Monaco (2014)
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Try as she might, even audaciously talented Nicole Kidman can't breath any life into this wooden script
The Back-Up Plan (2010)
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Spinster Jennifer Lopez's plan to invent a new life is sidetracked by a series of ever-more ridiculous coincidences
The Accidental Husband (2008)
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This chaotic tale of revenge and romance is too convoluted to follow and too silly to tolerate
Bridesmaids (2011)
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A touching, gross, and relentlessly hilarious tale of friends enduring the best and worst of times together
Transfusion (2023)
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Sam Worthington is mired in a plodding plot that wants to be actioner and think piece and winds up being neither