Recent Reviews
Dragonfly (2002)
A promising supernatural premise dissolves into a grab bag of jump scares and things that go bump in the night
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
This is Star Wars, right? So why endless battles with monsters? And something’s missing. Stakes! A story!
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Untamed Heart (1993)
Marisa Tomei, Christian Slater, Rosie Perez. What more could you want? How about a plausible screenplay.
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The Confirmation (2016)
Clive Owen navigates a weekend full of bad luck as he struggles to confirm he deserves redemption
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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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An Ethics Lesson (2013)
You may feel guilty watching this whacky dark comedy, which is a tad bloody and perverse; but also oddly fun
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Gladiator II (2024)
Laughable CGI undercuts the impact, but Denzel Washington saves Gladiator II (though not Rome)
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Jules (2023)
This quirky tale of three elders helping an endearing alien has something to say about life’s regrets and growing older
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Little Black Book (2004)
Brittany Murphy and Holly Hunter may be the stars, but it's Julianne Nicholson who breaks your heart
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Brothers (2024)
If you can believe Peter Dinklage and Josh Brolin are twins, maybe you’ll believe this movie is funny
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Trap (2024)
Josh Harnett is the only reason to see Trap, for a closing shot that evokes Norman Bates in that Hitchcock classic