Recent Reviews
Canary Black (2024)
Kate Beckinsale gives it her all, but she can’t save this predictable spy thriller whose twist you spot right away
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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
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The Woman in the Window (2021)
Let this be a lesson to filmmakers trying to emulate a masterwork like ‘Rear Window’: Less is more
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Night of the Assassin (2023)
An ailing assassin with a price on his head slices through innumerable badguys and a predictable plot
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Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
So sad to see Sean Bean wasted in this adolescently scripted mashup of martial arts and mythology
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Land of Bad (2024)
Yet another "things go sideways" rescue mission. Rousing gun fights. Lots of explosions. Capture and torture
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Ruthless (2023)
Dermot Mulroney goes bare knuckles against sex traffickers, but can't punch his way out of this mediocre script
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Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
Eddie Murphy does his ad-libbing best to animate ‘Axel F,’ but only the soundtrack reminds us of past magic
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A Special Lady (2017)
A twisty plot, Godfather-reminiscent set pieces, and a gutsy heroine can't make up for the exploitive brutality
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Napoleon (2023)
Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby are adrift in a meandering narrative that leaves us as uninformed as we began
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Night in Paradise (2020)
Gangster gets sold out, with bloody results. But Jeon Yeo-been shines as a terminal case with a deadly aim
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Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
It’s not as bad as you’d think. So while it’s a waste of time, it’s your time to waste