Category: Movie Reviews

A quiet drama that’s surprisingly moving yet gentle, giving a well-known comedian a complex role to prove herself.

“Predator: Badlands” is an exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters, beautiful and terrifying animals (and plants), a structurally airtight script, and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year’s best.

“Baahubali: The Epic” may not deliver a better edit or experience, but it does highlight what was already great.

“Little Amélie and the Character of Rain” masters nostalgia, transferring its landscape of Japan into a playground of wonder and fantasy through the eyes of its lead child.

While Powell’s film is highly bloody and invested with psychological realism, it lacks a pulse and curiosity that doesn’t befit the excitement promised in the title.

“Hallow Road” is an earnest attempt to make a movie nobody has seen before that resulted in one few will want to watch again.

If you take a macro rather than micro view, the film’s majestic ambition is easy to see—and its timing is chillingly perfect.

It’s easily one of the year’s best animated movies and a cinematic spectacle well worth experiencing for yourself.

A few heavy-handed stabs at commentary aside, “Queens of the Dead” gets by with good, flirty cheer.

“Last Days” is a scattered, superficial depiction of a sad tale that requires deeper analysis.