The Glorias rejects complex character building and storytelling in favor of a fairly rote sermon featuring fairly wooden icons.
It’s the house. It must be the house. It’s too big. Too old. Too dark. Too … distant. Yes, it …
Some movies entertain. Some movies educate. But this movie punishes the viewer.
Just because this crime thriller is based on a true story doesn’t mean it’s easy to stomach.
This movie is less interested in blue-state and red-state ideology than its suggestion that, in some ways, we’ve all been …
For all of Chemical Hearts’ lessons about teenage love and heartbreak, it’s not a film that most parents would want …
This leisurely paced film declares that our lies, sins and foul choices mark us, painting our worlds in dark, disquieting …
The King of Staten Island is funny and authentic and painful and problematic and offensive.
This story of road rage run amok unleashes 90 minutes of senseless, vivid violence.
This pic has well-acted moments and a dark polish, but it’s bloody, profane, boozy and grim.
Brutal violence, profanity and drug use ultimately undermine this pseudo-superhero project’s empowerment aspirations.
Once the blood starts to fly, this Russian horror film drowns in its own vat of hemoglobin.
The central premise here is so ghastly that we should be revolted, not entertained.
This film has moments of insight, wit and even beauty. But that goodness can be overwhelmed with all the badness …