The Lady in the Van
Caring is a messy business, the movie tells us, sometimes quite literally. Blessed are those who get their hands dirty.
The Forest
There are hanging corpses, self-harming delusions and jump scenes aplenty in this pointless pic. Mostly, though, The Forest shambles around mindlessly.
Daddy’s Home
It’s got a good—even earnest—heart when it comes to the never ending demands of fatherhood. But moviegoers are forced to sit through a whole lot of crudity to get a glimpse of it.
Point Break
Director Ericson Core drives a needle full of adrenaline into the original pic’s heart and blows the scope out to a global extreme-sports perspective.
Joy
Joy might be reason for, if not joy, then at least a bit of satisfaction.
The Hateful Eight
But for all its obvious craftsmanship, The Hateful Eight is ruined by its unremitting incivility.
Concussion
This is a message movie, certainly, wearing its cautionary point of view on its toe tag.
Sisters
With every sick, sad reference to sexual anatomy Fey and Poehler make, it just drags out longer and longer.
The Big Short
The movie’s name really says it all. Sure, it’s a big movie. An important movie, perhaps. But it left me feeling seriously shorted.
In the Heart of the Sea
While the surface story is pretty straightforward, there glides underneath (like the white whale itself) a spiritually tinged parable.