Irrational Man
Mr. Allen’s cinematic efforts aren’t so much irrational as they are incongruous as he deftly uncovers the folly of postmodernism’s optimism.
The Gallows
Let’s be clear: Just because a horror flick is modestly better, content-wise, than its restrictive rating suggests, that doesn’t make it good.
Self/less
Self/less is exactly the movie you might expect, given its rating, its star and its summertime release: a crude, violent, intriguing popcorn flick. Too bad a better movie got lost along the way.
Magic Mike XXL
What Magic Mike XXL ultimately offers is shallow escapism—intended to be as sexy and as tawdry as its pretty-boy leads
Terminator Genisys
No matter how much a director strives to change a franchise’s cinematic past when rebooting it, all that change can really only go so far.
Ted 2
Ted 2 is a two-hour exercise in frustration, because you can see that behind all the foulness, MacFarlane can actually be disarmingly funny.
Dope
We watch this world’s sense of morality implode, leaving us very little to pull from the ashes.
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Makes for a compelling story – told in a way that we haven’t seen a dozen times already as we’re invited into an intimate friendship.
Jurassic World
Seriously? Some unsavvy insurance company is still issuing coverage policies to this dyno-devoted theme park? And they’re still making movies about it too!
Insidious: Chapter 3
Would it surprise you to know that Insidious: Chapter 3 works from pretty much the same screeching-demon template that its two predecessors used?