Girl-powered Ghostbusters amply gets the job done
The virulently misogynistic political climate being what it is in the US at the moment, it’s no wonder that an all-woman reboot of a b... Continue Reading
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Humanoid cockroaches on Mars bring bug battle fun
When it comes to bigscreen adaptations of hugely popular manga comics, they don’t come much bigger or weirder than the bugs from Mars ... Continue Reading
Shark vs. surfer sleeper The Shallows dives deep
Ever since that poor, doomed skinny dipper was eaten alive in the opening scene of the original Jaws, no great (or more appropriately, not s... Continue Reading
The Huntsman: Winter’s War is so bad it’s good
Chris Hemsworth might not be the greatest actor on the planet, but, love him or hate him, the dude is charismatic as all get out. And Hemswo... Continue Reading
Edgy indie The Lobster is bound for classic status
Yorgos Lanthimos has only made a handful of films, 2009’s Oscar-nominated Dogtooth being one of them, but already his name is being ba... Continue Reading
Roommates Wanted is frothy but flawed French fun
Great French comedies are like chocolate soufflés, if baked to perfection they have a light, airy quality that warms the soul like so much m... Continue Reading
Into the Forest is a fiery, feminist manifesto
When it comes to stark, post-apocalyptic dramas, female characters tend to have a pretty rough go of it, with most of them being raped, kill... Continue Reading
Gangsta kitten heist Keanu is almost purrfect
Whether you subscribe to writer Georges Polti’s time-honored theory that are only thirty-six dramatic situations in all of literature ... Continue Reading
Marital drama 45 Years will leave you shattered
Fans of brooding English relationship dramas will surely relish the chance to wallow in the existential malaise of 45 Years for a couple of ... Continue Reading
McCarthy cooks up fun in half-baked The Boss
Long before she became a household name by scoring an Oscar nomination for her scene-stealing turn in Bridesmaids and taking home an Emmy fo... Continue Reading
The Little Prince is animated poetry in motion
Since its publication in 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s hugely-popular, French-language novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) ... Continue Reading
Sing Street will leave you singing in the aisle
Anyone who has ever had a dream or joined a band or rattled the cages of authority in the schoolyard and done something really big and stupi... Continue Reading
Midnight Special is audacious indie filmmaking
In this era of pre-packaged, comic book dreck and quirky, low-budget comedies masquerading as indie films simply because they were financed ... Continue Reading
Our Little Sister is heartfelt, fractured family drama
You know you’re watching a truly great family relationship drama, or comedy for the matter, when the characters and situations are so ... Continue Reading
Everybody Wants Some!! is rare Linklater foul ball
Indie icon Richard Linklater has been making wry, rambling, character-driven films since he burst onto the scene with 1991’s Sundance ... Continue Reading
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