‘The Shape of Water’ Review: Embrace the Weird. Del Toro Delivers a Unique Piece of Water-Erotica
Guillermo Del Toro’s new film is a romance monster movie. Sally Hawkins plays Eliza, a mute woman who works as a cleaner at a laboratory....
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‘Justice League’ Review: Hot Mess or Hot Stuff?
Production issues in big budget movies are to be expected, but nobody wears their problems on their sleeves like DC. I couldn’t help but recall...
‘Murder on the Orient Express’ review: Can it be as Twisty as Poirot’s Moustache?
What’s the point in a murder mystery where everyone knows who did it? This is the hurdle that Murder on the Orient Express must clear....
‘Jigsaw’ Review: More Saw with all the Flaws.
A new game begins! Though it’s really more like an expansion pack. Same rules, same feel, just a few new features. Jigsaw picks up ten...
‘The Death of Stalin’ Review: Iannucci’s Dark Political Comedy Scores Big Laughs
Armando Iannucci’s excellent new film opens with a fabulous statement of purpose. On the last night of Joseph Stalin’s life he signs that night’s death...
‘Thor: Ragnarok Review’: Thor and Hulk Unite, but the New Marvel Movie isn’t Quite A Knock-out Blow
“You will always be the God of Mischief, but if you tried you could be so much more” Thor’s most recent piece of advice to...
‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is Hilarious, Spine-tingling and Utterly Gripping.
The less you know about what actually happens in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the richer your experience of the first act will be....
‘Thelma’ is a Subtle, Supernatural Character Study
Director Joachim Trier told us that after his drama film Louder than Bombs he wanted to make something more abstract. As such, he decided to...
’78/52′ Gets Right to the Bloody Heart of Hitchcock’s Classic Shower Scene
78 setups for 52 shots. That’s what comprises the infamous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and the title of this new documentary about the...
‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Review: Vince Vaughn Convinces as the Big Badass You Don’t Want to Mess With
Bone Tomahawk was a savage but highly inventive film. Writer director S. Craig Zahler has followed this horror western up with a tense and equally...