An early look at next year's contenders for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Mary J. Blige and more.
Review: The Circle
Imagine a world where the smartest people are also the dumbest.
Review: Colossal
Every so often, a film will attempt to straddle certain lines, but rarely does a film completely disregard notions of the boxes it is supposed to check and just tell an entertaining story that defies description.
Review: Wilson
This film is a haphazard meditation on the difficulty of life for people whose lives really aren't all that difficult. So self-absorbed, mostly joyless and ultimately not very poignant, I walked away feeling like my time was wasted. There are unending annoyances ingrained throughout, but more than anything, it is just a bore.
Review: Beauty and the Beast
Put simply, Beauty and the Beast has just enough Disney magic working in its favor that it would be hard not to make a winner.
Review: Kong: Skull Island
This is just a good time.
Review: Logan
Everything in it is hyper-real, making for a kind of action that lends to the story instead of detracting from it. But it's in the well-worn patches of humanity that the movie finds its bearings.
Top 10 of 2016
Here are my 10 favorite films of 2016!
Review: Get Out
"Yooooooooooooo!" is basically the only acceptable response to most of this movie.
Review: Life, Animated
While there were moments, the film actually suffers to fill its 90-minute run time with the kind of drama that seemed possible. In the end, it felt like material better suited for a documentary short than for a feature length film.
Final Oscar Predictions - 2017
Here are my picks for every category at this year's Oscars!
Review: Elle
Perhaps this is some sort of meta-commentary, but if it is, something in the delivery feels off.
Review: Captain Fantastic
In the end, the film tackles a few very challenging themes with good-natured humor and a certain timeless irreverence.
Review: I Am Not Your Negro
James Baldwin was brilliant. Aligning his writing with images, past and present, should result in a film that speaks powerfully to our time. And while Raoul Peck's film reaches those heights at times, certain missteps keep it from being what it could have been.
Review: OJ: Made In America
At bottom, it shows us why the story of O.J. Simpson is the story of O.J., and us.
My Favorite Performances of 2016
Let's take a look at the very best performances of 2016!
Review: Hidden Figures
It is at once remarkable and relatable; understandable and unimaginable. That it melds all of this into a story that goes beyond the usual “feel-good” is a testament to the talents of all involved.
Review: Lion
This is the best version of this movie. That doesn’t mean this is the best movie. Just that given what they started with, there were a lot of places this could have gone wrong.
Review: Fences
Viola, Denzel, August Wilson. Sometimes a film's pedigree is so strong there is no way to fail.
12 Best Movie Posters of 2016
From the eye-catching to the thought-provoking, here are the best movie posters of 2016!