Everyone's work here is truly objectionable. If there were sanctions that could be given for poor filmmaking, this movie would deserve all of them.
Overflowing - The Shape of Water
The visual intrigue is on full display, but you would be hard-pressed to conjure up an argument that this is a world you want to stay in.
Running Through The Temple - Star Wars: The Last Jedi
If The Force Awakens was a re-tread bridge to the past, this is a bold, new bridge to the future and I am here for it.
The Past We Repeat - The Post
This is peak drama and Spielberg not only makes sure you feel the stakes; he also makes sure you understand they are just as high today.
Just Don't - Call Me By Your Name
I can't say I don't understand what they were trying to do here, but I can say that it didn't quite work for me.
On Thin Ice - I, TONYA
I, TONYA comes together in an almost manic fashion, with changes in tone, time and perspective. It was adapted, at least in part, from interviews with the characters involved and thus ducks in and out of crisscrossing, and even conflicting, anecdotes. The end result is as dizzying a triple axel and as sharp of the blades it rests on.
A Beautiful Disaster - The Disaster Artist
The extent to which James Franco channels what is hilarious about him, while also maintaining the humanity to make this a fully formed character, makes this one of the best comedic experiences in quite some time.
Half Mast - Last Flag Flying
It's something like a cross between American Sniper and The Bucket List. But on whatever level these three are having fun, it never really feels like fun for the audience.
Night of the Dead Living - Coco
Absentee fathers, career expectations, racial identity. It is par for the course for Pixar to include themes that reach adults, but these are all tackled in a way that feels accessible to kids as well. In a way only Pixar can, they somehow seem to speak on multiple levels with each scene.
Down Here Together - Mudbound
These characters circle one another on rails; their orbits well-defined by centuries of oppression. Rees manages to beautifully capture both the broad strokes and small contours that take shape when people fail to realize we are down here together.
This Is My Stop - Murder On The Orient Express
Updated racial politics and slick aesthetics keep it on the rails, but you would be hard pressed to find something to really love about it.
An Even Grungier Juno - Lady Bird
There’s a world in which this movie is made without Saoirse Ronan and it’s not one I want to live in. She single-handedly takes Lady Bird from being a character I had no use for to one with just enough complexity to keep me engaged.
Harvey's Not Alone
This conduct and these people are totally unacceptable and it shouldn't take their best days being behind them for them to be rebuked.
When Dying Is Fun - Happy Death Day
When a movie has a one sentence tagline like "the horror version of X," I am all in.
Hillary Clinton Won! - Battle of the Sexes
Well, not really. Donald Trump is still President of the United States. Hillary Clinton is still a private citizen. But for this one moment in history, it's as if the results turned out differently.
Standing Tall - Stronger
This story is not important for what it meant to the life of Bauman; it is important for what it meant to the life of a city.
Sean Baker Finds All The Feels - The Florida Project
The final product really exposes who people are--their flaws, their beauty, and everything in between.
A Total Waste of Perfectly Good JLaw - mother!
I didn't hate this movie; I just hated the experience of watching it.
Review: IT
If you take out the parts where the clown exposes rows of teeth that would make a great white shark envious and uses them to rip limbs off little children, this is basically just a sweet coming of age story. Think ET, but with the occasional mangled seven-year-old.
Review: Patti Cake$
What is the opposite of woke? Mayonnaise? This is mayonnaise. A pale, bland option that makes everything worse because it is relying on fat content and not flavor.