Review: Juliet, Naked
Based on the novel by Nick Hornby, Juliet, Naked is a sweet and gentle romantic comedy that somehow falls flat despite the winning lead...
Review: First Reformed
"This journal brings me no peace. Self-pity, nothing more," Reverend Toller (Ethan Hawke) writes in writer-director Paul Schrader's bleak...
Review: 24 Hours to Live
24 Hours to Live, the second feature from veteran stuntman Brian Smrz, lacks the flair and dynamism of John Wick, helmed by longtime...
Review: Maudie
Sally Hawkins persuasively incarnates Maud Lewis, one of Canada's most well-known folk artists, in Aisling Walsh's Maudie. The optimism...
Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
The plot of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets goes something like this: an unnamed paradise planet populated by the iridescent,...
Review: In a Valley of Violence
Never mess with a man and his dog. Especially when that man has had some experience with killing. That was the lesson learned in John...
Review: The Magnificent Seven
Bartholomew Brogue is a weak man and, like all weak men, he rules with wealth and fear. Like the most dangerous of weak men, he's...
Review: Born to Be Blue
A man sits in a bathtub and tries to play the trumpet, the strangled notes expressing the pained struggle of its player. An embouchure is...
Review: The Phenom
"I'm just an ordinary kid," Hopper Gibson (Johnny Simmons) mutters to his psychologist Dr. Mobley (Paul Giamatti). On the contrary,...
Review: Maggie's Plan
A delightful screwball comedy that revolves around a young woman who discovers that life is not always within her control, Maggie's Plan...
