Syrupy can have its comforting appeal, but “Goodrich” is less like what you put on pancakes and more like what you drain out of a fruit cup.
Read MoreA stirring depiction of a predator who doesn’t want to play fair and his target who will fight back in any way possible.
Read MoreYes, it’s better than “The Shape of Water,” as most movies and some headaches are.
Read MoreA nice diversion, and then on with your day.
Read MoreHinges so remarkably on the impossible alchemy of each essential piece of a band that carves the groove, chugs through it, floors it off the tracks, and leaves smoke and rainbows in the dust.
Read MoreTreats proximity like destiny and strands excellent actors in a movie that’s — pun only sorta intended — below them.
Read MoreJumbles its chronology as misdirection from its hollowness.
Read MoreThe cinematic equivalent of settling for someone you don’t want.
Read MoreFun and challenging, rewatchable and impactful, accessible and specific. Love it, think about it, struggle with it, appreciate it.
Read MoreThere’s drama and sadness in the subject matter, of course, but that’s not a free pass to manipulate and bore. At worst, that’s offensive; at best, it’s precious time poorly spent.
Read MoreThis affecting 81-minute effort is about the lights dimming on a creative life, pitting internal satisfaction against external validation and then, when the room has nearly emptied, asking, “How did I think I was going to feel?”
Read MoreThe way the central couple’s relationship unfolds is uncomfortably close to Apatowian for a movie supposedly edgy enough to be called “Nightbitch.”
Read MoreAnyone who’s seen one “Law and Order” episode or spent eight seconds considering the limitations of the legal system will sometimes find “Juror #2” accidentally funny and often find it only slightly less painful than a gavel to the knuckles.
Read MoreIntros for these lists are pretty unnecessary. So let’s just say that it turned out to be a solid year for movies. Fun!
Read MoreThe filmmaking is electric, and the story is almost entirely unplugged.
Read MoreInstead of thinking about it, “The Substance” just bloody goes for it, which will frustrate/horrify some and drive cackles in others.
Read MoreIt’s that thing you want and think we can’t have: entertainment with brains, a comedy with surprise, a love story with guts.
Read MoreA bunch of fun to experience in a giddy daze or perhaps with pen and paper in hand, mapping shifting identities and how current motivations are driven by past feelings and lingering curiosities.
Read MoreMakes a drag look like a party.
Read MoreThe premise is clever, and also thin, and also manipulative.
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