Reviews

It’s a problem when you rule at ideas and stink at stories, and yet again “Trap” finds M. Night Shyamalan demonstrating his skills while falling into self-made holes of nonsense.

Without a doubt, Kendrick succeeds at capturing menace.

Has less feeling and insight about escape and feeling found than one listen to Taylor Swift’s “Getaway Car.”

If your idea of a good time is squeezing your eyes closed and moaning “No no no no no” on repeat, you could do a lot worse.

All buildup and no release, posing hypotheticals and cheering for matches that never feel finished.

Hit the road in search of something that it ultimately doesn’t find.

That McKendrick identifies this in one of the year’s funniest movies, and without falling into political landmines or predictable obstacles is nothing short of astounding.

A quintessential example of too much and not enough.

Violet is always near-implosion, and “Violet” excels at making us feel the isolation and confusion of her unease.

Executes its supposedly taboo conceptual fantasy with all the controversy of a library card and the specificity of "I Want It That Way."

An 81-minute knockoff preaching the importance of being yourself while doing nothing to forge an identity of its own.

I’m not sure if I audibly declared “Oh, yeah!” but I can’t say for sure that I didn’t.

A reminder that the crispness of movies like “Drive” and “The Town” and “Killing Them Softly” doesn’t happen automatically.

Feels like such a duplication of the insights of “Take This Waltz,” while also struggling to even engage its own ideas, that it borders on pointless.

The idea of doing what’s right has rarely been delivered with as much twinkly hopefulness or underlying frankness.

Not the hilariously bad disaster you may have heard about but a prime example of superhero fatigue reaching cast members too.

A biopic that connects some dots and emerges with both affection for its artist and directness about the tragedy within.

Lazy, lifeless mush that finally answers, “What if a Hallmark Christmas movie tripped onto Netflix in late June?”

Mostly amusing and packing a couple good laughs, “Theater Camp” is neither the riot it might have been nor a total misfire.

Manages to capture likability even if you’re overall not entirely sure that you liked it.