Movie Reviews

In Uglies, McG’s Netflix adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s 2005 book of the same name, Joey King wants to be pretty. At one point, the Hollywood...

Sector 36 is an odd film based on a heinous string of real crimes in Nithari, a residential enclave in New Delhi, in 2005-2006. “Odd”...

There’s a problem with Officer Black Belt, a well-intentioned Netflix movie about an athletic idealist punching and kicking recidivism out of South Korean criminals –...

Although the Polish movie Boxer (or Bosker) is not based on a true story, it’s influenced by the time period it is set in. Between...

Netflix’s Technoboys has its work cut out for it. It isn’t easy being a parodical musical comedy in a world where Popstar: Never Stop Never...

Action movies have been knocking off First Blood ever since it debuted in 1982, but Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge is the rare example of a...

Untamed Royals follows a group of privileged youths who use their status to commit crimes and wreak havoc in their ultra-wealthy neighborhood, resulting in devastating...

Lee Daniels’ The Deliverance will be reduced to an exorcism story. Reducing movie analysis is a usual get-out when dealing with a provocative movie about...

The opening ten minutes of Tòkunbò told me everything I needed to know about the Nigerian movie. The presentation and promotion appear gritty and dark,...

Incoming arrives on Netflix as the Chernin brothers’ feature-length debut. According to the directors, the inspiration is that they witnessed a rager house party next...

I know what Nice Girls is trying to do, though it’s not immediately apparent despite the flagrant title. It’s a female-led comedy team-up movie that...

Hats off to Langston Kerman. He is not deterred by being in the center of an intimate room. What’s more difficult for a stand-up set?...

Strange Darling may very well be one of the best horror films of 2024 — despite having premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2023 — due...

I know what you are thinking. I’m a critic, so I’m going to predictably pan The Union as a trashy popcorn movie as part of...

There’s no doubt that Matt Rife: Lucid – A Crowd Work Special shows off the stand-up comedian’s talent, but that’s a problem in itself. In...

There isn’t much to The Instigators. It’s a surface-level crime caper with a forgettable plot, few big moments, and largely one-note characters. And yet I...

Mission: Cross is like a South Korean Mr. and Mrs. Smith, without high-octane sexual tension and playfulness. It leans toward an exhausting, miserable marriage, where...

The problem with The Shakedown is that the opening twenty minutes have promise and abundant fun, but then the South African film resorts to a...