Escape Room Brings a Fresh Hook to a Familiar Sub-Genre
Escape Room is like Cube meets Saw meets Hostel …minus the gratuitous gore.
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
This is an uneven but thoroughly enjoyable ‘80s-inspired movie – and a surprising upgrade from its predecessor.
Berlin, I Love You (2019)
Berlin, I Love You is the latest in a series of city-centric anthologies, following 2006’s Paris, je t’aime and 2008’s New York, I Love You.
Cold Pursuit (2019)
Cold Pursuit puts a darkly comic spin on the time-honoured Liam Neeson revenge movie.
Arctic (2018)
Arctic‘s survival thriller builds into an ode to resilience and dogged self-determination.
Green Book Pairs a Genial Road Movie with a Misguided View of Racism
Green Book is a film of two halves, and one of those halves is only controversial as a Best Picture contender because of its banality.
Glass Tries – and Fails – to Make a Case for an M. Night Cinematic Universe
A standard superhero showdown isn’t what Shyamalan has in mind for Glass.
Eighth Grade Explore Awkwardness in the Social Media Generation
While Eighth Grade is a reminder that I don’t want to relive eighth grade, its success will hopefully herald more genuinely contemporary coming-of-age films.
Holmes & Watson (2018)
There’s no question Holmes & Watson is a bad film. Yet this isn’t as disastrous as you might have been led to believe.
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
This is a different kind of New York film.
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