ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (2016)
[usr 4.5] Alice in Wonderland—Tim Burton’s 2010 adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s fantasy story—was a gargantuan hit. Whether due to the star power of Johnny...
THE ASSASSIN (2015)
[usr 2.0] The Assassin is noted Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first step into the realm of wuxia and martial arts; although, for the most part,...
POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE (1986)
[usr 1.5] The original Poltergeist casts a shadow its sequels and remake are doomed to sit under; in terms of objective quality, place in...
X-MEN: APOCALYPSE (2016)
[usr 3.0] Before the mayhem truly begins in X-Men: Apocalypse, a group of mutants leave a cinema showing Return of the Jedi and Sophie...
IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)
[usr 5.0] In a Lonely Place is a film about Hollywood. But, more precisely, it’s a film about Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart), a screenwriter...
EASY RIDER (1969)
[usr 4.0] There have been many American movies specifically concerned with the country itself. Few are as biting, inventive, and also endlessly relevant as...
GREEN ROOM (2015)
[usr 4.5] Green Room doesn’t mess around. Clocking in at a lean 94-minutes, this riveting and claustrophobic thriller doesn’t waste time and shows that...
SHORT CIRCUIT (1986)
[usr 4.0] Movies of the 1980s had a fascination with robots, almost to the point of obsession. It was the decade that brought us...
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS (2016)
[usr 2.0] Ricky Gervais has been walking his own path since Life’s Too Short flopped in 2011 (his last collaboration with Stephen Merchant), but...
THE ZERO BOYS (1986)
[usr 2.5] At its heart Arrow Films’ latest release, The Zero Boys, is just another straight-to-video slasher movie; of the type that dominated the...
JANE GOT A GUN (2016)
[usr 3.0] The Western is a genre that resolutely refuses to ride off into the sunset. Despite an increasing distance from the era—when America’s...
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (2016)
[usr 4.5] Marvel films have gone big before. They’ve launched an alien invasion onto New York for The Avengers, seen half of London uprooted...