REMAINDER (2015)
[usr 3.5] There’s an immediate urge to dive back into the world of Remainder once the screen fades to black. Based on Tom McCarthy’s...
WARCRAFT (2016)
[usr 2.5] My interest in video games waned with the Playstation 2, so forgive me for not being au fait with Warcraft; the video...
THE NICE GUYS (2016)
[usr 4.0] Shane Black’s The Nice Guys harks back to the buddy movies of yesteryear, and is sure to remind audiences of his tremendous...
THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE (1971) • THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES (1972)
In his career, director Emilio P. Miraglia only made a handful of films. But before turning his hand to filmmalking he worked behind-the-scenes on...
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...