Wide Releases

Criminal

April 17, 2016 // 0 Comments

"There are no laughs to be had, no thrilling twists in its plot, a weak cardboard villain, and a general air of the perfunctory." [...]

The Jungle Book

April 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

"While 'The Jungle Book' is unquestionably a grin inducing experience, it’s further proof that impeccable visuals aren’t enough to singlehandedly carry a movie." [...]

Hardcore Henry

April 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

"The film may have achieved its aim of essentially being a video game that you watch instead of play but this ultimately hurts 'Hardcore Henry''s cinematic merits." [...]

High-Rise

March 22, 2016 // 0 Comments

"'High-Rise' is an explosion in a delirium factory, deftly handling its class-war politics and has a lot on its mind regarding the nature of humans living in enclosed spaces." [...]

10 Cloverfield Lane

March 12, 2016 // 0 Comments

"Rules of the monster genre also do not apply here—going the route of 'Ex Machina' or 'It Follows'—as a modern genre flick focused more on characters in an intimate scenario than the jumps that a more demanding audience expects." [...]

Zootopia

March 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

"While it didn't have the emotional resonance of recent the Oscar winner 'Frozen' nor Disney/Pixars' 'Inside Out', 'Zootopia' is a fun movie with a good message..." [...]

Deadpool

February 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

"With quips coming faster than bullets and gag reflex-inducing reflexive gags, 'Deadpool' works because it parodies the rarely critically successful ‘Comic Book Movie'." [...]

The 5th Wave

January 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

Chloe Grace Moretz is stranded in a bland and pedestrian attempt to squeeze out another YA dystopian series walking a thoroughly demolished path. [...]

The Big Short

January 20, 2016 // 0 Comments

"'The Big Short' covers the housing market crash with the narrative heft of a big budget Hollywood movie and the educational content of a documentary." [...]
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