Ludicrous. I'll admit this film is interesting (to a point), original, and suspenseful, but it’s also (unintentionally) comically dumb, straining credibility throughout. Hartnett’s character experienc...

An OK zombie flick, but worthwhile. It has its slow moments and some of the attempts at humor create an unevenness. Two characters look so much alike, it threw me off at times.

"Maybe there's only one revolution, since the beginning. The good guys against the bad guys. Question is, who are the good guys?" A classic 60s western and one of the genre's best. A story of tough me...

I've been a fan of Marc Maron since the early '90s, when I saw him on a Comedy Central special, a Cam Neely benefit show hosted by Denis Leary and also featuring Jon Stewart and several other comics. ...

Great cast and performances, at times beautifully shot, terrific use of shadows. I watched the extended cut, which was a bit too … extended; the midsection was needlessly prolonged, and slowed the fil...

I’ve had an interest in seeing this film since it came out, but only just got to it. I think I wasn’t confident it would be that good, and feared it might be “Blair Witch as a period piece.” But, this...

A classic, of course. If you only know Fred MacMurray from lighter roles, he can be a bit tough to accept at first but he's actually perfectly cast as Walter Neff. The dialogue is unmistakably Raymond...

Bob Odenkirk is such an unlikely action star, but that only adds to the satisfaction of this story of a supposed "everyman" (he's not an everyman) taking out bad guys who need taking out. And rounding...

The Sisu films are the best action movies I’ve seen in years. This film, in particular, really captures the spirit of the spaghetti western, albeit in a WW2 Lapland setting. A wonderfully violent and ...

Ever get the impression there are just too many movies being made? Somehow this POS got 80 PERCENT on the Tomatometer. 20 minutes in, I hoped all of the characters in this film would be murdered. This...

Intriguing, mysterious, and eerie. Heavy Kubrick vibes with the camera angles, framing, and use of music. Interestingly formal, deadpan dialogue adds to the strangeness of the story. The kind of film ...

With its small cast and single filming location, this film reminded me a bit of Death and the Maiden, but there are different motives at work in this story. It's suspenseful, and has its twists. Parti...

Gritty, dark, bleak, and stressful. The story is propelled forward by the main character's desperation, but the pace falters a bit as new elements are introduced to the story late in the narrative. St...

A trippy and original modern suspense film. Loaded with tension, paranoia, and an overwhelming need to know what in the hell is going on. It just gets wilder and wilder. The kind of film Hitchcock might make if he were around today. Great cast. My favorite of Julia Roberts’ performances.

An hour in, I would have said this movie was going to be way too long, at 2 hrs, 21 mins. But, the way the film plays out, it's the right length. A lot happens, and lot has to be unpacked. In that seemingly slow, introductory hour, important things are occurring, of course, even if you don't know it. Great cast, most of whom play the worst people on earth (influencers and disruptors). Maybe the best of the Knives Out films for me.

A compelling spy thriller in which there is next to no conventional action at all. Instead, the film relies on tense, dialogue-driven scenes that would play out beautifully on a stage. The whole cast ...

Some movies just piss you off. I went into Army of Thieves cold, having never heard of Army of the Dead, for which this is a prequel.  This is heist movie, but it’s not particularly clever. The main c...

Reminiscent of Heat, which has already been pointed out, but very much its own movie. Beautifully shot, and great performances by an outstanding cast.

A decent addition to the franchise. Easily lives up to "horror movie in space," and actually might do the best job of fulfilling that mission statement (though I haven't seen Aliens in a long time). U...

About what you would expect. Lowbrow, kinda dumb, but entertaining enough if you’re in the mood.

A classic with unexpected twists. Also a great San Francisco film. Like many films from this era, it's tough to introduce it to modern viewers because the pacing was more leisurely. Vertigo was an inf...

I expected this to be a 5-star film. The cast is incredible, and Wes Anderson’s style is dialed up to 11. Although it’s loaded with entertaining moments and dialogue, it may be the slowest of Anderson...

Bloody, great. Sergio Leone x Mad Max x Tarantino. Beautifully shot, with terrific action sequences (one after another after another), at times wonderfully cartoonish. And the dog ... will be fine.

A surprisingly good horse-racing movie for a film that’s not so much about horse racing. Surprising, surreal, and at times laugh-out-loud funny. The first half is great; it slows considerably, before ...

“This isn’t the midnight realm, Maddy. It’s just the suburbs.” Slow, quiet, weird, melancholy. It’s a good 40 mins in before it feels like we’re getting somewhere in this story about obession, lonelin...