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Brent Simon, Harvey S. Karten, Perri Nemiroff
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
B
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
Saoirse Ronan is stunning, carrying herself as regal as a woman can be, stretching her terrific acting chops as a woman whose judgment in men is not always on the money.
Posted Dec 6, 2018
2
B
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018)
This ragtag Japanese family is so charming you might hope the shoplifters will never get caught.
Posted Nov 18, 2018
3
B+
El Angel (El ángel) (2018)
They say you should watch out for the quiet ones. Now we're counseled to beware of young men with baby faces. This exterminating angel is a real cutie-pie.
Posted Nov 4, 2018
4
B
Boy Erased (2018)
A rousing send-up of so-called conversion therapy.
Posted Oct 28, 2018
5
B+
The Price of Everything (2018)
Follow the money--in the art world as well as anywhere else.
Posted Oct 16, 2018
6
B+
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
Melissa McCarthy as you've never seen her before: stunning.
Posted Oct 14, 2018
7
B
The Guilty (Den skyldige) (2018)
A Danish nail-biter, though all the action takes place inside a police station.
Posted Oct 14, 2018
8
C-
Change in the Air (2018)
There is no change that I could see.
Posted Oct 14, 2018
9
B+
Free Solo (2018)
Rock climbing is a one person sport yet Alex Hannold, who seems to have a death wish, makes the action as fascinating as a baseball world series.
Posted Sep 23, 2018
10
B+
All About Nina (2018)
Lots of comic moments, great performance by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Posted Sep 23, 2018
11
A-
One Wild Moment (2015)
A male fantasy is realized in another great performance from Vincent Cassel.
Posted Sep 23, 2018
12
B+
Colette (2018)
Keira Knightley's awards-worthy performance allows the film to soar both emotionally and intellectually.
Posted Sep 16, 2018
13
B+
Love, Gilda (2018)
14
C+
Bel Canto (2018)
A goofy plot virtually impossible to take seriously.
Posted Sep 10, 2018
15
C+
Where Hands Touch (2018)
Simplistic, saccharine script plus the absurdity of everyone's speaking English. Even on Amazon Prime episodes like "Jack Ryan," the Arabs speak Arabic.
Posted Sep 10, 2018
16
B+
Science Fair (2018)
These young people show that surprisingly, there is hope for the future.
Posted Sep 9, 2018
17
B
Museum (Museo) (2018)
A humorous look at a loser who steals Aztec treasures from Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology though there's no real chance that he can fence them
Posted Sep 7, 2018
18
B+
Active Measures (2018)
19
C
Support the Girls (2018)
For the most part, a plotless story.
Posted Aug 22, 2018
20
B-
Papillon (2018)
Respectable sequel to the 1973 road-and-buddy prison drama.
Posted Aug 20, 2018
21
B+
A Whale of a Tale (2018)
22
A-
The Wife (2018)
23
B+
Skate Kitchen (2018)
24
B+
The Swan (Svanurinn) (2018)
A 9-year-old sent for the summer to rural Iceland learns more about nature than she could absorb in any school book.
Posted Aug 5, 2018
25
B+
Madeline's Madeline (2018)
Helena Howard as title character is one of the great debut performances in recent years.
Posted Aug 5, 2018
26
B
A Prayer Before Dawn (2018)
Don't even think about committing a crime in Thailand.
Posted Aug 5, 2018
27
B
28
B+
Gavagai (2018)
A delightfully quirky road-and-buddy movie taking place in a remote area of Norway.
Posted Jul 28, 2018
29
B
Rondo (2018)
Rivers of blood stain the glossy wood floors in a sleazily satisfying thriller.
Posted Jul 27, 2018
30
A-
Among the most spectacular action pictures of all time.
Posted Jul 24, 2018
31
B+
The Bleeding Edge (2018)
Your orthopedist doesn't want you to see this.
Posted Jul 22, 2018
32
B+
Puzzle (2018)
Save the $200/hour on psychotherapy. Invest a couple of bucks on a jigsaw puzzle and turn from repressed mouse to confident woman.
Posted Jul 22, 2018
33
B+
The Captain (Der Hauptmann) (2018)
A stunning look at how the right overcoat can turn a schlemiel into a respected leader.
Posted Jul 22, 2018
34
B+
The two assassinations in the title are in the service of a film that allows Sam Elliott beautifully to convey the loneliness and melancholy of old age.
Posted Jul 20, 2018
35
B
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
More energy and imagination than the 2008 "Mamma Mia!"
Posted Jul 17, 2018
36
C
Damascus Cover (2018)
Casablanca, Morocco is a more interesting character than anyone in this picture.
Posted Jul 15, 2018
37
C+
Generation Wealth (2018)
Presumes to understand American by focusing on extremes.
Posted Jul 15, 2018
38
C+
Skyscraper (2018)
Awesome but repetitious visual effects cannot compensate for the film's unclear plot and witless dialogue.
Posted Jul 10, 2018
39
B+
Path of Blood (2018)
Consider this a primary source examining the methods of terrorists in the Middle East.
Posted Jul 8, 2018
40
B+
Eighth Grade (2018)
Highlights Elsie Fisher's stunning performance as an awkward 13-year-old who tries to overcome her shyness by posting videos of advice to her peers.
Posted Jul 8, 2018
41
C+
Shock and Awe (2018)
A schmaltzy look at the workings of a syndicate determined to expose the U.S. mistake in Iraq while one of its subsidiaries refuses to print it.
Posted Jul 8, 2018
42
A-
A shocking look at how preserving a family's reputation appears to allow a young woman's father and brother to contemplate murdering their daughter.
Posted Jul 8, 2018
43
B
Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Trippy hallucinations in an imaginative tale.
Posted Jul 1, 2018
44
B
Custody (Jusqu'à la garde) (2018)
Custody battles often ends in compromises solutions but the couple in this film are out to do royal battle, the woman claiming her right to 100% custody.
Posted Jun 25, 2018
45
B+
Three Identical Strangers (2018)
Will make you think next time you feel like scientifically manipulating a set of triplets.
Posted Jun 25, 2018
46
B+
The Cakemaker (2018)
A romance between a German baker and an Israeli businessman is delicious and easily digested.
Posted Jun 25, 2018
47
B+
Leave No Trace (2018)
Captures like few other films a remarkable bond between father and daughter.
Posted Jun 24, 2018
48
B
Araby (Arábia) (2018)
A partly allegorical look at an Everyman that concludes that travel is broadening.
Posted Jun 17, 2018
49
B
Boundaries (2018)
Vera Farmiga's stunning performance saves this hokum.
Posted Jun 17, 2018
50
C+
The Catcher Was A Spy (2018)