Maclean's Magazine
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Rough Night (2017)
Aniello co-wrote the script with her partner, Paul W. Downs -- who also plays the bride's testosterone-challenged fiancé -- and it has a giddy, affable energy.
Posted Jun 22, 2017
2
The Dark Knight (2008)
As summer movies go, The Dark Knight is head and shoulders above most.
Posted May 31, 2017
3
Risk (2017)
A film that takes on a life of its own and defies the director's best intentions.
Posted May 19, 2017
4
Norman unfolds with the elegance and intricacy of an O. Henry short story.
Posted Apr 27, 2017
5
La La Land (2016)
Rejuvenating two tired genres, the romcom and the musical, La La Land amounts to an extravagant and improbable act of resistance against Hollywood convention.
Posted Dec 8, 2016
6
7
Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight provides a candid, achingly melancholic portrait of marginalization in America.
Posted Oct 20, 2016
8
Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)
Kim Nguyen finds raw authenticity in his location, and in the volatile chemistry between his two stars.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
9
Personal Shopper (2017)
Never have fingers tapping a phone been used to create such nail-biting suspense.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
10
Gimme Danger (2016)
Jim Jarmusch assembled a collage of Iggy's exploits that's a bit shambling, yet in the spirit of its subject.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
11
Loving (2016)
A sublimely understated civil rights drama.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
12
Mean Dreams (2017)
It's refreshing to see a Canadian film that embraces a genre with unapologetic passion, and with no ironic asides.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
13
Aquarius (2016)
Taking us into the heart of a Brazilian culture war, Aquarius serves as a bracing palate cleanser after the Olympics.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
14
15
The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi) (2016)
Park plays fast and loose with expectations, with a shape-shifting plot that's as ornate as the art direction- a mirrored dollhouse of seduction, deception and fatal attraction.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
16
Elle (2016)
17
The Salesman (Forushande) (2017)
Creating tension that ratchets up in sly increments, Farhadi steers his narrative to a shattering conclusion about the quality of mercy and vengeance.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
18
I, Daniel Blake (2017)
Witty, tender and oh so relevant, it's a lot more fun than it sounds.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
19
Paterson (2016)
It's a one-of-a-kind, strangely moving film, and as close as cinema gets to pure poetry.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
20
Toni Erdmann (2016)
Finally, the feminist workplace comedy we've all been waiting for.
Posted Sep 19, 2016
21
X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009)
No matter how well-staged, the action doesn't make much sense, and the story is a tedious muddle.
Posted Jun 14, 2016
22
A Royal Night Out (2015)
Elevated by a delightful performance from Bel Powley, it sits squarely in the middle of the range of royal films to be enjoyed, but not remembered.
Posted Dec 9, 2015
23
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Bottom line: it's a better Bond movie than most, but not as good as Casino Royale.
Posted Nov 2, 2015
24
Skyfall (2012)
Skyfall elevates the Bond genre to a new level of A-list refinement. But it's a game-changing movie in more ways than one.
Posted Oct 5, 2015
25
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
26
Mr. Holmes (2015)
27
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
28
X-Men: First Class (2011)
As X-Men movies go, this one has a lot to recommend it by virtue of the acting alone.
Posted Jul 13, 2015
29
Good Neighbors (2011)
The film is superbly crafted, with veteran cinematographer Guy Dufaux composing a coherent palette of dark, rich interiors.
Posted Jul 13, 2015
30
Iron Man (2008)
Downey updates the superhero prototype with a unique blend of bravado and wit.
Posted Jun 15, 2015
31
Spy (2015)
After credits at the end of Spy started rolling, I had a hankering to see it again.
Posted Jun 10, 2015
32
Changeling (2008)
33
The Fifth Estate (2013)
This breathless thriller that treats the speed of data as a matter of life and death.
Posted Mar 27, 2015
34
A Touch of Sin (2013)
35
Carrie (2013)
By taking a safe, piecemeal approach -- and treating the original a sacred text rather than completely reinventing it -- the result at times seems weirdly anachronistic.
Posted Mar 27, 2015
36
Adoration (2008)
Adoration spins an intricate weave of deception, an avatar maze in which almost every character is revealed to have more than one persona.
Posted Mar 17, 2015
37
Star Trek (2009)
38
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
39
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
While there's some meat to Dakota Johnson's role of the ingenue, Jamie Dornan is given absolutely nothing to work with for most of the film.
Posted Feb 19, 2015
40
The Artist (2011)
The year's most unlikely crowd-pleaser.
Posted Feb 17, 2015
41
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
It feels vitally fresh and exciting. An overload of ideas, energy, ambition and dopey sincerity is always better than a paucity of the same.
Posted Feb 5, 2015
42
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The film belongs to Chiwetel and the remarkable ensemble that surrounds him. With McQueen, they've created a landmark picture of devastating power.
Posted Jan 13, 2015
43
Gone Girl (2014)
Gone Girl may begin a smart and promising mystery, but it ends a misogynistic wet dream.
Posted Jan 4, 2015
44
Mr. Turner (2014)
It's actor Timothy Spall who brings what could have been a two-dimensional caricature to life.
Posted Dec 24, 2014
45
46
Frost/Nixon (2008)
The movie is essentially a chamber piece pivoting on two beautifully nuanced performances.
Posted Oct 28, 2014
47
The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
48
Chéri (2009)
Pfeiffer maintains her poise throughout. It's not her performance that limits Chéri, it's the script, which too thin to support the emotional weight it's expected to bear.
Posted Oct 1, 2014
49
Toy Story 3 (2010)
While the franchise's sentimental mould is inviolable, this sequel has a darker, more satirical edge.
Posted Aug 25, 2014
50
Get On Up (2014)