Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Dennis Schwartz
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
B+
Possum (2018)
Unsettling niche British horror film.
Posted Dec 11, 2018
2
B-
Apostle (2018)
Gothic horror pic that's all style and of little substance.
Posted Dec 10, 2018
3
B
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
As polemical as you would expect from the black political activist director.
Posted Dec 9, 2018
4
C+
Don't Leave Home (2018)
I'd give it an A for effort and C for execution.
Posted Dec 8, 2018
5
C+
Beautiful Boy (2018)
The story might be uplifting but the film itself is a bit of a drag.
Posted Dec 7, 2018
6
B-
The Little Stranger (2018)
It's a curious atmospheric but flawed psychodrama.
Posted Dec 6, 2018
7
B-
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
Though bloodless it keeps you squirming in your seat.
Posted Dec 5, 2018
8
B
The Devil's Doorway (2018)
A chintzy found-footage occult/horror film lambasting the Catholic Church for its hypocrisy.
Posted Dec 4, 2018
9
B
Cold War (Zimna wojna) (2018)
Passionate and episodic love story between mismatched lovers who are meant for each other but that may not be enough.
Posted Dec 3, 2018
10
B+
The ambitious documentary captures some small but significant moments in the black experience.
Posted Dec 2, 2018
11
B-
The Ranger (2018)
The film rocks if you can chill with it.
Posted Dec 1, 2018
12
A-
At Eternity's Gate (2018)
The performances are generally outstanding (Dafoe is at his best as Van Gogh).
Posted Nov 30, 2018
13
C+
Last Vermont Christmas (2018)
It's about as deep as a Hallmark card.
Posted Nov 29, 2018
14
A-
Shirkers (2018)
The unique, personal film is a truly remarkable one.
Posted Nov 28, 2018
15
B
CAM (2018)
Absorbing and erotic techno-thriller.
Posted Nov 27, 2018
16
B
It tells the tragic true story of a young Brazilian backpacker.
Posted Nov 26, 2018
17
B
Dark Money (2018)
Though it's uneven in its execution, its informative narrative however has an impact and is worth seeing.
Posted Nov 25, 2018
18
B+
It should appeal especially to Jewish history buffs.
Posted Nov 24, 2018
19
C
Tyrel (2018)
Forgettable and underdeveloped.
Posted Nov 23, 2018
20
C+
The Front Runner (2018)
A glib political drama.
Posted Nov 22, 2018
21
A-
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
It's a remarkable film, one that requires multiple viewings to be fully appreciated and understood for its satire.
Posted Nov 21, 2018
22
B-
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
A film not only for children but for adults who are undemanding.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
23
B-
Never Look Away (2018)
Overly melodramatic.
Posted Nov 20, 2018
24
B
22 July (2018)
A hard-hitting docudrama about the July 22, 2011 mass shooting in Norway.
Posted Nov 19, 2018
25
B
On Her Shoulders (2018)
The terrifying story of the strong-willed Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi genocide and ISIS sexual slavery survivor.
Posted Nov 18, 2018
26
B-
A Private War (2018)
Engaging real-life war drama.
Posted Nov 17, 2018
27
A-
Becoming Cary Grant (2017)
The revealing film takes us on a penetrating inner trip of the star and his turmoil about who he really is.
Posted Nov 16, 2018
28
C+
Zombie Strippers (2008)
More dead than undead.
Posted Nov 15, 2018
29
B+
Widows (2018)
A crowd-pleasing violent urban heist drama that features tough women.
Posted Nov 14, 2018
30
B-
Private Life (2018)
Despite its flaws it's a masterfully acted and a smart indie adult film, a mature comedy that rarely gets made anymore by the business-minded big studios.
Posted Nov 13, 2018
31
B-
Overlord (2018)
Gory escapist war film.
Posted Nov 12, 2018
32
A
Roma (2018)
The brilliant film chronicles a middle-class family in the 1970s.
Posted Nov 11, 2018
33
A-
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018)
A heartfelt socially- conscious Naruse-like gentle family drama by the talented humanist Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda.
Posted Nov 10, 2018
34
B-
Under the Tree (Undir trénu) (2018)
A well-made but too nasty for my taste Icelandic black comedy about a festering feud between neighbors over a tree.
Posted Nov 9, 2018
35
B
The police are viewed as the Dogs of the title.
Posted Nov 8, 2018
36
A
Burning (Beoning) (2018)
37
B-
The New Romantic (2018)
This Canadian Nora Ephron-like rom-com aspires to explore the meaning of love but misses the target because it's not on point about carrying through on its cynicism.
Posted Nov 6, 2018
38
B-
What They Had (2018)
I felt I did my due diligence to plow through it once, but would not see it again for all the free buttered popcorn in the world.
Posted Nov 5, 2018
39
B-
Backcountry (2015)
Enticing wilderness survival thriller.
Posted Nov 4, 2018
40
A
A well-deserved love letter to master iconoclastic Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
Posted Nov 3, 2018
41
B
The Citizen (Az Allampolgar) (2018)
Examines immigration from a humanistic point of view.
Posted Nov 2, 2018
42
B
Bonehill Road (2017)
Gory but suspenseful low-budget cultist indie lycan horror film.
Posted Nov 1, 2018
43
C+
Heathers (1988)
A pointless satire on high school coeds acting bitchy and hanging out in cliques.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
44
C+
Stella's Last Weekend (2018)
An almost bearable indie slice of life dramedy.
Posted Oct 30, 2018
45
B+
Border (Gräns) (2018)
It's a film of great breath and insights, one that makes you see beyond appearances to get a better understanding of people and the way they think.
Posted Oct 28, 2018
46
B+
The Guilty (Den skyldige) (2018)
A satisfying inventive and gimmicky thriller.
Posted Oct 28, 2018
47
A-
Suspiria (2018)
Hits you between the eyes with its primal witch entreaties.
Posted Oct 27, 2018
48
B+
The Price of Everything (2018)
Takes a serious look at the contemporary art world and relates it to how the price of artwork keeps escalating.
Posted Oct 26, 2018
49
B
Cargo (2018)
Less a scare film than a smart psychological drama on how to handle tragedy with compassion.
Posted Oct 25, 2018
50
B+
The Transfiguration (2017)
The unique vampire film is one of the better modern-day ones.
Posted Oct 24, 2018