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The Current War admirably attempts to be something bigger than it ultimately is, with its A-list cast and interesting-but-misfiring style.
Skin manages a few gripping moments thanks to its cast but can’t string them together into something meaningful.
Ladyworld manages to capture the perfect balance between the moments of tension and uneasiness with moments of teenage life.
Love, Antosha competently tells the utterly heartbreaking story of Anton Yelchin, the very intelligent and talented actor whose life was cut short.
Pavarotti is at times hard to watch, but ever so entertaining and explosive exploring one of the most captivating and astonishing artists of the 20th century.
While it’s set up with a poignant perspectives, Cubby fails to provide an introspective look into loss and growth.
Lacking a statement about the artist-muse relationship, Nick Broomfield’s Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love fails to live up to the promise of its title.
While it’s not the best made documentary of the year, The Great Hack is the most important documentary you’ll watch all year.
A baseball film almost without baseball, Moneyball is a revolutionary sports film. Lewis Punton takes a closer look at the conversations that fuel the plot.
Better off Dead uses the tropes and political incorrectness of many 1980s teen comedies but its absurdity is able to undermine these regressive areas.
Rather than looking skyward, Armstrong awkwardly looks at its feet, the film eclipsed by other efforts both fictional and factual.
Sometimes simple is all you need to make a fun movie, and with its quintessential man vs. nature thriller, we need more simple movies like Crawl.
For those looking for a film that both acts as a tribute to its roots while never straying from the course it’s set off on, see The Lion King with an open mind.
Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein is a wonderfully absurd, surreal comedy, satirically captures the story of Frankenstein, and the confusion which comes with it.
While The Farewell brings the identity crisis that many immigrant families face to the big screen, it also is a true-to-life reflection of family dynamics that everyone can relate to.