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Movie Review

Are you looking for recommendations about the best and worst in current film releases? Our movie reviews try to get past brief opinions and dig into why a given movie works, and what it has to offer.

Split review: M. Night Shyamalan’s low-budget comeback continues

The director of The Sixth Sense goes grindhouse

Bryan Bishop
3% and The Thinning are this year’s best and worst take on dystopian meritocracy

It’s like the SAT, except it kills you

Adi Robertson
Rogue One: our spoiler-free Star Wars review

Don’t worry, it’s completely safe to read this one

Bryan Bishop
In Loving, Jeff Nichols’ version of history is as quiet as the real thing

His story about the interracial couple who changed marriage law is patient, subdued, and seductive.

Tasha Robinson
In Doctor Strange, pretty weird isn’t weird enough

Marvel’s latest finds a new tone and the trippiest visuals, but slaps them on an origin story that’s just Iron Man and Ant-Man’s origins, plus magic.

Bryan Bishop
The Birth Of A Nation is a familiar but necessary awards-bait historical spectacle

Nate Parker’s biopic addresses Nat Turner’s history and his slave revolt without digging into what made him distinctive.

Tasha Robinson
TIFF Day 1: sweat, threat, and a blessedly silent Jim Carrey

American Honey, The Bad Batch, and Loving top our first day at Toronto

Tasha Robinson
Clint Eastwood’s Sully is as competent, efficient, and modest as its subject

Eastwood likes his heroes serious, but this retelling of recent history stays extra grounded

Tasha Robinson
The 9th Life of Louis Drax is a cluttered, confused riff on a Guillermo del Toro fantasy

From casual hamster-murder to a seaweed monster, this overcrowded thriller packs in oddball ideas that don’t add up to much.

Tasha Robinson
The Light Between Oceans is ready to start fights about faults

The latest from Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance is a draggy period drama about selfishness vs. sacrifice.

Tasha Robinson