The Dark Tower Directed by Nikolaj Arcel

Published Aug 04, 2017

In paring down the epic scope of Stephen King's sprawling, beloved fantasy series The Dark Tower to but a cinematic sliver of their essence,...

Rough Night Directed by Lucia Aniello

Published Jun 16, 2017

Is there anything sadder than seeing a funny and talented cast in a comedy that doesn't work? A prime example: The enviable ensemble that mu...

Snatched Directed by Jonathan Levine

Published May 11, 2017

Just when it looked as if Amy Schumer was about to be pulled under by the kind of inevitable backlash that can often follow the massive succ...

Bill Nye: Science Guy Directed by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg

Published May 03, 2017

Bill Nye isn't a scientist, but he played one on TV. More recently, he's expanded the role to real life. In the documentary Bill Nye: Scienc...

Hobbyhorse Revolution Directed by Selma Vilhunen

Published May 03, 2017

It takes about 10 minutes of the oddly fascinating Hobbyhorse Revolution to see the subjects' love of hobbyhorses as anything other than rid...

Gilbert Directed by Neil Berkeley

Published May 01, 2017

Throughout Gilbert, comedian Gilbert Gottfried appears rather uncomfortable to be letting people see the "real" version of himself. That's n...

Intent To Destroy Directed by Joe Berlinger

Published May 01, 2017

Part history lesson, part making-of a film-within-a-film, Joe Berlinger's Intent To Destroy is a difficult documentary, but it's also a huge...

Whitney: Can I Be Me? Directed by Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal

Published May 01, 2017

While watching Nick Broomfield and Rudi Dolezal's documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me? one gets the sense that even though we may have apprecia...

The Workers Cup Directed by Adam Sobel

Published May 01, 2017

The migrant workers building the facilities for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have come from impoverished nations like Kenya, Ghana, India and...

Going In Style Directed by Zach Braff

Published Apr 07, 2017

"You 5-O?" asks the seasoned criminal who's been enlisted to help three seniors with the unlikely task of robbing a bank in Zach Braff's new...

Table 19 Directed by Jeffrey Blitz

Published Mar 03, 2017

There's a Table 19 at every wedding. Comprised of distant friends and relatives who might have been better off declining the invitation in t...

Get Out Directed by Jordan Peele

Published Feb 24, 2017

With his inventive and subversive debut feature Get Out, Jordan Peele accomplishes an increasingly rare feat these days: making a thriller t...

Fist Fight Directed by Richie Keen

Published Feb 17, 2017

Even though it clocks in at around 90 minutes, Fist Fight is the kind of slight and uneven comedy that feels like it should only have been a...

Office Christmas Party Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck

Published Dec 09, 2016

As is so often the case with parties, the moderate pleasures of the comedy Office Christmas Party can be found not so much in what happens a...

Loving Directed by Jeff Nichols

Published Nov 11, 2016

The opening scenes of Loving slowly and tenderly paint a picture of the insular bubble of domestic bliss enveloping a couple, the aptly name...

Kevin Hart: What Now? Directed by Leslie Small and Tim Story

Published Oct 14, 2016

There comes a point in the career of every wildly successful stand-up comedian where it's increasingly difficult to tell where the merits of...

Pete's Dragon Directed by David Lowery

Published Aug 12, 2016

To call a film like Pete's Dragon "simple" or "old-fashioned" could easily be interpreted as a slight against the adaptation of the forgotte...

How to Build a Time Machine Directed by Jay Cheel

Published Jul 14, 2016

In Jay Cheel's absorbing and frequently amusing documentary How to Build a Time Machine, Ron Mallett and Robert Niosi are two men going abou...

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Directed by Jake Szymanski

Published Jul 07, 2016

Cobbled together as if by aliens who had just binge-watched the entire Judd Apatow canon, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates takes a juvenile...

Central Intelligence Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber

Published Jun 17, 2016

Continuing Kevin Hart's ultra-safe quest to become a movie star by plugging himself into familiar action-comedies featuring mismatched duos...