Raw (2016)

Raw (2016)

[5] A strict vegetarian (Garance Marillier) attends a veterinary school where bizarre student hazing creates a craving for hunger that can't be satiated. Raw may sound like a gory horror film, but it really isn't that sort of movie. It plays out…
Quartet (2012)

Quartet (2012)

[5] Dustin Hoffman directs this tepid comedy/drama based on Ronald Harwood's play about geriatrics putting on a concert at a home for retired muscians. Maggie Smith stars as the facility's newest resident. She's nervous about seeing an old flame (Tom Courtenay)…
The Lost City of Z (2017)

The Lost City of Z (2017)

[8] Just when I thought good old fashioned escapist adventure storytelling was dead, along comes The Lost City of Z. This movie renewed my faith in movies. I was beginning to think I'd seen the end of grand, romantic films like…
Now You See Me 2 (2016)

Now You See Me 2 (2016)

[4] Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman, and Michael Caine all return for another game of magicians playing cat and mouse. (Isla Fisher is noticeably replaced with a new character played by Lizzy Caplan.) I enjoyed…
The Boss (2016)

The Boss (2016)

[3] And if you look out your window at the Isle of Misfit Movies, you might catch a glimpse of The Boss, an alleged comedy from 2016 starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, and Peter Dinklage. McCarthy stars as a crude…
Big Eyes (2014)

Big Eyes (2014)

[7] Tim Burton reunites with Ed Wood scribes Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski for arguably his best film since 1999's Sleepy Hollow. Amy Adams stars in the true story of Margaret Keane, the kitschy but iconic painter of the so-called "big eyes" painting…
Wonder Woman (2017)

Wonder Woman (2017)

[8] After many failed attempts (here, here, and here) to compete with Marvel by launching their own 'expanded universe', DC has finally pulled their shit together. Wonder Woman works. It works as an origin story for the character, it works…
Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

[3] Hello, it's the 1990s. We want our big, stupid action movie back. I really, really disliked this movie. It's so devoid of emotion and tediously boring, I thought about leaving before it was over. It's like Con-Air for the 2010s…
Nocturnal Animals (2016)

Nocturnal Animals (2016)

[7] Tom Ford (A Single Man) adapts Austin Wright's novel to the screen, casting Amy Adams as a gallery manager whose writer ex-husband (Jake Gyllenhaal) pops out of the blue twenty years after she left him to present her with…
Alien: Covenant (2017)

Alien: Covenant (2017)

[5] Ridley Scott returns to the franchise he created with Alien: Covenant, which is equal parts Alien remake, Alien prequel, and Prometheus sequel. The plot is a retread of both the original 1979 film and the 2012 prequel: a group…