Promising Young Woman (2020)

Promising Young Woman (2020)

[8] Carey Mulligan (Shame, Never Let Me Go) is equal parts sympathetic and terrifying in writer/director Emerald Fennell's psychological thriller Promising Young Woman. Mulligan stars as Cassandra, a medical school dropout whose life was derailed after the sexual assault of her best…
The Fall Guy (2024)

The Fall Guy (2024)

[8] Ryan Gosling proves he's as good in action as he is in drama, romance, or comedy in The Fall Guy, a film that blends all of these genres. He stars as a Hollywood stunt man who carries on a shaky relationship…
Eddington (2025)

Eddington (2025)

[7] A stand-off between a small New Mexico town's ideologically opposed sheriff and mayor spirals violently out of control during the explosive summer of 2020 in this sardonic drama from writer/director Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar). Joaquin Phoenix stars as the sheriff of…
Alien: Romulus (2024)

Alien: Romulus (2024)

[2] The seventh film in the Alien franchise is by far the worst of the litter, featuring a juvenile cast lacking any charisma who lead us through a tediously dull pastiche of the series' greatest hits. Alien: Romulus reeks of young adult…
Bring Her Back (2025)

Bring Her Back (2025)

[8] After the death of their father, a brother and sister (Billy Barratt and Sora Wong) are placed in foster care with a disturbingly odd woman (The Shape of Water's Sally Hawkins) who has sinister plans for them. Barratt suspects early on…
Roofman (2025)

Roofman (2025)

[8] In this true story from director Derek Cianfrance (The Place Beyond the Pines, Blue Valentine), Channing Tatum stars as Jeffrey Manchester, an Army veteran and struggling father sent to prison for robbing several McDonald's restaurants by digging through the roofs. He…
Good Boy (2025)

Good Boy (2025)

[7] Good Boy is a novelty horror film starring a dog and told entirely from the dog's perspective. The dog's name, in the film and in real life, is Indy. He's a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever who accompanies his human, Todd…
Saltburn (2023)

Saltburn (2023)

[8] Oscar-winning writer/director Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) serves up a diabolical pitch-black comedy about an off-kilter Oxford student who ingratiates himself into the life of a handsome classmate and his aristocratic family to dubious and increasingly sinister ends. Barry Keoghan (Oscar…
One Battle After Another (2025)

One Battle After Another (2025)

[3] It's possible I'll see this movie again in the future and understand it better. I have to assume this is possible, because I love several other Paul Thomas Anderson movies, including Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, and Licorice Pizza.…
Sinners (2025)

Sinners (2025)

[7] In this period horror film from writer/director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station, Black Panther), twin Chicago gangsters named Smoke and Stack (both played by Michael B. Jordan) return to their Depression-era Mississippi home town to create a more legitimate life for themselves.…