Annihilation (2018)

Annihilation (2018)

[8] Writer/director Alex Garland (The Beach, Sunshine) casts Natalie Portman as a biologist who joins a team of other female scientists into a mysterious, growing dome called 'the shimmer'. Inside they quickly learn that the phenomenon is altering the DNA…
Venom (2018)

Venom (2018)

[7] Tom Hardy stars as an investigative reporter who becomes the unwilling host body for a gloppy alien creature -- named Venom -- that gives him superhuman powers. At first the possession experience is scary, with Venom being very much…
Giant Little Ones (2018)

Giant Little Ones (2018)

[7] Two teenaged boys, friends since early childhood, experience a rift after a night of drunken sexual experimentation. One boy questions his sexuality while the other leans into homophobic name-calling and behavior to distance himself from his former friend. Meeting…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

[7] New York teenager Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is bitten by a radioactive spider and begins developing powers just like Spider-Man. He meets the real Spider-Man (Chris Pine) during an encounter with a villain named Kingpin (Liev Schreiber), who is…
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

[6] Melissa McCarthy shifts gears with a dramatic turn in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, the true story of celebrity biographer Lee Israel, who after decades of success writing best-selling books about the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Estee Lauder, and…
The Favourite (2018)

The Favourite (2018)

[7] Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, Killing of a Sacred Deer) brings his off-kilter humor to this dark period-piece comedy about a poor but clever scullery maid (Emma Stone) who ingratiates herself to England's ailing Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) with intentions…
Vice (2018)

Vice (2018)

[8] Christian Bale once again transforms himself completely to become former vice-president Dick Cheney in Adam McKay's (The Big Short) new film, Vice. The film is a pastiche of Cheney's political career, driven in large part by his relationship with…
The Mule (2018)

The Mule (2018)

[7] Clint Eastwood directs and stars in The Mule, the story of a 90-year-old man who becomes a drug runner for a dangerous Mexican cartel. The money keeps Eastwood's character motivated. Meanwhile, his ex-wife and daughter express disappointment with his…
Boy Erased (2018)

Boy Erased (2018)

[8] Joel Edgerton (The Gift) brings Garrard Conley's true story of dangerous, misguided gay conversion therapy to the big screen with the help of Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe. Oscar nominee Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea) plays…
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

[6] Another passable Marvel movie. Let's see. What was this one about. Shit. I saw about a week ago... I remember Paul Rudd and the new girl (Evangeline Lilly) spend most of the movie trying to get back Michael Douglas'…