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 Conley in…
The Reader (2008)

The Reader (2008)

[8] A young German man (an award-worthy David Kross) has an affair with an older woman (Kate Winslet), only to discover many years after the affair ends that she was a guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp. After she is found guilty…
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

[8] Rami Malek stars as Freddie Mercury in Bryan Singer's (X-Men, Valkyrie) biopic about the formation and explosive success of rock group Queen. The film centers primarily around Mercury -- his estranged relationship with his family, his homosexuality, his drug use, and…
Beautiful Boy (2018)

Beautiful Boy (2018)

[8] A father tries to save his son from drug addiction in this true story based on the lives and writings of David Sheff and Nic Sheff. Beautiful Boy opens on the father, played by Steve Carell (Little Miss Sunshine), waiting up…
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

[8] I very much enjoyed Drew Goddard's previous work on Cloverfield and The Cabin in the Woods, and I'm a big fan of single-location ensemble stories, so I was excited to see what Goddard had in store with Bad Times at the…
A Star is Born (2018)

A Star is Born (2018)

[8] Director/co-star Bradley Cooper decided it was time for a fourth version of A Star is Born (previous versions were released in 1937, 1954, and 1976). I haven't yet seen any of those versions, so I'm coming into this one without the…
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

[8] I've been hard on Marvel movies for being cookie-cutter and devoid of surprises, but Avengers: Infinity War stops that trend dead in its tracks. Directors Anthony and Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War) are downright masterful at…
Love, Simon (2018)

Love, Simon (2018)

[8] Nick Robinson (Jurassic World, Kings of Summer) stars as a closeted high school student who carries on an anonymous email relationship with another closeted student, all while trying to gather the courage to 'come out' to his family and friends. There…
I, Tonya (2017)

I, Tonya (2017)

[8] Margot Robbie is Oscar-calibre as disgraced Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, who was stripped of her titles and banned from the sport after her husband spearheaded an assault on her competitor, Nancy Kerrigan, in 1994. I, Tonya paints the picture of a young girl…
Ben is Back (2018)

Ben is Back (2018)

[8] Writer/director Peter Hedges (Pieces of April, About a Boy) casts his son Lucas (Manchester by the Sea, Boy Erased) alongside Julia Roberts in this emotionally gut-wrenching story of a mother trying to keep the peace at home when her drug-addicted teen…