If this is Marvel’s answer to The Suicide Squad, it feels a lot closer to the much-derided 2016 version than James Gunn’s 2021 revision.
This espionage thriller boasts a captivating performance from Malek and slick direction from James Hawes, but also a tangled mess of a plot that fails to connect on multiple levels.
A unique setting, taut direction, and engaging performances keep Drop compulsively watchable despite an underwritten script that leans far too heavily on familiar thriller tropes.
Almost a beat-for-beat redux of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, this grounded political thriller is a welcome return to Earth for the MCU after years of multiverse stories.
The curse of lycanthropy is a metaphor for intergenerational trauma in Wolf Man, director Leigh Whannell’s disappointing follow-up to 2020’s The Invisible Man.
The first film in more than 10 years from lead actress Cameron Diaz is as disposable as most of these direct-to-streaming family-action-romance-comedies.
Fast & Furious franchise stars Luke Evans and Sung Kang star in this diverting action film from the Luc Besson factory.
While initially breezy and appealing, Greedy People turns sour during a climax that feels far too mean-spirited for the lightweight film that preceded it.
This slick, fast-paced adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 novel overstuffs a narrative better served in TV adaptations into a breezy runtime.
This allegorical horror film lacks the brutality of some of director Alexandre Aja’s earlier films, but makes up for it with eerie cabin-in-the-woods atmosphere.
Despite first-rate use of Prague locations and solid lead performances by Bill Skarsgård and FKA twigs, this version of The Crow stumbles in its revenge movie storytelling.
This throwback to sleazy 1980s sex thrillers has plenty of visual appeal and scene-stealing work by Halsey and Kevin Bacon, but a lackluster narrative sinks it.
Despite minimal bloodletting, this one is unrelentingly grim and entirely terrifying throughout, even if there’s a palpable lack of originality in the storytelling.
Despite some engaging performances from Melissa Barrera and Dan Stevens and copious gore effects, this new horror film from Radio Silence is just short of fully satisfying.
This sequel attempts to do too much with too many protagonists, but goes a long way towards making up for the sentimentality of the previous film.
Michael Fassbender stars as a football coach who attempts to turn American Samoa’s national football team around in this spirited but cloying comedy.
Cage stars as a Cayman Islands beach bum who has to protect his 11-year-old granddaughter from mafia goons in this fun but overplotted diversion.
Neeson stars as a man who has a bomb under his seat in this over-the-top thriller from the director of Predators and Metallica: Through the Never
This origin story looks and sounds great, but its listless screenplay is cobbled together from superhero cliches.
Ben Affleck attempts to unravel the mystery behind his daughter’s disappearance in this Robert Rodriguez thriller.
Crowe plays real-life exorcist Gabriele Amorth in this initially intriguing feature that slowly descends into horror clichés.
An alien crash-lands on Earth 65 million years in the past in this surprisingly simplistic dinosaur survival movie.
Sebastian Stan and Julianne Moore star in this well-made but unconvincing dive into the lives of New York con artists.
Quirky comedy mixes with gruesome horror in offbeat spin on the true story of a black bear who OD’ed on coke.