Movie Review: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ a Rollicking Ride
Director Taika Waititi injects some eccentric humor into the Marvel Universe, resulting in the best Thor movie to date
October 24, 2017
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Director Taika Waititi injects some eccentric humor into the Marvel Universe, resulting in the best Thor movie to date
Diane Kruger gives a riveting performance as a woman who has lost her family in this new film from director Fatih Akin
The Avengers star has his best role since The Hurt Locker as a Wyoming tracker on the trail of a killer
Actor Jiří Macháček gives one of his finest performances in director Jan Hřebejk and writer Petr Jarchovský’s impressive second outing of 2017
This unusual, brilliantly-directed drama charts the relationship between two slaughterhouse employees – that takes place mostly in their dreams
World-renowned 92-year-old opera singer Soňa Červená lights up the screen in this documentary from Olga Sommerová
This Czech-British co-production starring Rudolf Hrušínský alongside a quartet of UK thespians is a fascinating relic of 1960s European cinema
This prequel spinoff in the Conjuring franchise is single-minded in its intent to spook audiences, and it does so with terrifying flair
Marvel’s latest success welcomes the friendly neighborhood webslinger back into the MCU in grand fashion
It’s Ape-Pocalypse Now as the battle between apes and humans comes to a head in this latest installment in the franchise
A Cairo cop investigates the murder of a singer in this gritty drama set in the wake of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
After winning the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary with 2014’s Corn Island, director George Ovashvili is back with his latest film
This bitterly honest romantic comedy from writer-star Kumail Nanjiani, based on his own life, hits all the right notes
DC finally matches Marvel with the biggest (and best) superheroine film to ever hit cinemas
This adaptation of the disturbing Russian novella shares more in common with The Witch than with Shakespeare
The works and methods of the acclaimed Czech director are engagingly detailed in this documentary from debut filmmaker Robert Kolinsky
This 1990s-set mystery is a compelling ride all the way through an ambiguous, but not unsatisfying, conclusion
The first of of three movies set for release during 2017 from Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský ranks right alongside the duo’s best work
The MCU’s best film gets a fitting sequel in this fast, fun, and refreshingly character-driven bit of comic book sci-fi
Director Jordan Peele’s debut film is more unsettling as a pointed social satire than as a horror movie
The latest film from director Ben Wheatley is nothing more than one long shootout, and it’s an absolute blast
This Alien knockoff is dividing critics, but the filmmakers know how to deliver the thrills with gooey space chiller gusto
This throwback to 1980s Fangoria and John Carpenter flicks is an intense and terrifying ride
This new Czech movie hasn’t fared well with foreign press, but it’s one of the best-produced flicks to come out of the country in some time