Movie Review: ‘Happy Death Day’ a Pseudo-Slasher Groundhog Day
The Bill Murray classic is given a horror movie spin in this fitfully fun, but entirely illogical, new horror movie
November 3, 2017
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The Bill Murray classic is given a horror movie spin in this fitfully fun, but entirely illogical, new horror movie
After a seven year absence, this new sequel picks things right back up in gruesome, illogical fashion
A new cut of the beloved BBC nature documentary features new narration by Robert Redford… and some additional fart jokes
Director Taika Waititi injects some eccentric humor into the Marvel Universe, resulting in the best Thor movie to date
This SyFy-level disaster movie inexplicably unleashed in cinemas worldwide is missing the graceful touch of Roland Emmerich
This new film from the director of Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream abandons a compelling story in favor of heavy-handed metaphor
Cartoonish style overtakes real-world substance in this new film about Soviet poet Anna Alexandrovna Barkovová
This icy thriller from the Jo Nesbø bestseller pits a solid mystery against a wintry backdrop, but comes unglued by the end
The Leviathan director pulls no punches in this harrowing account of a family – and a society – in the midst of implosion
Diane Kruger gives a riveting performance as a woman who has lost her family in this new film from director Fatih Akin
Ruben Östlund’s Palme D’or-winning satire couldn’t take aim at an easier target, but it’s an often-hilarious crowdpleaser
The Avengers star has his best role since The Hurt Locker as a Wyoming tracker on the trail of a killer
A cut-rate revenge drama is given self-reflective depth by director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and star Joaquin Phoenix
Deadpan humor uneasily mixes with psychological horror in this masterfully-directed film from The Lobster’s Yorgos Lanthimos
Warts and all, this visionary piece of science fiction comes close to matching the classic – and divisive – Ridley Scott original
Actor Jiří Macháček gives one of his finest performances in director Jan Hřebejk and writer Petr Jarchovský’s impressive second outing of 2017
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba are out-acted by a yellow labrador in this laughable survival movie weighed down by a romantic subplot
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 long-delayed entry in the horror series boasts solid direction, but suffers from choppy editing and a thin story
This mild romantic comedy starring Reese Witherspoon is light on substance, but big on heart
This sequel to the 2014 adaption of the comic series is as fun as its predecessor, but lacks its devilishly explosive finale
There’s a fascinating terrorist-themed Death Wish story in here somewhere, but it gets crammed into a standard-fare action movie
This Czech-British co-production starring Rudolf Hrušínský alongside a quartet of UK thespians is a fascinating relic of 1960s European cinema