This new version of the 1989 classic boasts a pair of engaging lead performances from Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman along with terrific production design and location cinematography.
This prototypical Wes Anderson pastiche has all of the pleasures of the filmmaker’s style in abundance—but also an aloof story that never fully draws us in.
The good doctor finds himself lost in another dimension in this horror-themed Marvel departure starring Benedict Cumberbatch
The MCU Spider-Man collides with characters resurrected from previous Sony movies in this inventive and emotional new adventure
Despite two dozen comic book characters competing for screen time, the biggest Marvel movie to date is also one of the best
Director Taika Waititi injects some eccentric humor into the Marvel Universe, resulting in the best Thor movie to date
The latest addition to the MCU, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular hero, is Marvel’s finest next to Guardians of the Galaxy
Blue Steel is back, but this good-looking sequel can’t sustain the original’s ridiculous charm
Black Mass is a film not so much about Bulger as it is about the system of corruption that allowed him to operate unhindered for almost two decades
The predominant image of Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game is that of Alan Turing’s giant machine, tirelessly and slowly churning its gears
Peter Jackson’s The Battle of Five Armies lives up to its title with a epic extended battle sequence that goes on for nearly an hour
The Big Chill meets The Celebration meets Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in director John Wells’ August: Osage County
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is not just a bleak history lesson but a literate, engaging, and ultimately devastating film
The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug provides a response to critics of the first film, opening and closing with two enormous action set pieces
Despite the gloomy title, Star Trek Into Darkness is anything but: this is a big, bright, slam-bang action-adventure film
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey give fans the chance to spend some more time in Peter Jackson’s vision of Middle Earth
War Horse is a journey from the English meadows to the trenches of World War I told through the eyes of a horse named Joey
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has a near-impossible task: to hold up to John le Carré’s much-loved cold war-era novel and the definitive 1979 BBC miniseries
An audacious and original premise leads to some uproariously funny moments in Christopher Morris’ Four Lions
The Other Boleyn Girl is dull and listless costume drama, populated by rote one-dimensional characters
Atonement seduces the audience with breathtaking visuals while providing a devastating emotional ride