This sharp drama operates as both a finely-tuned thriller as well as fascinating look behind the scenes at the Vatican, bolstered by a first-rate cast.
Nicholas Hoult and Anya Taylor-Joy star as a young couple who visit a high-end restaurant on a conspicuously isolated island
Matthew Vaughn’s sequel to his Kingsman films drops the flippant comedy for old-fashioned adventure
The 25th Bond film over the past six decades has some memorable moments but ultimately sinks under the weight of its solemnity
The Coen Brothers’ latest film is a divisive, but delightful, love letter to 1950s Hollywood
Spectre is the classiest $300 million blockbuster you’ll ever see, and also the dullest James Bond movie ever made
The Invisible Woman, directed by and starring Ralph Fiennes, is beautifully crafted but so low-key and subtle that it barely raises a pulse
Wes Anderson’s dazzling WWII-era film was one of the very best of 2014
Great Expectations starts out just fine but soon devolves into a routine production that seems less vested in telling the Dickens story
Skyfall, the 23rd (official) entry in the EON Production series of James Bond films, is a welcome return to the big screen
Wrath of the Titans is a sequel to 2010’s Clash of the Titans, itself a remake of the 1981 film of the same name
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is a wholly satisfying conclusion to the decade-long Harry Potter franchise
Harry Potter by way of Ingmar Bergman: Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is rich and vibrant, dark yet sensitive
The one real problem with this Clash of the Titans is the script, which suffers from that big-budget too-many-cooks-in-the-kitchen syndrome
The Hurt Locker was the best film of 2009, and one of the best of the decade
The Reader, based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink, raises a lot of interesting moral questions
The Duchess evokes a nice 17th Century feel but fails to evoke much on the dramatic scale
In Bruges is one of those rare debut masterpieces that instantly identifies its creator as a major cinematic force
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix contains fits and spurts of the magic of the previous films but generally underwhelms.