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Thor: The Dark World (2013)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…too little of the hammy delight of the original.”

The Look of Silence (2015)

Documentary Rated PG-13

“If The Act of Killing was operatic, this is bluntly intimate.”

Flying Down to Rio (1933)

Musical Rated NR

“…a vaudeville show shamelessly trying to pass for a feature film.”

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…an apocalypse movie in the guise of a romantic period piece.”

Spirited Away (2001)

Family Rated PG

“Part Alice in Wonderland and part Hansel and Gretel…”

Tangerine (2015)

Drama Rated R

“…pulses with humor, tawdriness and a strange, persistent beauty.”

Ant-Man (2015)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…fails to have enough fun with its one unique element: the sense of scale.”

Trainwreck (2015)

Comedy Rated R

“…Schumer enlivens the Apatow formula without sacrificing her particular brand of confessional comedy.”

World of Tomorrow (2015)

Drama Rated NR

“…a morbidly witty retort to our continual quest for a fountain of youth.”

The Tribe (2015)

Drama Rated NR

“…a deeply immersive experience, one that made me feel like a sense-deprived stranger in an unfamiliar world.”

Recent Reviews

Tender Mercies (1983)

Drama Rated PG

“… an unhurried meditation on prodigal singers and profligate love.”

The Great Santini (1979)

Drama Rated PG

“… has a literally commanding Duvall at the center of it.”

Project Hail Mary (2026)

Drama Rated PG-13

“Ryan Gosling passes the Muppet test with Project Hail Mary, even though it’s not a Muppet movie.”


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