Drama Rated R
“Carell’s performance is exaggerated, pronounced and so prominent that it obstructs other features.”
Drama Rated PG-13
“…the noble patient, served up with heavy doses of tea and sympathy.”
Comedy Rated R
“…satirizes the fact that our increasingly integrated culture has in some ways only heightened the reliance on dismissive shorthand.”
Drama Rated NR
“There is a little bit of the Ten Commandments here, but there’s even more Brothers Grimm.”
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
“What many had hoped would be Christopher Nolan’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is, instead, 2014: An Exposition Odyssey.”
Thriller Rated R
“Jake Gyllenhaal haunts Nightcrawler like a ghost who’s seen a ghost…”
“…never quite generates the comic flow its story needs.”
Horror Rated NR
“Mitchum is a dreamily terrifying presence, partly because he’s filmed in menacing silhouette a good quarter of the time.”
Family Rated PG
“…looks as if it’s made from materials found in the back closet of an arts-and-crafts class.”
“With a glint in his eye and a ‘caw!’ on his lips, Michael Keaton takes the unexpected opportunity that is Birdman and soars with it.”
