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Tag: Action/Adventure

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…falls somewhere between the turgid mythologizing of Prometheus and the genre sleekness of the original.”

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…insists on trying to wear big-boy blockbuster pants.”

Top Gun (1986)

Action/Adventure Rated PG

“Could Top Gun actually be a portrait of the dark side of American individualism?”

The Fate of the Furious (2017)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“For most of its running time this is a desperate search for a new spark plug.”

Logan (2017)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…a superhero movie that eschews invincibility in favor of human frailty.”

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…will make even the most hardened action fan wince.”

John Wick (2014)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“…depicts a man who unleashes his mourning on the world.”

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…doesn’t move the bar on what it means to be a Star Wars movie in any significant way.”

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…represents the Marvelization of the Harry Potter universe.”

Doctor Strange (2016)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“…entertains, but never haunts.”

Recent Reviews

Two Minutes Late (1952)

Drama Rated NR

“… aims to be a big-screen version of a lurid pulp crime novel.”

Xiao Wu (Pickpocket) (1997)

Drama Rated NR

“… a scrappy, neo-realist tale of societal scrounging that’s paused by poetic moments of slow cinema.”

Tropical Malady (2004)

Drama Rated NR

“Unusually sensitive, in the sense that every element seems to pulse with its own life force. . .”


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