Excerpt: While everyone else plays his/her caricature broadly, [Robbie] renders hers empathetic. The filmmakers bit off more than they could chew and are fortunate it mostly works.
Excerpt: Guy Ritchie ups his game on his signature subgenre with a hilariously sublime crime comedy that acts as mirror on the legit world and oozes with crackling cynicism about culture and politics as well.
Excerpt: Witty, funny, and more well-rounded than his previous efforts, Guy Ritchie delivers in The Gentlemen his most complete and – dare I say – moving film.
Excerpt: Stanley has crafted a beautiful production combining shocking pink CGI effects and practical mutations, recalling such films as Stuart Gordon’s “From Beyond” and John Carpenter’s “The Thing,” with a nostalgically appointed rural farm … But don’t expect “Mandy”-level Cage outrageousness here
Excerpt: Anchored by engaging performances, and some satisfyingly psychedelic and gnarly sequences, Richard Stanley crafts a fantastic piece of Lovecraftian horror.
Excerpt: Body-horror SF via Lovecraftian grotesquerie, with a now tedious rampage from Nic Cage. As if a man needs to be influenced by unfathomable aliens to turn to violence. I need more from my pulp fiction.
Excerpt: “Hyper-stylized, strange and gooey, existential and mind-bending, and topped by a committed Cage performance, this is a wild detour into psychedelic sci-fi.”
Excerpt: The movie doesn’t actually do anything truly unexpected, but nor does it disappoint. With Cage, a retro-80s horror pace and feel, and plenty of pretty swirling colors, it’s going to hit the sweet spot for a lot of viewers.
Excerpt: Despite a strong cast, the film is narratively disheveled, introducing subplots only to drop them and coming to no strong conclusions about the success of Stone’s experiment.
Excerpt: It’s enough to appreciate how far these characters have come regardless of whether the whole reason they’re placed together is [problematically] usurped.
Excerpt: “Three Christs” is as entertaining as it is soul-searching. A brilliant cast, headed by Richard Gere, and a poignant study of mental health make this the new “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” of 2020.
Excerpt: The gritty sprawl of Los Angeles’ industrial zones, much fetishized by filmmakers in search of hip climes hunting for authenticity in the ‘80s, found their rarest auteur in Cox, and their great documenter in imported cinematographer Robby Müller.
Excerpt: Stalag 17’s theatrical roots were allowed to remain overt, as if Wilder was challenging himself to deliver a study in compression and discipline, as well as working through the fallout of his first real flop and contemplating his own artistic sensibility…
Excerpt: If there’s any conviction underpinning my yearly film round-ups, it’s the feeling that the movies are talking to each-other. In 2019, seemed the conversation was more intense and deeply interwoven than ever.
Excerpt: It feels tailor made to spark shallow philosophical musings from stoners sitting on couches rather than offering any real insight. Still, it’s fun enough, uses, but doesn’t overuse, keen psychedelic visuals, and as a debut feature, shows off Klabin’s inventive and peculiar eye.
Excerpt: Makoto Shinkai brings his usual combination of endearing characters and stunning animation. While not flawless, it’s a sincere and vibrant tale that is easy to get swept up in.
Excerpt: Oddly, the film continually seems to echo “Pirates of the Caribbean” with its star, a once great independent artist now selling out to franchises eccentrically outfitted and weirdly accented
Excerpt: The things that don’t work about Dolittle are mostly the kind of mundane and bland elements that many films aimed at young audiences suffer from, but the occasional strange choice will certainly bring you pause every fifteen minutes, and to anyone in the right mood, a lot of twisted pleasure at seeing so much money being burned on screen.
Excerpt: Dolittle is the complete opposite of Iron Man — though both can be a little surly — allowing Downey, Jr. to demonstrate he’s still got some tricks up his sleeve.
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