Critic Reviews

“"THX 1138" is a fascinating movie.”

“THX 1138 is a slow go. It shows visual promise, but its plot is a simplistic Orwellian fable.”

“At one point... Donald Pleasence confesses, "This doesn't seem to make sense," which aptly describes most of the dialog in this science-fiction drama.”

“I think the filmmakers were trying for some sort of future shock. They've given us a certain horrifying sameness, but not enough shock to make us fret about the future.”

“...[José Carlos Ruiz's] mastery of comedy and the bittersweet nuances with which he portrays Mr. Lino make "Almacenados" an interesting film that viewers are likely to enjoy...[Full review in Spanish]”

“One of the film’s final lines echoes Churchill: “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” Yet the films offer a delivery from the nihilism they might seem to suggest.”

“28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is an oddly hopeful film, which brings the messy themes of its predecessor together into a compelling whole based in compassion and the notion that even suffering will return to dust.”

“[Eduardo Blanco and Luis Brandoni] are superb in what, in the words of its director, is a film that serves as a testament to a work that marked a milestone in the history of Argentine theater. [Full review in Spanish]”

“Bronstein is brilliant at conveying mounting panic and a terrible, all-consuming sadness.”

“Berg’s deftly edited picture strikes a balance, acknowledging the impact of a largely fatherless childhood without labouring the tragic parallels between the son and the man who came before him.”

“Strangers in the Park is a generational comedy without big gags, a story without much nuance or subtlety that is easy to follow and elicits a few occasional smiles (I doubt they'll turn into belly laughs). [Full review in Spanish]”

“On more than one occasion during the film’s nearly two-hour runtime, the sensitive viewer will be captivated by Brandoni’s enormous talent and the perfect partnership he forged with Blanco...[Full review in Spanish]”

“This is a bold film about a protagonist who barely speaks while everyone talks around him. Lie’s nuanced, mumbling reserve is astonishing; Laurie Metcalf and a bullishly affable Bill Pullman are terrific as his folks.”

“As a sequel, it features some visual flourishes that accentuate its macabre atmospheres of blood and bone, but unfortunately, its post-apocalyptic horror becomes a pretentious, boring, and excessively self-indulgent exercise. [Full review in Spanish]”

“Redux Redux was actually a movie I had fairly high expectations for, but it was much better. Mostly due to the character-driven story and the very humane approach to revenge.”

“It's less performance, more self-administered open heart surgery. Come on, take a look inside -- there's no poeticism and no beautiful agonies, only piles and piles of viscera.”

“The ideas driving Redux Redux are front and center in the story here...”

“The McManus brothers add a competent revenge-thriller twist to the multiverse concept.”

“If it’s not quite devious enough overall, Redux Redux still opens up a punchy murder-revenge side alley for the genre.”

“The meticulous character designs for Muom and his minions are marvellously grotesque, and the combat scenes are thrilling to behold. But the plot feels painfully thin.”

“Johnson is nothing if not a punchy ringmaster of deadpan humor and his grab-bag mindset generates enough goodwill to appreciate the DIY brashness of it all.”

“Ultimately, while I sometimes found myself entertained, it was more in a “so cringe it’s fun” kind of way than because it’s an actually great piece of media.”

“The director turned this liability into a resource that he harnessed for an ominous atmosphere like no other. The rain becomes a presence that hangs over everything, even pounding to get in when you are safe inside.”

“You’ll laugh, you won’t cry, but you will stumble across a textbook about how to make a comedy that has the potential to become a cult classic.”

“...the dull landscape paintings on the walls of Fackham Hall seem mostly to be just dull landscapes. During the lulls in the dialogue, I often found myself staring at them, wondering if there was something I’d missed.”

“The movie is exceptionally funny.”

“Quite possibly the Most French movie ever. Pretentious codswallop.”

“A simple, lovely little slice of humanity. A bunch of dead-end guys in a bar start a singing contest, and find a bit of hope.”

“The film feels destined to become a DVD-shelf comedy classic...that rewards multiple rewatches.”

“This is a terrific movie, with a starring performance by Julia Roberts that's as funny, romantic and justifiably self-confident as any seen on the screen since Hollywood's golden age.”

“Hunting Jessica Brok is exhausting and tedious as its action scenes go on and on (and on some more).”

“Now a three-time star for Dupieux after Mandibles and Smoking Causes Coughing, Exarchopoulos keeps having a ball tapping into the director’s wavelength.”

“A moving portrait of photojournalist and documentarian Brent Renaud, killed while covering the early days of the war in Ukraine in 2022.”

“Laborious and dull, I Can Only Imagine 2 only comes to life in the comedic scenes featuring Ventimiglia, who buries his handsomeness in a buzz-cut, full beard, and Buddy Holly-style glasses to resemble Timmons.”

“Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie tickles the ivories with a melancholy charm in a quiet and restrained performance. He looks album-cover cool, while at the same time drifting through a life marked with tragedy and addiction.”

“It’s a riff, played with real skill, lingering on dissonance rather than release. How fitting.”