Critic Reviews

“Filmmaker Soto casts a skeptical eye on all of this, shooting in grainy 16-millimeter, and using musical scoring to underline the absurdity and pretension.”

“If The Muppet Show doesn’t get picked up for a full season, then at the very least Pigs In Wigs deserves a shot.”

“"Stranger on the Third Floor” is a fantastic tale given authority by its sets, special effects and production design.”

“A long, sad road to create a trilogy that gets to sit on the mantle among the worst film trilogies of all time.”

“This is a delicate, confidently imagined fiction made with the eyes of a naturalist, the heart of a believer in family, and a sensibility with room for both the Pythonesque and the Lynchian.”

“[G]iven its time and place, [the film] (and Vicki) can’t just come out and say that she wants rough sex....[S]he deploys her substantial sex appeal and seductive wiles on both men in turns, and we in the audience are blessed to be caught in the crossfire.”

“By the end, I wasn’t rooting for the fictional Maya to survive the night as much as for the actress who plays her to move on to better material.”

“I imagine the creators of 2008’s sleeper hit “The Strangers” never envisioned that nearly two decades later their lean, terrifying premise would be stretched into a trilogy of meandering and creatively bankrupt sequels.”

“And so ends the most "this could have been an email" movie trilogy in recent memory.”

“One of 2025's 20 Best.”

“Safdie’s great gift is complication. Every choice Marty makes ricochets into another mess—again and again—without the film ever losing velocity. The structure is ruthless; setups bloom into havoc, payoffs land with cruel timing.”

“While Iron Lung could use a trim, director Mark Fischbach impresses with his blood-soaked, atmospheric feature horror debut.”

“A nerve-rattling descent into hell.”

“It’s definitely a return to basics, and all the more joyous for it.”

“Enough romance, comedy and drama to keep adult audiences amused and beguiled.”

“That it works as well as it does -- and it does -- is testimony to both Roberts' pure screen presence and the particular genius of Steven Soderbergh.”

“Its defining trait is that it's numbingly, agonizingly dull.”

“Hardly reinventing the wheel, but Seth Rogen clearly understands that the Muppet wheel doesn’t need reinventing. This is a smart, silly revival of our favourite fuzzy heroes, executed with craft and care. More, please!”

“A cute, warm-hearted indie darling this is not. Twinless is an uncomfortable, pitch-black comedy you won’t be able to look away from, with a career-best performance from Dylan O’Brien.”

“Despite Fischbach’s arguably admirable intent and exertion, this low-budget sci-fi horror makes Event Horizon look like 2001: A Space Odyssey.”

“Sweeney’s film rides on a clever concept, and there’s a level of amusement to be had from trying to find justification for Dennis’ increasingly antisocial actions.”

“The intelligent subtleties of Dabis’ film should not be overlooked.”

“Movies of this sort require a face-off. Instead, Erin Brockovich has a payout. If lack of climax is the film's dramatic flaw, then lack of proportion is its moral failing.”

“This beautiful and moving film may seem to some the most impressive thing de Sica has yet done; at any rate it is a further stage in the development of one of the cinema’s most outstanding artists.”

“The heart of “The Muppet Show” was always the Muppets themselves and the writers understand that, keeping the focus where it belongs.”

“It's a tribute to the excellent cast and Soderbergh that while audiences may know the outcome here, Erin Brockovich remains suspenseful throughout.”

“It is a laudable tale, but it often seems as though it's on autopilot.”

“The excessive run-time will probably keep newcomers away, but this is a great way to discover their eclectic musical vibes, from power ballads to metal anthems to edgy bilingual hip-hop.”

“Some sequences work better than others, but to his credit, Markiplier does deliver the intensity needed at the end, when Simon makes a desperate and impressively gruesome sacrifice.”

“The Muppet Show is back and better than ever before.”

“Peirce has crafted a bold, engaging film from unlikely material. Boys Don't Cry may be set in a heartland peopled by loser, but it finally and unexpectedly achieves epic, then tragic dimensions.”

“Peirce has crafted a bold, engaging film from unlikely material. Boys Don't Cry may be set in a heartland peopled by loser, but it finally and unexpectedly achieves epic, then tragic dimensions.”

“Not only does [Julia Roberts] prove that she can transcend romantic comedy, she's an absolute revelation. Her verbals bouts with Finney as the kindly but exasperated Masry crackle with wit, and it says much for Roberts that Finney raises his game.”

“There is little that becomes easy to observe or even ponder in Tunisian director/writer Kaouther Ben Hania's current nominee in the five-picture Academy Awards field for Best International Feature.”

“It’s not just that this is some self-serving spectacle. It’s that it’s a bad, totally un-entertaining self-serving spectacle.”

“The cultural references are just current enough to feel fresh, with a minimum of internetty pandering.”