The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Peter Jackson's Middle Earth saga has become a milestone for 21st century filmmaking. His adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novels have proved to be timeless, continuing to usher in new [...]
Oh, Canada
Oh, Canada is the newest film from the writer-director Paul Schrader, here reunited with his American Gigolo star, Richard Gere, and once again, as with Affliction, based on a novel by the late Russell [...]
Memoir of a Snail
Memoir of a Snail is an unusual stop-motion animated feature, telling a rather devastating story about loss and guilt. What appears on the surface to be a whimsical tale soon [...]
Juror #2
Clint Eastwood's latest legal thriller Juror #2 has a very odd and unusual rollout; there is speculation that the release is in spite of current Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav, [...]
Small Things like These
Tim Midlands's Small Things Like These is a heavy, distressing watch—involving flashbacks about a troubled childhood—but it also offers levels of courage that resonate thanks to a devoted, soul-searching performance [...]
His Three Daughters
His Three Daughters, a drama starring Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne, from writer- director Azazel Jacobs, feels much like a play for most of its 101-minute run time. [...]
Heretic
Heretic is a late-year gem of a thriller that is as intellectually stimulating as it is tense.
Conclave
People of faith and non-believers alike may find Conclave enjoyable. With so many religious movies released anymore, Conclave offers a refreshing anecdote of the films that now has Ben Shapiro [...]
We Live in Time
What probably read out like a Lifetime or Hallmark movie during a table read, and what probably would still be one if in lesser hands, Joe Crowley's We Live in [...]
Smile 2
Featuring even more anxiety and paranoia, more gruesome deaths, and the most psychological dread the franchise has produced to date, Smile 2 is an impressive follow-up to one of the more original mainstream supernatural horror films of the 2020s.