[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down] In Theaters Friday, October 2 There’s a reveal at the end of the first act of Digger that won’t be discussed in this review, except to say that it fails to deepen the narrative in any meaningful way, and actually proves how shallow a movie it is. The story of […]
[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, September 18 Relentlessly charming movies with rich, developed characters and genuine emotional clout are a rare thing, so it can be easy to overreact to them when one comes along. It’s almost cheating when that same film also deploys kids with cancer and a career-best performance from […]
[Rating: Rock Fist Way Down] In Theaters Friday, September 11 A narrative bird’s nest stocked with shallow characters, spotty acting, shitty politics, and schizophrenic editing, The Fix isn’t just bad: it’s depressing. Depressing not because there’s a good movie in here trying to get out (there isn’t), or decent performances obscured by shoddy filmmaking (not […]
[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, August 28 A dazzling mix of meta humor and prescient social commentary that has both its heart and head in the right place, Coyote vs Acme isn’t just a great movie: it’s a bracing referendum on the state of the world. One could be forgiven for assuming […]
[Rating: Rock Fist Way Up] In Theaters Now Christopher Nolan has done more than just make his best movie with The Odyssey, he has created the best surviving adaptation of a story with three millennia behind it, and in so doing, has also managed to synthesize and express his overarching artistic thesis. A staggering technical […]