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Close
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2019-01-17
The twists in Close aren’t very twisty and its thrills aren’t particularly thrilling. But if watching women getting smacked around by cartoon bad guys before finally getting payback is your thing, by all means, have at it.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
The Upside
A review by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly2019-01-14
The racial politics feel almost willfully retro, but the actors’ charisma cuts through: Forced to work strictly from the neck up, Cranston is just the right amount of gruff; Hart, aside from a deeply unnecessary catheter scene, gives a gratifyingly prickly and vulnerable performance. Somewhere beneath this passable-enough Upside, there’s a better, sharper movie for them both.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
A Dog's Way Home
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2019-01-11
Heartwarming, mildly funny, and occasionally thrilling without ever being anything more than just fine.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Glass
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2019-01-09
Yes, it’s easy to be impressed by the world that Shyamalan has created and now fleshed out, but it would be nice if we were also moved to feel something too. In the end, Glass is more half empty than half full.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Holmes & Watson
A review by Dana Schwartz for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-26
A brilliant supporting cast, which includes Hugh Laurie, Steve Coogan, Ralph Fiennes, Lauren Lapkus, Rebecca Hall, and Kelly MacDonald, is utterly wasted on this lame and forgettable outing. The only real mystery is why they wanted to be apart of this project at all.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Stan & Ollie
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-24
The reason that this old-fashioned movie works as well as it does is the transformative commitment of its two leads. They’re both clowns crying on the inside, who, despite years of resentment, know they’re more than partners; they’re uneasy soul mates stuck in one last “fine mess” together.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
All Is True
A review by Dana Schwartz for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-21
There is a beautiful, surprising, and entirely engrossing film within this movie; it’s just almost impossible to find among the establishing shots of ponds and endless subplots of real-life characters introduced for seemingly no other reason than to help make this movie perfect for sophomore year high school classes.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Second Act
A review by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-20
What’s fun is just watching Lopez and her supporting cast — including her real-life best friend Remini, Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford as her tightly wound coworker, and a loopy Charlyne Yi as her phobic new assistant — move through the scenes so easily.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Cold War
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-19
Director Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War resembles a waking dream. And a ravishingly romantic one at that.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Welcome To Marwen
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-19
If Marwencol made your heart go out to Mark, Welcome to Marwen does something quite different. It makes you want to back away from him slowly.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
On the Basis of Sex
A review for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-18
A suitably inspiring biopic despite its narrative unevenness and occasional reliance on schmaltz, seeks to show audiences the origin story of a cultural icon.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Bumblebee
A review by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-17
John Cena is top billed, and though his brick-jawed military man doesn’t actually get many scenes, he does get a disproportionate share of the script’s best lines. He gives good muscle, but Bumblebee brings something even more important — and actually transforming — to the series: a sense of humor, and a heart.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Capernaum
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-17
For all of its brutal, raw force, Labaki’s excellent film is tough sledding — a sucker punch that lands with the emotional force of Dickens relocated to the slums of the modern-day Middle East. It leaves a bruise.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Vice
A review by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-17
The shrewd, relentless winkiness of McKay’s filmmaking style may have worked better, though, for breaking down subprime mortgages in The Big Short than it does chronicling a deadly misbegotten war. What remains then is the cipher at the center of Vice: the Man Who Wasn’t There, and probably never will be.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
The Mule
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-12
The Mule fits the 88-year-old Eastwood perfectly. Not just because there probably aren’t many roles for actors of his age out there, but also because its lack of judgment makes sense for a star who’s always been as willing to play anti-heroes as heroes.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Mary Poppins Returns
A review by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-12
Spoonfuls of sugar always help the movie magic go down; if only this Mary had gotten a necessary twist of lemon, too.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Aquaman
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-11
Wan, a director who’s proven himself to be a can’t-miss ace regardless of genre (from the horror formulas of The Conjuring and Insidious to the big-budget tentpole mayhem of Furious 7) seems to finally be out of his depth. He’s conjured an intriguing world, but populated that world with dramatic cotton candy and silly characters, including a hero who’s unsure if he wants to make us laugh or feel — and winds up doing neither. Pass the Dramamine.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Bird Box
A review by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-05
As Bird time-jumps between the claustrophobic action of the house and a desperate sort of jailbreak, director Susanne Bier (The Night Manager) keeps the mood taut and defiantly in the moment.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Mortal Engines
A review by Chris Nashawaty for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-05
Despite all of the film’s retro-future eye candy, it never quite sweeps you out of your seat and transports you someplace new. It’s a squeaky salvage job that could have used a fresh dose of oil to make it hum.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly -
Mary Queen of Scots
A review by Leah Greenblatt for Entertainment Weekly2018-12-05
What keeps the film from feeling like period-piece amber, all whispered alliances and wiggery, is the keenly feminist sensibility of first-time director Josie Rourke (her background is largely in theater) and the fierce charisma and complicated humanity of its two leads, sovereigns till the end.Read entire review on Entertainment Weekly
