Macbeth (2015) ★★★★★

It’s difficult to recommend Macbeth. Not because it isn’t a good film, but because it’s a great one. It’s so faithful to…

Are Marvel’s Ensemble Movies Too Much of a Good Thing?

Following The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, is Captain America: Civil War one ensemble movie too many?

Until Dawn ★★★★

What’s the biggest cliche in horror films? Teenagers spending the night in a remote cabin? The promiscuous female being the first…

Why Nobody Can Make a Good Video Game Movie

From Super Mario Bros. to Doom to Hitman, why video game adaptations fail both critically and with fans.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens ★★★★

I don’t think it has ever been so difficult to separate my excitement over a film from a critical…

The Danish Girl ★★★

A film of two parts; a moving and emotional first half stifled by a meandering and…

Playing Catch-Up: DC’s Rush to Create a Cinematic Universe

The Martian ★★★★

Ridley Scott’s triumphant return to the sci-fi genre.

Carol ★★★

It can’t have been easy expressing one’s sexual identity in 1950s America, particularly if that identity involves being a woman attracted to…

Spectre ★★★

It takes an active effort to avoid a new James Bond film. The previous installment, Skyfall, took over a billion pounds worldwide and is…