It Chapter Two finds the members of the "Loser Club" returning to their hometown to face Pennywise one last time 30-second review: Rather than adding onto and complementing the first movie, It Chapter Two feels bogged down by it. Director Andy Muschietti and screenwriter Gary Dauberman try to make the movie funnier, scarier, more intense,…
In their fifth collaboration, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro explore the lengths one man will go to be given a chance in The King of Comedy For a movie about a failed standup comedian, The King of Comedy difficult to watch. Rupert’s delusions of success are funny at first but then grow cringe-worthy —…
Three tween boys ditch school and go on an adventure that involves drones, drugs, and a suspicious number of sex toys in Good Boys. 90-second review: If movies like Superbad and Booksmart prove anything, it's that watching uncool teens try to be cool is a comedy gold mine. Good Boys mines the same tropes for humor — the entire plot revolves around…
In the late 1960s, a group of teens finds a book that brings their nightmares to life in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, based on the book series of the same name. 30-second review: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has the creature design that made producer Guillermo Del Toro's career such…
The Perfection follows two students of a renowned music academy whose first encounter leads to sinister results. 30-second review: The Perfection's first half portends a sharp and tense psychological thriller with two committed performances by Allison Williams and Logan Browning as the former and current star students of a prestigious music academy respectively. But one…
Ready or Not follows a bride being hunted by her in-laws through their Victorian mansion as part of a dark family ritual. Hilarity ensues. 30-second review: Diabolically funny, violent and bloody, Ready or Not is a takedown of wealthy elites who'd rather die before losing their fortunes. And like Get Out and You're Next before…
Blinded by the Light follows a teen growing up in 1980s Britain as he discovers who he is through the music of Bruce Springstein 30-second review: Blinded by the Light has a lot on its mind — for better and worse. Thanks to some inventive musical staging of Bruce Springsteen's greatest hits like "Dancing in…
Gwen follows a young girl must keep her family from falling apart as her community turns against them for mysterious reasons. 60-second review: Dark storm clouds seem to be rolling into the small Welsh village where Gwen takes place constantly — both literally and figuratively. The film is relentlessly dark as the family of women…
The Farewell follows a New Yorker as she travels to China to say goodbye to her sick grandmother — who doesn't know she's dying. 30-second review: The Farewell is a movie of dichotomies — Chinese culture and American culture, parents and children, mourning and celebrating, youth and old age — that appropriately straddles the line…
Under the Silver Lake follows an aimless slacker as he unravels a mystery following the disappearance of his neighbor. 90-second review: Under the Silver Lake alternates between being incredibly compelling and frustratingly confused. It misses the assuredness of director David Robert Mitchell's masterpiece film debut It Follows, because he has to spend so much time…
