Now In Theaters
The Rider
A Chinese woman created a story about a cowboy from South Dakota and most of us city folk find ourselves relating to him. There is a universal message in The Rider about the struggle inside all of us to hold on to who we think we are - there will always be part documentary and part fiction in how we define that.
Drama - 104 Minutes
A Chinese woman created a story about a cowboy from South Dakota and most of us city folk find ourselves relating to him. There is a universal message in The Rider about the struggle inside all of us to hold on to who we think we are - there will always be part documentary and part fiction in how we define that.
Drama - 104 Minutes
The Endless
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead wrote, shot, directed, and starred in their third feature film and create an absorbing atmosphere full of unease and fear of the unknown. Its unsettling vibe worms its way under your skin and there enough threads left over at the end, it will stay with you as your turn over pieces wondering if and how they connect to one another.
Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller - 111 Minutes
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead wrote, shot, directed, and starred in their third feature film and create an absorbing atmosphere full of unease and fear of the unknown. Its unsettling vibe worms its way under your skin and there enough threads left over at the end, it will stay with you as your turn over pieces wondering if and how they connect to one another.
Horror/Sci-Fi/Thriller - 111 Minutes
Godard Mon Amour
Godard is a filmmaker cinephiles eventually find their way to and will forever be a challenging enigma with both ardent defenders and baffled attackers. Whatever your opinions are regarding Godard’s films, groundbreaking or garbage, Michel Hazanavicius’s exploration of the man in a specific time and place is worth the trip.
Biography/Comedy/Drama - 107 Minutes
Godard is a filmmaker cinephiles eventually find their way to and will forever be a challenging enigma with both ardent defenders and baffled attackers. Whatever your opinions are regarding Godard’s films, groundbreaking or garbage, Michel Hazanavicius’s exploration of the man in a specific time and place is worth the trip.
Biography/Comedy/Drama - 107 Minutes
Blockers
The female American Pie is noteworthy for going further than demanding equal pay and equal rights; high school girls should also be equally allowed to form sex pacts to lose their virginity on prom night. I'm all for gender-switching stereotypes, but Blockers doesn't push the envelope any further than the phenomenon of butt-chugging.
Comedy - 102 Minutes
The female American Pie is noteworthy for going further than demanding equal pay and equal rights; high school girls should also be equally allowed to form sex pacts to lose their virginity on prom night. I'm all for gender-switching stereotypes, but Blockers doesn't push the envelope any further than the phenomenon of butt-chugging.
Comedy - 102 Minutes
Ready Player One
Spielberg infuses a new world with old school icons to spread his message that our portals to escapism are only going to become more revolutionary and involving. Take some time to experience the here and now; but first, here is 140 minutes of nostalgic whiz-bang insanity.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 140 Minutes
Spielberg infuses a new world with old school icons to spread his message that our portals to escapism are only going to become more revolutionary and involving. Take some time to experience the here and now; but first, here is 140 minutes of nostalgic whiz-bang insanity.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 140 Minutes
Journey's End
Saul Dibb’s adaptation of one of Britain’s most famous plays is excellent at showing the absurdity of trench warfare and the callous disregard of human lives by senior officers. Journey’s End is a study in tension and the dread of waiting; a slice of life mired in mud.
Drama/War - 107 min
Saul Dibb’s adaptation of one of Britain’s most famous plays is excellent at showing the absurdity of trench warfare and the callous disregard of human lives by senior officers. Journey’s End is a study in tension and the dread of waiting; a slice of life mired in mud.
Drama/War - 107 min
Isle of Dogs
Stop-motion animation embraces a certain old school nostalgia and what contemporary director exemplifies old school nostalgia more than Wes Anderson? Sit back and marvel at the virtuosity of this production and then go home and give your dog a hug. If you have a cat like my family at the moment, don a hockey mask and catcher's mitt first, and then go for that embrace.
Animation/Adventure/Comedy - 101 Minutes
Stop-motion animation embraces a certain old school nostalgia and what contemporary director exemplifies old school nostalgia more than Wes Anderson? Sit back and marvel at the virtuosity of this production and then go home and give your dog a hug. If you have a cat like my family at the moment, don a hockey mask and catcher's mitt first, and then go for that embrace.
Animation/Adventure/Comedy - 101 Minutes
Flower
Flower is an exceptionally dark comedy unique among coming-of-age films where the 17 year-old has already lost her innocence. It is also an echo of 1980’s teen comedies but with a female lead, I mean one who was not goody-two-shoes Molly Ringwald.
Comedy - 90 Minutes
Flower is an exceptionally dark comedy unique among coming-of-age films where the 17 year-old has already lost her innocence. It is also an echo of 1980’s teen comedies but with a female lead, I mean one who was not goody-two-shoes Molly Ringwald.
Comedy - 90 Minutes
The Death of Stalin
The new gold standard in cinematic satire. Don’t run to the theaters because it’s hysterical. Don’t run because it is world class satire probably closer to the truth than we would be comfortable imagining. Ditch work, skip class, and leave your children at home unsupervised to see The Death of Stalin because it was banned in Russia!
Comedy - 106 Minutes
The new gold standard in cinematic satire. Don’t run to the theaters because it’s hysterical. Don’t run because it is world class satire probably closer to the truth than we would be comfortable imagining. Ditch work, skip class, and leave your children at home unsupervised to see The Death of Stalin because it was banned in Russia!
Comedy - 106 Minutes
Tomb Raider
Representing everything Angelina Jolie’s version was not is a great starting point; however, the by the numbers adventure and rote story line fail what director Roar Uthaug and Alicia Vikander attempted to do.
Action/Adventure - 118 Minutes
Representing everything Angelina Jolie’s version was not is a great starting point; however, the by the numbers adventure and rote story line fail what director Roar Uthaug and Alicia Vikander attempted to do.
Action/Adventure - 118 Minutes
A Wrinkle in Time
Ava DuVernay updates faces and words from the 1963 classic, but even the out of this world visuals cannot make up for a plodding script and dull pacing. Admire the ambition but prepare for a disappointing blob of meh.
Adventure/Family/Fantasy - 115 Minutes
Ava DuVernay updates faces and words from the 1963 classic, but even the out of this world visuals cannot make up for a plodding script and dull pacing. Admire the ambition but prepare for a disappointing blob of meh.
Adventure/Family/Fantasy - 115 Minutes
Death Wish
Film for firearm fetishists lands on top of a national conversation about gun control. As light and carefree as an ultra-violent, brain-splattering, crime-thriller can be.
Action/Crime/Drama - 107 Minutes
Film for firearm fetishists lands on top of a national conversation about gun control. As light and carefree as an ultra-violent, brain-splattering, crime-thriller can be.
Action/Crime/Drama - 107 Minutes
Red Sparrow
A deep character study follows the outline of a spy thriller as unsettling female debasement quietly transforms into empowerment as we puzzle out layered deceptions and follow the golden rule - trust no one.
Mystery/Thriller - 139 Minutes
A deep character study follows the outline of a spy thriller as unsettling female debasement quietly transforms into empowerment as we puzzle out layered deceptions and follow the golden rule - trust no one.
Mystery/Thriller - 139 Minutes
Annihilation
Before you get to what passes for an explanation, Alex Garland's latest is unsettling and a tense mystery. Not quite on par with Ex Machina, Annihilation excels in that most engrossing aspect of sci-fi where it uses the outlandish to explore the human condition.
Adventure/Drama/Fantasy - 115 Minutes
Before you get to what passes for an explanation, Alex Garland's latest is unsettling and a tense mystery. Not quite on par with Ex Machina, Annihilation excels in that most engrossing aspect of sci-fi where it uses the outlandish to explore the human condition.
Adventure/Drama/Fantasy - 115 Minutes
Game Night
Jason Bateman is right; Game Night is funnier than it has to be. The shocks and ludicrous situations will make you laugh along as you try and play guess the plot twist.
Action/Comedy/Crime - 100 Minutes
Jason Bateman is right; Game Night is funnier than it has to be. The shocks and ludicrous situations will make you laugh along as you try and play guess the plot twist.
Action/Comedy/Crime - 100 Minutes
The Party
A quick 70-minute cinematic inhale hiding in between studio blockbusters. This one act play feeling ensemble piece is more party trick than true political tragic-comedy.
Comedy/Drama - 71 Minutes
A quick 70-minute cinematic inhale hiding in between studio blockbusters. This one act play feeling ensemble piece is more party trick than true political tragic-comedy.
Comedy/Drama - 71 Minutes
Black Panther
A black king and superhero from Africa accompanied by an almost exclusively black cast is refreshing. Ryan Coogler's ideas of isolation vs. interaction and the possibilities of flipping the world order through vengeance for the oppressed are thought-provoking and nearly make Black Panther one of the upper tier Marvel installments.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 134 Minutes
A black king and superhero from Africa accompanied by an almost exclusively black cast is refreshing. Ryan Coogler's ideas of isolation vs. interaction and the possibilities of flipping the world order through vengeance for the oppressed are thought-provoking and nearly make Black Panther one of the upper tier Marvel installments.
Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi - 134 Minutes
Now On DVD
Mom and Dad
Horror/Thriller - 123 Minutes
Horror/Thriller - 123 Minutes
