Will Smith brings stern dramatic heft to an enslaved man making a dash for freedom in Antoine Fuqua’s tonally mish-mashed action drama.
Debra Granik’s tender story of a father and daughter living off the grid is one of the year’s very best.
Epically stupid faux intellectual Euro sleuthing, with Tom Hanks reprising his role as the dullest character of his career.
Jeff Bridges gives his best performance in years in this timely crime caper from David Mackenzie.
By Anton Bitel
Despite the silly names and cheesy nerdism there’s plenty of fun to be had in Duncan Jones’ video game adaptation.
Like Lance Armstrong himself, there’s something disingenuous about this by-the-numbers biopic.
There are nuggets of honesty amid the gung-ho jingoism in Peter Berg’s starry-eyed war story.
The spirit of Terrence Malick is evoked in this tender western starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara.
By Andrew Lowry
A modern noir that nods perfunctorily at the genre’s conventions, but sidelines them as quickly as it can to get to its real business.
By Josh Winning
The Messenger is a movie that delivers its own moral tale – one many are probably not going to like.
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