TMNT: Out of the Shadows
“They got the four turtles and villains Bebop, Rocksteady and Krang exactly right.”
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
“At its best when it is making specific, pointed jokes.”
X-Men: Apocalypse
“Fox had righted the franchise, so let’s hope this crummy mutation doesn’t affect the series again.”
Captain America: Civil War
“The franchise seems to be in capable hands with the Russo brothers.”
Everybody Wants Some!!
“[Director] Linklater makes no apologies for wanting to hang out with these characters.”
The Huntsman: Winter’s War
“You can imagine Disney lawyers drafting a lawsuit.”
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
“Wisely, the film plays more like a Batman movie than anything else.”
Pee-wee’s Big Holiday
“Enough absurd laughs along the way to help the movie end its long, long journey as a success.”
10 Cloverfield Lane
“A complete bait and switch, and perhaps worse, the creation of tension only for the sake of tone.”
Knight of Cups
“A concert for the soul and the senses and latest reminder of how very desperately we need Malick.”
Gods of Egypt
“The blame should be shouldered by a really mediocre script that can’t decide what it wants to be.”
Triple 9
“A somewhat Byzantine cat-and-cat-and-mouse-and-more-cats-and-other-cats-dressed-as-mice game.”