The Predator: A bloody, gratuitous romp - not that that's necessarily a bad thing
The Nun: Inadvertently the funniest nun movie since Sister Act
Tulipani: A romantic bastard funding-child of Holland, Italy and Canada still has its charms
The Little Stranger: A slowly told, ghostly mash-up of Downton Abbey and Grey Gardens
ReviewJim SlotekGhost stories, Gothic romances, British class system, Decline of the British Empire, Lenny Abrahamson, Sarah Waters, Domhnall Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, Will Poulter, Downton Abbey, Grey Gardens
Juliet, Naked: The Brit rom-com vibe is familiar, the performances stellar
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Trench 11: Tension-packed WWI "zombie" film adds a few more horrors to the horrors of war
Searching: Ace Thriller Asks Timely Questions about Digital-Age Identity, Privacy
Cardinals: Better late than never for one of Sheila McCarthy's best performances
1945: Guilt, grievance and secrets boil over in a Hungarian village with a dark wartime past
Support the Girls: Sharp Comedy like Office Space in Pink Halter Tops
Papillon: Escape and escape again, unnecessary reboot brings nothing new to '73 classic
ReviewJim SlotekPapillon, Henri Charriere, French Guiana, Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Noer, Charlie Hunnam, Rami Malek, Prison escape movies, '70s movies, Reboots of classic films
Little Italy: Dreadful, Awful Really Bad Rom-Com Benefits None (Except Maybe Pusateri’s)
The Happytime Murders: When bad puppet sex is worse than no puppet sex at all
ReviewJim SlotekR-rated puppetry, The Jim Henson Company, Henson Alternative, Brian Henson, Melissa McCarthy, Improv comedy, Elizabeth Banks, Todd Berger, Patrick Bristow, Puppet sex
Nico, 1988: Portrait of Warhol Muse’s Final Days Suitably, Germanically Grim
A boy and his best paleo-pal: Alpha is that 'something different' you've been asking for
ReviewJim SlotekAlpha, Albert Hughes, The Hughes Brothers, Domestication of dogs, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Salutrean hypothesis, Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt, The Lion King, The Ice Age, Cro Magnon man
Mile 22: Where Bare-Knuckled Action Meets Profound Literary Quotations?
Never Saw It Coming: Comedy Noir Shoots High, Lands Kinda Sorta Nowhere
Skate Kitchen: An actual crew of young women boarders becomes less real as fiction
ReviewJim SlotekSkate Kitchen, Skateboarding, Female skateboarders, Youth Culture, Crystal Moselle, Jaden Smith, Dede Lovelace, Nina Moran, Docudrama, Documentaries, The Wolfpack
The Last Suit: One stellar performance in a tale of chasing ancient Holocaust memories halfway around the world
Crazy Rich Asians: Engaging(ish) Story, Strong Cast Buried by Garish Materialism
