Holiday Movie Special 2018
What holiday movies to see and skip this year
From Oscar hopefuls and costume dramas to family flicks, here’s the scoop on the season’s new movies, whether they're playing at a multiplex or streaming on your device Read more
Review: Welcome To Marwen turns trauma into digital junk
Robert Zemeckis takes an incredible story about recovery and art and delivers an incoherent showcase for unnecessary CG Read more
Review: Bumblebee is a gentler take on the Transformers franchise
Unlike Michael Bay’s bang ’em up films, this prequel features small-scale action that’s refreshingly coherent Read more
Review: DC Comics finally gets it right with Aquaman
Jason Momoa's first solo outing as the amphibious hero may not have the highs of Wonder Woman, but it doesn't fall apart in the third act either Read more
Review: Vice offers no commentary, satire or horror about Dick Cheney
Director Adam McKay simply delivers facts about the former vice-president, performed by an all-star cast hidden beneath layers of latex Read more
Review: Lifechanger is a melancholy body-swapping thriller
Writer/director Justin McConnell digs into something disturbing in Toronto-set Cronenbergian character study Read more
Review: The Mule shows Clint Eastwood exploiting that white privilege thing again
Based on the story of a WWII vet busted for being a drug mule for the Sinaloa cartel, The Mule is better than Gran Torino, but that’s not saying much Read more
Review: Bird Box effectively proves that looks can kill
A convincing Sandra Bullock and a nail-biting script will ruffle your feathers in this Netflix thriller about a mysterious plague spread by something you see Read more
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Review: If Beale Street Could Talk is a worthy follow-up to Oscar-winning Moonlight
Barry Jenkins’s luminous adaptation of the James Baldwin novel shows love and dignity in the face of systemic racism Read more
Review: Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters is small but powerful
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s drama about petty scammers who take in a neglected child shows us people with all their complex contradictions intact Read more
Review: Dumplin' features one-dimensional characters and jarring plot holes
Netflix adaptation of Julie Murphy's YA novel provides a refreshing look at body positivity, but would have worked better as a mini-series Read more
Review: On The Basis Of Sex turns Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s inspiring story into a generic biopic
Lacking the complexity of the recent doc RBG, Mimi Leder’s tepid film about Ginsburg’s singular career is insulting Read more
Review: Mary Poppins Returns won’t make you miss Julie Andrews
Emily Blunt fills the iconic role fabulously, but nothing else about the film – including the unmemorable songs – will upstage the original Read more
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Review: Mary Queen Of Scots is full of empty pageantry
As contrasting monarchs, Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie shout, wear elaborate costumes and bore you to tears Read more
Review: Blaze confirms Ethan Hawke’s status as a real filmmaker
Biopic about the late country singer Blaze Foley offers lots of surprises and an authentic performance by first-time actor Ben Dickey Read more
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Review: Netflix's Mowgli is a darker take on Rudyard Kipling's book
Andy Serkis-directed Legend Of The Jungle is a flawed but fascinating adaptation of the classic story Read more
If 2019's best picture Oscar winner could talk...
In about a month these films will likely be vying for Oscar’s big prize. Here’s what their wins would say about the movie industry. Read more
Review: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is fleet, fun and very silly
Animated crossover film featuring half a dozen Marvel spinoff characters is a bright and shiny delight Read more
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Review: Ben Is Back deals with opioid addiction with a surprising lightness
Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges are convincing as a mother and son confronting addiction issues Read more
Review: Vox Lux captures the inoculating power of pop music
Brady Corbet's music industry satire starring Natalie Portman as a traumatized pop star is manic, comic and confrontational Read more