Reviews
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‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Film Review: Elementary Sequel Takes a Teeny, Tiny Step Up
This wacky detective adventure is ever so slightly better than “Gnomeo and Juliet,” but it’s still nothing special
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‘Ismael’s Ghosts’ Film Review: Marion Cotillard Haunts Fascinating Psychological Drama
Re-edited after Cannes, Arnaud Desplechin’s latest takes on Hitchcock, Fellini, and the director’s own filmmaking history
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‘Isle of Dogs’ Film Review: Wes Anderson’s Fetching Animated Tale Features His Pet Obsessions
The meticulous visuals are bow-wowing, but some may have a bone to pick with the director’s Japan-centered saga
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‘Unsane’ Film Review: Claire Foy Is or Isn’t Going Mad in Steven Soderbergh’s Thriller
This tense character piece abandons gimmickry to explore the ways in which women’s voices are ignored
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‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ Film Review: Sequel Brings More Monsters and Robots, But No Fun
The unspoken something between John Boyega and Scott Eastwood is way more interesting than the Jaeger vs. Kaiju clashes
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‘I Can Only Imagine’ Film Review: Christian Pop Megahit Becomes One-Note Redemption Tale
There’s a genuinely intriguing story behind MercyMe’s massively popular song, but the movie treats it like so much clichéd uplift
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‘Journey’s End’ Film Review: Oft-Told WWI Tale Gets a Respectable Outing
War movie offers no new spin on the 1928 source material, but strong performances and direction result in a perfectly competent retelling
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‘7 Days in Entebbe’ Film Review: Docudrama Revisits a Legendary Israeli Rescue
This look at Operation Thunderbolt goes deeper than previous movies but still falls victim to dramatic inertia
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‘Flower’ Film Review: Talented Cast Set Adrift in Disappointing Teen Satire
Zoey Deutch leads a strong ensemble, but Max Winkler’s dark comedy goes from unfocused to sleazy before a tidy ending
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‘Gringo’ Film Review: Mexican Kidnap Comedy Gets Lost on the Road to Nowhere
Despite a cast led by David Oyelowo and Charlize Theron, this fish-out-of-water tale flops all over the place
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‘The Strangers: Prey at Night’ Film Review: Slasher Sequel Is Half a Good Horror Movie
Too many vintage power ballads and not enough masked-killer scares in this follow-up to the 2008 cult fave
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‘Death Wish’ Film Review: Bruce Willis’ Revenge Served Tepid by Eli Roth
Roth’s boringly violent do-over of the Charles Bronson vigilante franchise is too empty-headed and winking to stoke real outrage
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‘Don’t Talk to Irene’ Review: Nerd Girl Has Cheerleader Dreams in Familiar Outcast Comedy
TIFF 2017: Canada’s entry in the misfit-makes-good sweepstakes grates at first, then finds its rhythm
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‘Foxtrot’ Film Review: Israel’s Oscar Entry Doesn’t Dance Around the Complexities of War
A mix of styles and tones makes for a provocative and heartbreaking tale about people in a seemingly never-ending state of crisis
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‘Mute’ Movie Review: Alexander Skarsgard’s Future Noir Makes No Filmmaking Noise
Duncan Jones’ Netflix movie about a voiceless Berliner looking for his girlfriend is a dull, empty exercise in crime, grime and slime
