Tag: 7.1

Joel's comic mishaps throughout Love and Monsters prove wildly entertaining, but it's the central theme that makes this genre mashup work.

Liam Neeson fights corrupt feds in the routine but capable action thriller Honest Thief that delivers competent characters.

While let down by its ending, Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne make a great team, enough to carry Like a Boss.

There's a universe of potential stories and characters in The Last Jedi, but this latest Star Wars narrows its view to a small pocket of space with no room …

Tarantino mourns the loss of cinema's glossiness in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, bridging nostalgia and honesty through fiction.

Kevin Costner As a Wise Dog Man’s best friend. Almost immediately, everyone begins thinking of their favorite dog. It’s a maudlin sentiment, but one that has power for many …

George Romero and Dario Argento Come Together Two genre legends join forces for the terrifying shocker Two Evil Eyes. The horror anthology is split between two separate features directed …

Gator Needs Food Badly Played straight despite the concept’s absurdity, Crawl brings genuine thriller tactics between moments of blundering decision making. There’s not much call to take action against …

Dubios-er It’s difficult to create a more non-manly archetype than Stu (Kumail Nanjiani). He doesn’t use guns. He works at a retail store. Nutrition matters to him. Stu cried …

Good Efficient Butchery Paul Davis (Paolo Malco) buys a gay porn magazine at a New York newsstand. The operator collects the cash, covers the mag with a newspaper, and …

Asking Who We Are – Without Answers Marc Streitenfeld composes a masterful theme for Prometheus. Violins rise, evoking a feeling of wonderment, discovery, and emotional excitement. There’s none of …

Give and Take The Hate U Give’s most pressing scene happens in a private school soon after a young black man is shot and killed by a white cop. …