Tag: universal

Newman and Redford sell The Sting's depression-era swindle with class, grace, and mountains of charm.

Dated and cruel as the humor seems in modern eyes, Animal House is a comic spectacle that hasn't been topped by any frat comedy movie since.

Over the years becoming an internet meme, Shrek deserves the derision - if not so much as to ignore the the clever story beats.

Routine and predictable, The Marksman is an unremarkable drama punctuated by a few dry action scenes.

While its central story follows pedestrian plotting, News of the World succeeds by exposing an ugly history through empathetic eyes.

The Babe is an enjoyable biopic of the baseball legend mostly thanks to John Goodman's natural portrayal.

The Croods: A New Age doesn't aim to try anything new, but tells a familiar story in a fun, expedient way.

Still relevant, Spike Lee's masterpiece Do the Right Thing balances countless characters and personalities to create believable racial tension.

Introducing the slasher genre to a new generation, Freaky picks up where Scream left off to make sure these tropes remain relevant.

A human-level tragedy scaled down in focus, Greenland smartly follows a single working class family seeking escape from planet-wide calamity.

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

The star-studded western serial Riders of Death Valley starts out a little slowly but finishes with a flurry of action and cowboy grit.