Movie Reviews

Despite delivering some gorgeous images, Planetary ends up feeling like just any other information-overloaded documentary.

A simply shot film with an unexpected heroine at its center manages to both build compassion for those effected by the sex trade and ask what can be done...

Chuck Norris vs. Communism is a history lesson, decorated in nostalgia, telling the story of people who were more like us than we ever realized.

'Below Dreams' shows promise but fails to invoke an emotional response or provide insight on poverty in New Orleans.

Jesus Town, USA attempts to tell a real-life tale with the quirkiness of a mockumentary, and it simply doesn't work.

An exceptional documentary about a tragic misidentification that fires on all cylinders and asks necessary questions.

A case of the cover not matching the movie, this addiction drama seems to think it's something it's not.

A soft-spoken but satisfying drama musing on complacency and violence.

Franco's A-game can't save an untrustworthy and mixed up memoir.

Ivy Meeropol’s documentary offers some shocking revelations about nuclear power plant safety but often without detailed explanations.

Among the Believers highlights the saddening, cyclical nature of the issues surrounding religious extremism.

Bridgend is a jarring drama set during a real life suicide pandemic that offers no answers and doesn't think to ask many questions.

Thinking-man's sci-fi never looked so slick.

An occasionally entrancing documentary about traditionalist sake brewmasters.