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‘Mr. Right’ (2016) **/*****
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‘Mr. Right’ (2016) **/*****
You don’t have to worry about falling for his charms
Nathan Adams
2 days ago
‘The Invitation’ (2016) ***/*****
‘The Invitation’ (2016) ***/*****
This party finally starts jumping right when it’s time to go home
Nathan Adams
3 days ago
‘Midnight Special’ (2016) ***/*****
‘Midnight Special’ (2016) ***/*****
Nails the pomp, but botches the circumstance
Nathan Adams
Apr 6
‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ (2016) ***/*****
‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ (2016) ***/*****
The ‘Boyhood’ director refuses to grow up
Nathan Adams
Apr 4
‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ (2016) **/*****
‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ (2016) **/*****
The latest DC Comics bummer
Nathan Adams
Mar 28
‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ (2016) ****/*****
‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ (2016) ****/*****
A better ‘Cloverfield’ than ‘Cloverfield’
Nathan Adams
Mar 29
‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ (2016) ***/*****
‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ (2016) ***/*****
WTF is this movie about?
Nathan Adams
Mar 29
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Sicario (2015) ****/*****
Sicario (2015) ****/*****
Back in 2010, director Denis Villeneuve released a movie called Incendies that was about a pair of siblings researching a family history…
Nathan Adams
Oct 1, 2015
Short Round: Turbo Kid (2015) ***/*****
Short Round: Turbo Kid (2015) ***/*****
In concept, Turbo Kid is so completely mired in the current Tumblr-generated, 80s-obsessed, throwback culture that’s been driven deeply…
Nathan Adams
Sep 1, 2015
Z For Zachariah (2015) ***/*****
Z For Zachariah (2015) ***/*****
While the premise of setting a movie after some sort of world ending apocalypse has occurred is far from unique, Craig Zobel’s new film, Z…
Nathan Adams
Sep 1, 2015
Short Round: The Man From UNCLE (2015) ***/*****
Short Round: The Man From UNCLE (2015) ***/*****
Back in the 90s it was popular for movie studios to adapt TV shows from the 60s into big budget features.
Nathan Adams
Aug 18, 2015
Cop Car (2015) ****/*****
Cop Car (2015) ****/*****
In the opening scene of Cop Car, its two protagonists, a pair of young boys named Travis (James Freedson-Jackson) and Harrison (Hays…
Nathan Adams
Aug 17, 2015
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (2015) ****/*****
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (2015) ****/*****
There’s nothing better than when you start watching a new movie and you realize that all of the big moments from its advertising are going…
Nathan Adams
Aug 5, 2015
Trainwreck (2015) ***/*****
Trainwreck (2015) ***/*****
There aren’t many things that a comedy has to do in order to be considered a success.
Nathan Adams
Jul 22, 2015
Ant-Man (2015) ***/*****
Ant-Man (2015) ***/*****
With the most recent release that exists as part of their “Marvel Cinematic Universe”, Marvel Studios hit a snag.
Nathan Adams
Jul 20, 2015
Terminator Genisys (2015) */*****
Terminator Genisys (2015) */*****
Hollywood has been remaking and rebooting so many huge movies from the 80s in recent years that it feels a little bit like I’ve been…
Nathan Adams
Jul 6, 2015
Short Round: The Overnight (2015) ****/*****
Short Round: The Overnight (2015) ****/*****
Gross-out comedies have had a few moments in the sun, the latest of which being in the late 90s.
Nathan Adams
Jul 2, 2015
Ted 2 (2015) ***/*****
Ted 2 (2015) ***/*****
When Seth MacFarlane jumped from making animated TV series to directing his first live action feature with Ted back in 2012, there were a…
Nathan Adams
Jun 29, 2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) ****/*****
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) ****/*****
One of the annoyances of being the type of person who’s really into movies is when other people ask you about the newest action movie, or…
Nathan Adams
Jun 29, 2015
Inside Out (2015) ***/*****
Inside Out (2015) ***/*****
Pixar’s movies have a great reputation for putting just as much focus on character and emotion as they do comedy or adventure, which…
Nathan Adams
Jun 23, 2015
Jurassic World (2015) **/*****
Jurassic World (2015) **/*****
A big part of what made the original Jurassic Park work so well and that makes it so memorable is the sense of wonder that comes from…
Nathan Adams
Jun 14, 2015
Short Round: Spy (2015) ***/*****
Short Round: Spy (2015) ***/*****
After stealing the show with her supporting role in Bridesmaids, Melissa McCarthy was all primed and ready to take over the comedy scene in…
Nathan Adams
Jun 9, 2015
San Andreas (2015) **/*****
San Andreas (2015) **/*****
Movies have been obsessed with depicting the end of the world for a really long time.
Nathan Adams
Jun 9, 2015
Slow West (2015) ****/*****
Slow West (2015) ****/*****
The movie Western has been ubiquitous for decades now.
Nathan Adams
May 27, 2015
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ****/*****
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ****/*****
If you look back at the last few decades of popular cinema, it’s possible to see the state of the art form as being a pendulum swinging…
Nathan Adams
May 23, 2015
Short Round: About Elly (2015) ****/*****
Short Round: About Elly (2015) ****/*****
Back in 2011, Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi turned heads and won awards with his tense drama A Separation, which not only featured great…
Nathan Adams
May 12, 2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) ***/*****
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) ***/*****
Marvel keeps making movies that introduce the world to new superheroes, and then they keep making these Avengers movies where all of the…
Nathan Adams
May 9, 2015
Short Round: Adult Beginners (2015) ***/*****
Short Round: Adult Beginners (2015) ***/*****
When movies tell a story that features dramatic and comedic elements pretty equally, we’ve taken to calling them dramedies.
Nathan Adams
Apr 28, 2015
Ex Machina (2015) ****/*****
Ex Machina (2015) ****/*****
If you’ve seen any of the ads for writer Alex Garland’s (28 Days Later, Dredd) first film as a director, Ex Machina, then you know that it…
Nathan Adams
Apr 22, 2015
While We’re Young (2015) ****/*****
While We’re Young (2015) ****/*****
A lot of people have taken a love them or hate them approach to Noah Baumbach’s movies, but often it feels to me like these people didn’t…
Nathan Adams
Apr 9, 2015
It Follows (2015) ****/*****
It Follows (2015) ****/*****
Modern horror movies have often relied on out-there concepts as a means of garnering interest and getting people into theater seats.
Nathan Adams
Mar 23, 2015
Short Round: What We Do in the Shadows (2015) ****/*****
Short Round: What We Do in the Shadows (2015) ****/*****
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi have worked together extensively before, on the HBO series Flight of the Conchords, so if you’ve seen…
Nathan Adams
Mar 18, 2015
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