Renée Zellweger gives a career-defining performance as Judy Garland in Judy, a disappointing film made memorable by the veteran actor’s extraordinary work.
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As comfortable to slip into as a pair of pajamas, or as calming as wrapping yourself in a favorite blanket, the cinematic installment of Downton Abbey is perfect fan service and a pretty enjoyable film to boot.
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Harmless fun, with some deeper themes at play, Abominable is a fantastical adventure about a teenage girl hoping to return a rescued Yeti to his home on Mount Everest.
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Led by a powerful, internal and introspective Brad Pitt performance, Ad Astra is a journey across the universe which may delight and dismay fans at the same time.
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Hustlers soars with a career-best performance from Jennifer Lopez, terrific work from Constance Wu, and Lorene Scafaria’s insightful, impassioned storytelling.
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Though it tries to please too many masters, comedic suspense/horror hybrid Villains is still a delirious little bit of fun.
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An overlooked moment in recent political history gets big-screen treatment as Official Secrets details a whistleblower’s discovery as the United States and United Kingdom prepared to build a coalition to invade Iraq in 2003.
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Too long, overstuffed, with a silly conclusion, It Chapter Two squanders great talent and an inventive, charismatic villain for a ponderous story that lacks the conviction to follow through on its basic premise.
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After years of buzz, and the championing of numerous writers and directors clamoring for its release, Issa López’s fantastic fairy tale/suspense/horror hybrid, Tigers Are Not Afraid, is powerful, emotional, and one of the best films of 2019.
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Well-acted and well-directed, indie dramedy Before You Know It has a few great moments, you just wish it had more of them.
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Don’t Let Go, formerly titled Relive, is a time-travel, police procedural that becomes increasingly incoherent the longer and longer it goes.
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One Child Nation lays bare the disastrous effects of China’s One-Child Policy in a searing and seething documentary from directors Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang.
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Strange, enlightening, frustrating, yet compelling, Cold Case Hammarskjöld is one of those rare documentaries that leave you asking - What Is Happening?
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Predictable though it may be, I loved The Peanut Butter Falcon a whole bunch, with a breakout performance from actor Zack Gottsagen, and legitimate, award-worthy, career-best work from Shia LaBeouf.
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Horror/comedy hybrid Ready or Not is full of blood, gallows humor, and a breakout performance from Samara Weaving, portraying a new bride forced into a deadly game on her wedding night.
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Once it focuses on the main characters and worries less about shocking the audience, Good Boys becomes a rather insightful, even sweet-tempered movie about the perils of middle school and the fears of growing apart from your childhood.
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The rousing, crowd-pleasing BLINDED BY THE LIGHT, might be completely predictable from a narrative standpoint, but it pays great homage to Bruce Springsteen’s music, legacy, and the impact art can make on anyone, anywhere in the world.
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One of the biggest surprises of 2019, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, led by a breakout performance by Isabela Moner, is yet one more movie I never knew I needed.
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The long-awaited adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a well-made, PG-13 engineered horror film, though far more suspenseful than scary.
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The story of an NFL hopeful wrongfully incarcerated for a crime he never committed, Brian Banks should be something deeper and more profound than a surface-level, paint-by-numbers disappointment.
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