The Last Witch Hunter
The Last Witch Hunter never quite even makes it to bland.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
This franchise is at least as problematic as its gore-encrusted cousins—perhaps more so—because of the message it so reliably puts forth.
Crimson Peak
Its wince-worthy words and images aren’t anywhere near as easily brushed aside as, say, a cinematographic palette of falling leaves and crimson-dappled snow.
Bridge of Spies
His is a story with a moralistic flare that might have stumbled in lesser hands.
Room
Room can be crass and crude and incredibly uncomfortable to see. Room is also a thing of beauty—as inspiring a movie and, frankly, as Christian a story as I’ve encountered in some time.
Steve Jobs
Movies are a lot like people, too. Great ones are not always good ones. Steve Jobs, rated R as it is, serves as an example of that.
The Martian
Sometimes it takes a dead planet to make us appreciate the value of a single life.
The Intern
The Intern does some good work. But it never finishes the job.
The Green Inferno
Link Eli Roth’s name to the project and you get something else entirely. Namely, a rancid freak show of cinematic sadism.
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
An overlong frenetic freefall of a film that, for all its action, feels surprisingly bereft of drama.