X-Men: Days of Future Past movie review: time for hope
With its time-twisting plot, sci-fi soapiness, powerful humanism, and to-die-for cast, this is the summer blockbuster done with elegance and heart.
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Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist and The Armstrong Lie documentaries review
Two compelling documentaries about famed competitive cyclists and the corrupted sport that chewed them up.
The Two Faces of January movie review: without a Hitch
There’s delicious movie-movie elegance in the exotic locales and the period dress, but not much tension to be found in the murderous misadventures on offer.
A Touch of Sin movie review: people’s uprising
It’s banned in China for its savage criticism of that nation’s economic and social policies. But its horrors look awfully familiar to us in the West, too.
In Secret movie review: do you promise not to tell?
If O. Henry and Edgar Allan Poe collaborated on a love story, it might look something like this juicy bit of ironic gothic romance.
Touchy Feely rating: green light
Gentle dramedy about a massage therapist who suddenly can’t stand to touch anyone… and about how we all need more care and attention than we get.
Only Lovers Left Alive movie review: full-blooded
I want to crawl inside this movie and curl up in its lap and stay there forever. This movie is so languid and so uncoerced. I want to keep it a secret and let everyone know about it at the same time.
Godzilla movie review: sympathy for Gojira
Elegantly updates the King of All Monsters for the 21st century… but Hollywood’s tedious myopia means the movie as a whole isn’t quite so beautiful.
After Tiller rating: yellow light
This documentary portrait of abortion doctors in America looks at those who do important, compassionate work, but isn’t as engaging as it should be.
Devil’s Knot movie review: well-worn tracks
Atom Egoyan is all over the real-life case of American injustice surrounding the West Memphis Three. But sadly, I’m not sure why.
