Ready or Not takes the equal parts amusing and uncomfortable sigh... in-laws conversation, turns it into a feature-length film, and points it in such a terribly preposterous direction that at times, it behaves like a witty, foul-mouthed expansion pack for Clue. It's not a perfect movie, with two forgettable lead performances that lack both depth and charisma. Still, I have to shower writer Guy Busick and co-directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett with praise for del

There are two types of serious movies: those that are fundamentally serious and those that are trying to be serious. The first kind is promising, and the second is a promise that the movie is trying to compensate for something. Zack Snyder's Batman v. Superman is a self-serious, stale, and shallow serving of superhero pulp that's trying to be far more than what it actually is, which is the cinematic equivalent of clickbait. Granted, there's an inherent level of seriousness to

To call Us "just" a horror movie would be to do a grave disservice to both this impressively intelligent thriller and what it accomplishes. Jordan Peele has delivered a haunting, unpredictable, and wildly original rollercoaster ride of a film with the mind of a master tactician, the hands of a daringly unorthodox artist, and the homicidal glee of a psychopathic child. This is one of those movies where the less you know about it, the better it is to watch for the first time, i

Underlying attitudes about anyone and anything can reveal a lot about a person, and I'm far from an exception. Take the name James Gunn, for instance, a name that immediately emotionally asphyxiates me with the impression of a talented filmmaker who limits himself to repeatedly telling pulp fiction and stigmatized superhero stories. And when someone mentions Ben Affleck, Batman is the first thing or person that comes to my mind, and not a particularly inspired version of the

It's been said that the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he doesn't exist, and for all of its demonic frills, The Conjuring recognizes spiritual realities more acutely than other horror movies and even other non-horror movies. Hell is a real place, and we've too many real-life accounts of dark, supernatural forces to dismiss the idea of a darker kingdom, which The Conjuring certainly doesn't. Loosely based on the true story of a case of demon

David Fincher's Gone Girl, an adaptation of Gillian Flynn's critically acclaimed novel of the same name, feels like several consecutive...

One of my favorite things about director Chris Eyre's Smoke Signals is how effectively it manages expectations. I walked into this movie...

There are lots of movies out there that have been made to be more of an experience than anything else, and Alex Garland's Warfare pushes...