RatingT-MeterTitle | YearReview3/4 61% The Visit (2015)"Brothers Grimm meet reality-TV ... the scariest movie since 'The Conjuring' ... Welcome back to the dark side, M. Night -- " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Sep 13, 2015
2.5/4 11% Return to Sender (2015)"... a slow-burn female payback thriller in the tradition of Siegel's 'Beguiled' and Miike's masterful 'Audition' ... definitely deserved better than being summarily shipped to Vido-on-Demand Land. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Sep 6, 2015
3/4 79% Cop Car (2015)"... quirky, assured and unexpected ... fuses the nostalgic, kid's-eye-view tone of 'Stand by Me' with the grisly black comedy of 'Blood Simple.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Sep 1, 2015
2.5/4 59% Southpaw (2015)"Instead of a performance Gyllenhaal gives a mumbling, scalp-massaging impression of Eminem. And because we're always aware of this we never commit fully to this gritty update of 'The Champ.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 25, 2015
1/4 18% Pixels (2015)"... soulless high-concept comedy that aspires to be the new 'Ghostbusters.' Lacking a scintilla of imagination and charm, it's more like a sci-fi 'Deuce Bigelow.' All that's missing: Rob Schneider on the sidelines urging 'You can do it!' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 24, 2015
2.5/4 80% Ant-Man (2015)"Macro-Marvel ... wisely marketed at the small fry. It's closer to 'Antz' than the mutant radioactive variety (in 'Them!'). " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 18, 2015
2/4 71% Jurassic World (2015)"... feels like the first three installments mashed into one ... That sense of wonder (aka 'wow factor') that distinguished the original has been replaced by gigantism and 'Godzilla'-like mayhem. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jun 13, 2015
1.5/4 52% In the Name of My Daughter (2015)"... a desultory mash-up of tones and styles. It doesn't really succeed as either melodrama or mystery. Téchiné's pacing is off and potentially incriminating information is jack-hammered into place. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jun 2, 2015
3/4 75% Good Kill (2015)"... a movie Obama should see ... Niccol doesn't equivocate or attempt to justify drone warfare. He portrays it as cold-blooded and horrifying, Big Brother as eyes-in-the-sky executioner. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 30, 2015
1/4 19% The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015)"Viewing an improvement on his own experiment, Six playing Six groans, 'Oh, man, this is so wrong!' then barfs. Pretty cheeky, no? The torture maestro has built in his own seal of approval. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 29, 2015
4/4 97% Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)"... a furious, insanely entertaining post-apocalyptic road picture ... Miller, who just turned 70, puts on a clinic for aspiring action directors young enough to be his grandchildren. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 15, 2015
1/4 45% The D Train (2015)"'D Train' jumps the track before it leaves the station ... strained, profane, off-putting. I can't remember spending a more unpleasant 100 minutes in the dark. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 9, 2015
2.5/4 54% Maggie (2015)"Schwarzenegger rises to the challenge and gives what may be his best dramatic turn. He's so good as the protective father we're left to wonder why he doesn't tackle more such offbeat roles. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 9, 2015
1.5/4 74% Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)"We have seen the future of the CG-saturated action epic and ‒ upon emerging bruised and battered from the local megaplex ‒ can say with certitude that it isn't pretty. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 2, 2015
3.5/4 92% Ex Machina (2015)"A.I. goes A.W.O.L. in this minimalist sci-fi thriller from England that's justifiably turning heads for its brilliant production design, brainy cat-and-mouse narrative, and vice-like tension. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 26, 2015
1.5/4 45% True Story (2015)"Where to begin in tabulating the missteps in this uninvolving, mechanically plotted mystery. We don't buy Hill for a second as a globe-trotting reporter; Franco's accused killer is all twinkly-eyed smirks. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 21, 2015
2/4 34% Beyond The Reach (2015)"... a 'Most Dangerous Game' update that benefits from spectacular terrain and decent performances ... Douglas makes up in killer sarcasm and animal cunning what he lacks in physical prowess. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 19, 2015
3/4 96% It Follows (2015)"The fright du jour succeeds as both cautionary teen allegory and unnerving blend of 'Blue Velvet' and the underground 'Deadgirl' ... an instant cult classic! " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 18, 2015
2.5/4 61% Unfriended (2015)"... a cyber-chiller twist on Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None' ... creates a claustrophobic sense of inevitability even as it has us glancing nervously over our shoulder. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 18, 2015
3/4 95% Black Souls (2015)"Munzi builds slowly, inexorably, to an ending that's as shocking as it is inevitable. He's more interested in character development, offhand gibes over pasta and wine, than he is 'Goodfellas' shootouts. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 16, 2015
1/4 27% Marfa Girl (2015)"When not taking timeouts for gratuitous, Clark's characters drone on about. This being the case, whatever he has to say about life on the Texas border or about the treatment of undocumented immigrants feels both inconsequential and insincere. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 12, 2015
2.5/4 74% Welcome To New York (2015)"Who better to play a world-class letch than Depardieu, whose Rabelaisian excesses on and off screen are legendary? " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 12, 2015
2.5/4 65% The Harvest (2015)"'Secret Garden' meets 'Misery,' anyone? McNaughton's first feature in too long has much to recommend it, including a deceptively bucolic setting and a shriek-worthy performance by Morton. 'No wire hangers, EVER!' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 12, 2015
3/4 89% Backcountry (2015)"The alone-in-the-wilderness survival number gets a serious kick in the hindquarters ... MacDonald harvests gooseflesh the old-fashioned way, by suggesting much, showing little. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Mar 22, 2015
2/4 17% The Gunman (2015)" ... some decent shootouts and hand-to-hand combat but the writing mostly stinks, allowing for gaping narrative holes and more improv rants by Bardem ... Penn seems less enigmatic than just plain bored. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Mar 21, 2015
3/4 60% Run All Night (2015)"Exhausting, relentless ... Neeson and Collet-Serra's third pairing is by far their best ... Fuses vertiginous CG effects with some of the most elaborate action scenes since Michael Mann's 'Heat.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Mar 14, 2015
3/4 69% The Salvation (2015)"... a revenge Western, photographed and designed in the grand, hyperbolic style of Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in the West,' complete with wide-angle interiors and dynamic close-ups ... Mikkelsen subs nicely for Jimmy Stewart on Vengeance Trail. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Mar 11, 2015
3/4 60% Maps to the Stars (2015)"Scurvy, hilariously over-the-top ... as much Grand Guignol as show-biz farce ... Cronenberg and Moore get down and dirty, luxuriating in the fetid underbelly of a business built on greed and insecurity. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Feb 28, 2015
3/4 79% McFarland USA (2015)"Initially Costner's coach is all about ego; he may even be using the boys to land a cushy new job. And it's this unsportsmanlike conduct that makes this one of the more memorable recent sports movies. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Feb 25, 2015
4/4 96% What We Do In The Shadows (2015)"... the funniest horror spoof since 'Shaun of the Dead' ... Our Down Under hosts are less interested in creeping us out than in introducing us to the most charmingly dotty homebodies since the Addamses. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Feb 21, 2015
2/4 25% Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)"As silly and, yes, sanctimonious as this adaptation is, it deserves mention as one of the first major studio releases in ages to promote over vigilante violence or superherodom ... And that, in a peculiar way, makes the a refreshing departure. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Feb 14, 2015
2/2 64% Preservation (2015)"If you've seen the Spanish 'King of the Hill,' the denouement will come as no surprise. Still, the basic situation is so primal, what youngmaker wouldn't want to attempt a knockoff? " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jan 12, 2015
3.5/4 56% Flamenco (2014)"A new by Spain's Carlos Saura is always an event. One shot by the legendary Vittorio Storaro is doubly so ... a blindingly beautiful blend of concert, Goya tableaux and Brechtian stagecraft. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jan 3, 2015
2/4 90% Wild (2014)"A sloggy, New Age-y variant on 'Eat Pray Love' ... Instead of survival tips, we get a feature-length selfie ... Belongs in the self-help bin at Barnes & Noble " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Dec 27, 2014
3.5/4 98% The Babadook (2014)"... a minor masterpiece of the macabre ... Be afraid, be very afraid: the Babadook is more than a Down Under Freddy Krueger ... Reminds us that the real monsters under the bed are Mommy and Daddy. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Dec 22, 2014
3.5/4 92% Force Majeure (2014)"... a what-would-you-do thriller from Sweden ... appropriately, more Bergman-esque than Hitchcockian ... Add this one to your short list of year's most intriguing offerings. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Nov 16, 2014
3/4 85% John Wick (2014)"... as close to a pure adrenaline rush as you're likely to find at the moment ... Forget the Bogeyman, Reeves' titular character is the Baryshnikov of professional killers. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Nov 9, 2014
2/4 72% Interstellar (2014)"Cornpone existentialism ... Overlong, talky and, depending on the crisis, either dopey or pretentious ... a New Age-y, fuzzy-headed sci-fi'er that borrows liberally from Kubrick, 'Contact' and Nolan's own "Inception." " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Nov 9, 2014
4/4 95% Nightcrawler (2014)"... the best Martin Scorsese movie not directed by Scorsese. It's that good, that assured ... that unshakable ... Scores as both urban thriller and 'Network'-like comment on the media. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Nov 8, 2014
3/4 77% Fury (2014)"Ayer's long-awaited World War 2 saga earns its stripes the old-fashioned way -- with plenty of blood and guts ... Pitt, baring both battle scars and killer pecs, has his best (read most grim) character role to date. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Oct 18, 2014
2/4 33% The Expendables 3 (2014)"... bigger, slicker and better directed than the earlier installments ... the opening rescue mission, obviously inspired by 'Runaway Train,' brings out the mad demolition expert in us. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 14, 2014
1.5/4 21% Into The Storm (2014)"... latest Storm of the Century doubles as bonding experience and first date (Callies is literally swept off her feet) ... Those who go looking for airborne cows a la 'Twister' will be disappointed. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 10, 2014
2/4 91% Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)"... retro space opera plays more like a bad spoof of a 'Star Wars' spoof ‒ and even then it's closer to 'The Adventures of Pluto Nash' than 'Spaceballs.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 7, 2014
3/4 51% The Calling (2014)"More than 'Fargo' meets 'Se7ven' ... Sarandon's portrayal of the surly, embittered small-town police chief is so assured and nuanced, we'd welcome a Hazel Micallef mystery franchise. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 5, 2014
3/4 80% Get On Up (2014)"Papa's got a secondhand bag? ... As self-consciously arty and formulaic as it sometimes is, the stays with you thanks to Chadwick Boseman's shrewd, powerhouse performance ... " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 3, 2014
3/4 66% Lucy (2014)"French action ace Besson comes full circle ... a bravura blend of sci-fi, comic-book action, National Geographic cutaways ... like watching the primeval forest scenes from 'Tree of Life' spliced into 'Taken.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 29, 2014
2/4 56% The Purge: Anarchy (2014)"How do you take your dystopian nightmares? Sunny side up or hardboiled? If you're taste runs to the latter, you're a "Purge" person. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 20, 2014
3/4 90% Venus in Fur (2014)"S&M dance or feminist tract? Late career breather ... or Polanski answering his harshest critics? A cagey two-hander with tour-de-force turn by they Seigner. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 12, 2014
2/4 90% Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)"... a fairly monotonous sci-fi adventure ... Serkis and Kebell peering out from beneath digitized fur and prosthetics impart far more emotion than their human counterparts. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 11, 2014
1.5/4 14% Rage (2014)"... a pulp-y, no-nonsense vigilante number that sounds like it was scripted by a computer program ... Say what you will about Cage, he gives the viewer his money's worth in tics and mad-dog froth. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 11, 2014
2.5/4 11% Return to Sender (2015)"... a slow-burn female payback thriller in the tradition of Siegel's 'Beguiled' and Miike's masterful 'Audition' ... definitely deserved better than being summarily shipped to Vido-on-Demand Land. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Sep 6, 2015
3/4 79% Cop Car (2015)"... quirky, assured and unexpected ... fuses the nostalgic, kid's-eye-view tone of 'Stand by Me' with the grisly black comedy of 'Blood Simple.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Sep 1, 2015
2.5/4 59% Southpaw (2015)"Instead of a performance Gyllenhaal gives a mumbling, scalp-massaging impression of Eminem. And because we're always aware of this we never commit fully to this gritty update of 'The Champ.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 25, 2015
1/4 18% Pixels (2015)"... soulless high-concept comedy that aspires to be the new 'Ghostbusters.' Lacking a scintilla of imagination and charm, it's more like a sci-fi 'Deuce Bigelow.' All that's missing: Rob Schneider on the sidelines urging 'You can do it!' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 24, 2015
2.5/4 80% Ant-Man (2015)"Macro-Marvel ... wisely marketed at the small fry. It's closer to 'Antz' than the mutant radioactive variety (in 'Them!'). " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 18, 2015
2/4 71% Jurassic World (2015)"... feels like the first three installments mashed into one ... That sense of wonder (aka 'wow factor') that distinguished the original has been replaced by gigantism and 'Godzilla'-like mayhem. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jun 13, 2015
1.5/4 52% In the Name of My Daughter (2015)"... a desultory mash-up of tones and styles. It doesn't really succeed as either melodrama or mystery. Téchiné's pacing is off and potentially incriminating information is jack-hammered into place. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jun 2, 2015
3/4 75% Good Kill (2015)"... a movie Obama should see ... Niccol doesn't equivocate or attempt to justify drone warfare. He portrays it as cold-blooded and horrifying, Big Brother as eyes-in-the-sky executioner. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 30, 2015
1/4 19% The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015)"Viewing an improvement on his own experiment, Six playing Six groans, 'Oh, man, this is so wrong!' then barfs. Pretty cheeky, no? The torture maestro has built in his own seal of approval. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 29, 2015
4/4 97% Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)"... a furious, insanely entertaining post-apocalyptic road picture ... Miller, who just turned 70, puts on a clinic for aspiring action directors young enough to be his grandchildren. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 15, 2015
1/4 45% The D Train (2015)"'D Train' jumps the track before it leaves the station ... strained, profane, off-putting. I can't remember spending a more unpleasant 100 minutes in the dark. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 9, 2015
2.5/4 54% Maggie (2015)"Schwarzenegger rises to the challenge and gives what may be his best dramatic turn. He's so good as the protective father we're left to wonder why he doesn't tackle more such offbeat roles. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 9, 2015
1.5/4 74% Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)"We have seen the future of the CG-saturated action epic and ‒ upon emerging bruised and battered from the local megaplex ‒ can say with certitude that it isn't pretty. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted May 2, 2015
3.5/4 92% Ex Machina (2015)"A.I. goes A.W.O.L. in this minimalist sci-fi thriller from England that's justifiably turning heads for its brilliant production design, brainy cat-and-mouse narrative, and vice-like tension. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 26, 2015
1.5/4 45% True Story (2015)"Where to begin in tabulating the missteps in this uninvolving, mechanically plotted mystery. We don't buy Hill for a second as a globe-trotting reporter; Franco's accused killer is all twinkly-eyed smirks. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 21, 2015
2/4 34% Beyond The Reach (2015)"... a 'Most Dangerous Game' update that benefits from spectacular terrain and decent performances ... Douglas makes up in killer sarcasm and animal cunning what he lacks in physical prowess. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 19, 2015
3/4 96% It Follows (2015)"The fright du jour succeeds as both cautionary teen allegory and unnerving blend of 'Blue Velvet' and the underground 'Deadgirl' ... an instant cult classic! " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 18, 2015
2.5/4 61% Unfriended (2015)"... a cyber-chiller twist on Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None' ... creates a claustrophobic sense of inevitability even as it has us glancing nervously over our shoulder. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 18, 2015
3/4 95% Black Souls (2015)"Munzi builds slowly, inexorably, to an ending that's as shocking as it is inevitable. He's more interested in character development, offhand gibes over pasta and wine, than he is 'Goodfellas' shootouts. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 16, 2015
1/4 27% Marfa Girl (2015)"When not taking timeouts for gratuitous, Clark's characters drone on about. This being the case, whatever he has to say about life on the Texas border or about the treatment of undocumented immigrants feels both inconsequential and insincere. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 12, 2015
2.5/4 74% Welcome To New York (2015)"Who better to play a world-class letch than Depardieu, whose Rabelaisian excesses on and off screen are legendary? " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 12, 2015
2.5/4 65% The Harvest (2015)"'Secret Garden' meets 'Misery,' anyone? McNaughton's first feature in too long has much to recommend it, including a deceptively bucolic setting and a shriek-worthy performance by Morton. 'No wire hangers, EVER!' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Apr 12, 2015
3/4 89% Backcountry (2015)"The alone-in-the-wilderness survival number gets a serious kick in the hindquarters ... MacDonald harvests gooseflesh the old-fashioned way, by suggesting much, showing little. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Mar 22, 2015
2/4 17% The Gunman (2015)" ... some decent shootouts and hand-to-hand combat but the writing mostly stinks, allowing for gaping narrative holes and more improv rants by Bardem ... Penn seems less enigmatic than just plain bored. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Mar 21, 2015
3/4 60% Run All Night (2015)"Exhausting, relentless ... Neeson and Collet-Serra's third pairing is by far their best ... Fuses vertiginous CG effects with some of the most elaborate action scenes since Michael Mann's 'Heat.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Mar 14, 2015
3/4 69% The Salvation (2015)"... a revenge Western, photographed and designed in the grand, hyperbolic style of Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in the West,' complete with wide-angle interiors and dynamic close-ups ... Mikkelsen subs nicely for Jimmy Stewart on Vengeance Trail. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Mar 11, 2015
3/4 60% Maps to the Stars (2015)"Scurvy, hilariously over-the-top ... as much Grand Guignol as show-biz farce ... Cronenberg and Moore get down and dirty, luxuriating in the fetid underbelly of a business built on greed and insecurity. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Feb 28, 2015
3/4 79% McFarland USA (2015)"Initially Costner's coach is all about ego; he may even be using the boys to land a cushy new job. And it's this unsportsmanlike conduct that makes this one of the more memorable recent sports movies. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Feb 25, 2015
4/4 96% What We Do In The Shadows (2015)"... the funniest horror spoof since 'Shaun of the Dead' ... Our Down Under hosts are less interested in creeping us out than in introducing us to the most charmingly dotty homebodies since the Addamses. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Feb 21, 2015
2/4 25% Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)"As silly and, yes, sanctimonious as this adaptation is, it deserves mention as one of the first major studio releases in ages to promote over vigilante violence or superherodom ... And that, in a peculiar way, makes the a refreshing departure. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Feb 14, 2015
2/2 64% Preservation (2015)"If you've seen the Spanish 'King of the Hill,' the denouement will come as no surprise. Still, the basic situation is so primal, what youngmaker wouldn't want to attempt a knockoff? " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jan 12, 2015
3.5/4 56% Flamenco (2014)"A new by Spain's Carlos Saura is always an event. One shot by the legendary Vittorio Storaro is doubly so ... a blindingly beautiful blend of concert, Goya tableaux and Brechtian stagecraft. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jan 3, 2015
2/4 90% Wild (2014)"A sloggy, New Age-y variant on 'Eat Pray Love' ... Instead of survival tips, we get a feature-length selfie ... Belongs in the self-help bin at Barnes & Noble " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Dec 27, 2014
3.5/4 98% The Babadook (2014)"... a minor masterpiece of the macabre ... Be afraid, be very afraid: the Babadook is more than a Down Under Freddy Krueger ... Reminds us that the real monsters under the bed are Mommy and Daddy. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Dec 22, 2014
3.5/4 92% Force Majeure (2014)"... a what-would-you-do thriller from Sweden ... appropriately, more Bergman-esque than Hitchcockian ... Add this one to your short list of year's most intriguing offerings. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Nov 16, 2014
3/4 85% John Wick (2014)"... as close to a pure adrenaline rush as you're likely to find at the moment ... Forget the Bogeyman, Reeves' titular character is the Baryshnikov of professional killers. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Nov 9, 2014
2/4 72% Interstellar (2014)"Cornpone existentialism ... Overlong, talky and, depending on the crisis, either dopey or pretentious ... a New Age-y, fuzzy-headed sci-fi'er that borrows liberally from Kubrick, 'Contact' and Nolan's own "Inception." " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Nov 9, 2014
4/4 95% Nightcrawler (2014)"... the best Martin Scorsese movie not directed by Scorsese. It's that good, that assured ... that unshakable ... Scores as both urban thriller and 'Network'-like comment on the media. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Nov 8, 2014
3/4 77% Fury (2014)"Ayer's long-awaited World War 2 saga earns its stripes the old-fashioned way -- with plenty of blood and guts ... Pitt, baring both battle scars and killer pecs, has his best (read most grim) character role to date. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Oct 18, 2014
2/4 33% The Expendables 3 (2014)"... bigger, slicker and better directed than the earlier installments ... the opening rescue mission, obviously inspired by 'Runaway Train,' brings out the mad demolition expert in us. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 14, 2014
1.5/4 21% Into The Storm (2014)"... latest Storm of the Century doubles as bonding experience and first date (Callies is literally swept off her feet) ... Those who go looking for airborne cows a la 'Twister' will be disappointed. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 10, 2014
2/4 91% Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)"... retro space opera plays more like a bad spoof of a 'Star Wars' spoof ‒ and even then it's closer to 'The Adventures of Pluto Nash' than 'Spaceballs.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 7, 2014
3/4 51% The Calling (2014)"More than 'Fargo' meets 'Se7ven' ... Sarandon's portrayal of the surly, embittered small-town police chief is so assured and nuanced, we'd welcome a Hazel Micallef mystery franchise. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 5, 2014
3/4 80% Get On Up (2014)"Papa's got a secondhand bag? ... As self-consciously arty and formulaic as it sometimes is, the stays with you thanks to Chadwick Boseman's shrewd, powerhouse performance ... " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Aug 3, 2014
3/4 66% Lucy (2014)"French action ace Besson comes full circle ... a bravura blend of sci-fi, comic-book action, National Geographic cutaways ... like watching the primeval forest scenes from 'Tree of Life' spliced into 'Taken.' " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 29, 2014
2/4 56% The Purge: Anarchy (2014)"How do you take your dystopian nightmares? Sunny side up or hardboiled? If you're taste runs to the latter, you're a "Purge" person. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 20, 2014
3/4 90% Venus in Fur (2014)"S&M dance or feminist tract? Late career breather ... or Polanski answering his harshest critics? A cagey two-hander with tour-de-force turn by they Seigner. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 12, 2014
2/4 90% Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)"... a fairly monotonous sci-fi adventure ... Serkis and Kebell peering out from beneath digitized fur and prosthetics impart far more emotion than their human counterparts. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 11, 2014
1.5/4 14% Rage (2014)"... a pulp-y, no-nonsense vigilante number that sounds like it was scripted by a computer program ... Say what you will about Cage, he gives the viewer his money's worth in tics and mad-dog froth. " ‐ CinemaDopePosted Jul 11, 2014
