This could be Nolanโs greatest achievement so farโa stunning biopic imagined as a complex, time-ticking paranoia thriller as the sheer burden of scientific progress meets the retroactive traumatic weight of 20th-century history.
Fun, wacky and occasionally surprising, Gerwigโs candy-coloured third solo feature tries to say something about the perils of gender oppression and excessive commodification with moderate success.
Woody Harrelson and Courtney Love steal the show in this entertaining textbook biopic on the infamous multi-millionaire publisher of pornographic magazines who fought valiantly against the religious right for the freedom of expression.
Tom Cruise, the consummate entertainer, once again shows us why heโs Hollywood’s last action hero in this penultimate M:I outing that is somewhat bogged down by plotting that is way too reliant on its airy-fairy MacGuffin.
Schrader keeps it low-key in this slow-burn drama about a convict-turned-gardener who takes on a young woman caught in bad company as an apprentice.
An extraordinary Oscar-worthy documentary about North Koreans who have defected, with startlingly real footage of escape and told in such a highly-suspenseful and intense manner that may even put the finest thrillers to shame.
Stripped to its bare essentials, this Melville-esque car chase thriller sees Ryan OโNeal and Bruce Dern go head-to-head as a getaway driver and dirty detective respectively.
A well-built historical action epic by Mann about the British and French battling for control over the American colonies, but it does sometimes feel bogged down by its warm, romantic tone amid the bloodshed.ย ย ย
Four narrative threads combine, however intricately or tenuously, to create a tapestry of natural and human geography, as Inarritu explores the theme of incommunicability and personal responsibility with the kind of storytelling bravura he has been known for.
Soderbergh’s latest is immensely well-shot and takes a methodical approach to storytelling, but still falls short of being a first-rate dramatic thriller.ย
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