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White Elephant: The Greatest Showman is a Real Circus
Inspired by a true story yet taking place in a fantasy world, the lavish musical features upbeat songs and a ham-fisted uplifting message about inclusion.
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How a Big-Screen Adaptation of a Norwegian Bestseller Got Lost in Translation
This lurid thriller never seems committed to a character study about a detective with personal demons, nor does it generate sufficient tension as a murder mystery.
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You Can Go Home Again, But It’s Not Advisable
Not much feels authentic about this predictable sitcom-level romantic comedy masquerading as a heartfelt female-empowerment saga.
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Everyone Involved Has Done Better Than Unlocked
This incoherent and formulaic counter-terrorism thriller squanders talent on both sides of the camera.
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The Latest Attempt to Revive The Mummy Unravels Quickly
Tom Cruise is well within his comfort zone, emerging from shootouts and explosions with nary a scratch in his newest big-budget franchise.
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You Were Right. A Big-Screen Baywatch Was a Bad Idea.
This parade of chiseled abs, tanned torsos, and jiggling cleavage drowns in its convoluted storyline, apparently unaware that that’s not what we came to see.
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The Title is Misleading in Lurid Melodrama Unforgettable
This tawdry psychological thriller feels like a run-of-the-mill cable television potboiler about vengeful affluent housewives that’s devoid of subtlety and surprise.
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History Buffs Won’t Be the Only Ones Shaking Their Heads at Queen of the Desert
Gertrude Bell’s achievements are worth spotlighting, but deserving of a more sincere treatment than Werner Herzog's earnest melodrama starring Nicole Kidman.
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Why Him? It’s Better to List the Reasons Why Not
Despite some painfully amusing awkwardness, this collection of gross-out gags and bodily-function humor strains to be edgy and outrageous but runs out of gas.
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Lump of Coal: Decline the Invite to Office Christmas Party
This low-brow and obnoxious effort overdoses on quirks and manufactured mayhem to the point it feels completely detached from reality.