Conan the Barbarian
Pulp fantasy nonsense.
The Gold Rush
The film Charlie Chaplin most wanted to be remembered for doesn’t disappoint.
All The President’s Men
The Godfather of investigative journalism movies is still first in class.
Emperor
An interesting piece of docudrama clumsily told.
The Final Girls
Sometimes funny, sometimes soulful, this send-up of summer camp horror films is good, but falls just shy of greatness.
Wuthering Heights
This Gothic romance adaptation offers compelling drama for those who won’t mind the callowness of its main characters, or its more supernatural elements.
The Cat’s Meow
A dull and disappointing stab at telling a salacious “true” story from Hollywood’s early years.
Noelle
A fun but derivative-feeling Christmas movie whose one big differentiating idea is a total dud.
About Time
Airtight internal logic and a deep connection to what it means to be human aid this genre-bending time travel fantasy navigate in, and out of, the structures of a traditional romantic comedy.
Vision Quest
An uneven coming of age story.
Flower Drum Song
This overlooked Rodgers and Hammerstein adaptation hits (almost) all the right notes.
10 Items or Less
Too short to let the story and characters develop, too aimless for me to really care.