The Hummingbird Project probes into sticky, sharply topical ethical quandaries
The film is low-boil Soderbergh-lite.
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Curse of the Weeping Woman might be the last Conjuring Universe film I see
This could have made for a rich, elegant, atmospheric horror flick.
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The House That Jack Built is part sadistic twaddle, part von Trier self-reckoning
“It’s impossible to watch all of this detached from the warped lens of how von Trier sees himself”
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Dog’s Best Friend is a poignant look at a man who rescues neglected canines
“A valuable inquiry into the curative power of canine company.”
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Jordan Peele’s Us fires up our synapses in its aftermath, producing tingling discomfort
There’s a lot more going on than in Get Out , notes Aaron Yap, impressed with its ambition.
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The Price of Everything thoughtfully examines the obscenely rich art world
Includes responses from critics, historians, auctioneers, and artists.
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If Beale Street Could Talk fills, and sometimes overwhelms, the heart
Every bit as quietly rapturous as his breakthrough 2016 Oscar champ Moonlight.
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Single-location thriller The Guilty will leave viewers sweating
An 88min how-to in making something as exciting as Taking of Pelham 123.
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Netflix stunner Abducted in Plain Sight fits a whole true crime season into 90 minutes
Warning: this one will hurt.
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Green Book is In The Heat of the Night repurposed as a Christmas stocking stuffer
It almost smacks of fantasy, Aaron Yap writes.
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Bird Box has an irresistable hook, but we’ve seen so much of it before
May heat up your déjà vu meter, writes Aaron Yap.
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Bumblebee sobers the series up after a decade-long bender
There’s also a sense of a little-too-late hanging over everything.
