https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/film-reviews/ Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:00:24 +0000 en hourly 1 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-UC-Favicon-1-32x32.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/film-reviews/ 32 32 Some are born film critics, some become critics, and some have film criticism thrust upon them. Each week, Michael (The Unaffiliated Critic) convinces his reluctant wife Nakea (The Unenthusiastic Critic) to sit down and watch a classic film that nearly everyone else on the planet has already seen. The Unenthusiastic Critic true episodic The Unenthusiastic Critic michael@unaffiliatedcritic.com podcast Destroying our marriage, one movie at a time... https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/The-Unenthusiastic-Critic-Podcast-Logo.png https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/category/film-reviews/ Chicago, Illinois Chicago, Illinois Weekly 22706606 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/08/dont-blink-twice-its-not-all-right/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/08/dont-blink-twice-its-not-all-right/#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2024 15:21:03 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=43046 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/08/dont-blink-twice-its-not-all-right/feed/ 1 43046 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/08/alien-romulus-2024/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/08/alien-romulus-2024/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:39:25 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42996 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/08/alien-romulus-2024/feed/ 2 42996 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/03/2024-oscar-picks-predictions/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/03/2024-oscar-picks-predictions/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:31:36 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42803 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2024/03/2024-oscar-picks-predictions/feed/ 2 42803 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/multiplexity-reflections-on-my-summer-of-summer-movies/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/multiplexity-reflections-on-my-summer-of-summer-movies/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:52:36 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41191 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/multiplexity-reflections-on-my-summer-of-summer-movies/feed/ 2 41191 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/the-equalizer-3-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/the-equalizer-3-2023/#respond Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:28:09 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42570 The Equalizer 3 (2023), a dumb and dour action thriller that is both unpleasant to watch and bad for the world. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/the-equalizer-3-2023/feed/ 0 42570 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/slotherhouse-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/slotherhouse-2023/#respond Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:51:10 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42530 really consider the cinematic possibilities of a sloth with a sword? The minds behind the horror-comedy Slotherhouse did, and we thank them for it. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/09/slotherhouse-2023/feed/ 0 42530 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/golda-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/golda-2023/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:46:01 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42455 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/golda-2023/feed/ 0 42455 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/retribution-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/retribution-2023/#respond Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:28:53 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42479 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/retribution-2023/feed/ 0 42479 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/gran-turismo-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/gran-turismo-2023/#respond Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:46:20 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42390 Gran Turismo squanders too much of what makes this true gamer-to-racer story unique, ending up a decent but overly familiar underdog sports movie. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/gran-turismo-2023/feed/ 0 42390 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/jules-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/jules-2023/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:07:22 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42346 Jules, Marc Turtletaub's slight, tonally mismatched, extremely odd little misfire of a film. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/jules-2023/feed/ 1 42346 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/blue-beetle-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/blue-beetle-2023/#respond Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:47:55 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42284 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/blue-beetle-2023/feed/ 0 42284 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/strays-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/strays-2023/#respond Mon, 21 Aug 2023 01:24:28 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42281 Strays is a raunchy delight in the dog days of summer. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/strays-2023/feed/ 0 42281 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/passages-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/passages-2023/#respond Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:35:27 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42234 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/passages-2023/feed/ 0 42234 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/kokomo-city-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/kokomo-city-2023/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2023 22:13:02 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42184 Kokomo City, about Black trans sex workers, shines with humor, wisdom, and uncompromised humanity.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/kokomo-city-2023/feed/ 0 42184 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter-2023/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2023 14:02:21 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=42110 The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a good old-fashioned, wonderfully immersive, atmospheric monster movie with a genuine taste for blood.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter-2023/feed/ 1 42110 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/meg-2-the-trench-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/meg-2-the-trench-2023/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2023 23:35:14 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41981 Meg 2: The Trench all summer, which makes this janky, joyless, shamelessly derivative dead shark of a movie 2023's biggest disappointment by far. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/meg-2-the-trench-2023/feed/ 2 41981 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-2023/#respond Wed, 02 Aug 2023 19:36:03 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41954 looks great, but it doesn't have much else going for it. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-2023/feed/ 0 41954 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/talk-to-me-2022/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/talk-to-me-2022/#respond Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:30:00 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41871 Talk to Me is the best, most genuinely disturbing horror movie of the year. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/08/talk-to-me-2022/feed/ 0 41871 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/haunted-mansion-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/haunted-mansion-2023/#respond Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:11:42 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41884 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/haunted-mansion-2023/feed/ 0 41884 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/they-cloned-tyrone-the-passengers-of-the-night-theater-camp-cobweb/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/they-cloned-tyrone-the-passengers-of-the-night-theater-camp-cobweb/#respond Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:00:52 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41834 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/they-cloned-tyrone-the-passengers-of-the-night-theater-camp-cobweb/feed/ 0 41834 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023/#comments Thu, 27 Jul 2023 13:14:45 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41707 Oppenheimer, a small and narrowly focused psychological study dressed up like a big historical epic. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023/feed/ 1 41707 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/barbie-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/barbie-2023/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2023 22:52:40 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41615 Barbie turns out to be a far more interesting film than we had any right to expect, but not necessarily the film Barbie and her fans deserved.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/barbie-2023/feed/ 1 41615 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/20-days-in-mariupol-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/20-days-in-mariupol-2023/#respond Thu, 20 Jul 2023 16:31:25 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41565 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/20-days-in-mariupol-2023/feed/ 0 41565 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/the-miracle-club-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/the-miracle-club-2023/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:14:13 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41548 The Miracle Club, but crash headfirst into a tonal pile-up where the darkest subplots meet the silliest paddywhackery. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/the-miracle-club-2023/feed/ 0 41548 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/black-ice-2022/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/black-ice-2022/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2023 12:49:49 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41519 Black Ice (2022) is a moving indictment of widespread racism in hockey, but sometimes feels like it's skating on the surface of a much larger problem.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/black-ice-2022/feed/ 0 41519 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/persian-lessons-2020/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/persian-lessons-2020/#comments Sun, 16 Jul 2023 12:30:46 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41403 Persian Lessons (2020) feels not just implausible, but badly misjudged.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/persian-lessons-2020/feed/ 2 41403 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-2023/#comments Fri, 14 Jul 2023 16:29:04 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41441 Mission: Impossible franchise is just ridiculously good: thrilling, fun, funny, and (most surprisingly) boasting an actual beating heart. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one-2023/feed/ 1 41441 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/the-lesson-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/the-lesson-2023/#respond Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:57:46 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41396 The Lesson—a disappointingly dumb "smart" thriller—is that everybody involved should have studied harder. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/the-lesson-2023/feed/ 0 41396 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/insidious-the-red-door-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/insidious-the-red-door-2023/#respond Sun, 09 Jul 2023 14:23:39 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41355 Insidious franchise. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/insidious-the-red-door-2023/feed/ 0 41355 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/joy-ride-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/joy-ride-2023/#comments Sat, 08 Jul 2023 13:40:35 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41325 Joy Ride is one of the funniest movies of the year. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/joy-ride-2023/feed/ 1 41325 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/revoir-paris-2022/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/revoir-paris-2022/#respond Fri, 07 Jul 2023 15:20:18 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41299 Revoir Paris (2022) searches for (and finds) meaning in the aftermath of violence. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/revoir-paris-2022/feed/ 0 41299 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/every-body-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/every-body-2023/#respond Tue, 04 Jul 2023 15:44:56 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41235 Every Body is informative and infuriating, but also empowering, entertaining, and surprisingly joyful. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/every-body-2023/feed/ 0 41235 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/ruby-gillman-teenage-kraken-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/ruby-gillman-teenage-kraken-2023/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2023 13:59:08 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41238 Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is a thing that exists. Of all the animated movies available this summer, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is inarguably...one of them.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/ruby-gillman-teenage-kraken-2023/feed/ 2 41238 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/squaring-the-circle-the-story-of-hipgnosis-2022/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/squaring-the-circle-the-story-of-hipgnosis-2022/#respond Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:03:49 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41087 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/07/squaring-the-circle-the-story-of-hipgnosis-2022/feed/ 0 41087 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-2023/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2023 20:28:06 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41120 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-2023/feed/ 0 41120 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/no-hard-feelings-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/no-hard-feelings-2023/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:46:55 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41052 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/no-hard-feelings-2023/feed/ 0 41052 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-last-rider-2022/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-last-rider-2022/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:35:28 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=41069 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-last-rider-2022/feed/ 1 41069 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/asteroid-city-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/asteroid-city-2023/#comments Sun, 25 Jun 2023 22:28:27 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40980 Asteroid City, I'm finally forced to work through my Wes Anderson issues. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/asteroid-city-2023/feed/ 1 40980 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/elemental-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/elemental-2023/#comments Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:52:25 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40953 Elemental, they should go back to that philosophy. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/elemental-2023/feed/ 3 40953 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-blackening-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-blackening-2023/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:18:20 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40894 The Blackening is America's first great Juneteenth comedy. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-blackening-2023/feed/ 0 40894 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/past-lives-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/past-lives-2023/#comments Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:53:54 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40741 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/past-lives-2023/feed/ 1 40741 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-flash-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-flash-2023/#comments Sat, 17 Jun 2023 16:42:22 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40833 The Flash, and it's also the story behind The Flash. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-flash-2023/feed/ 2 40833 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/lynch-oz-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/lynch-oz-2023/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:25:39 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40796 The Wizard of Oz and David Lynch's films. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/lynch-oz-2023/feed/ 0 40796 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/chile-76-2022/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/chile-76-2022/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:23:42 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40767 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/chile-76-2022/feed/ 0 40767 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-2023/#comments Fri, 09 Jun 2023 14:41:22 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40707 Transformers movie is slightly better than the last one, which is sort of like having a slightly better case of the clap. It's an improvement, to be sure, but still best avoided altogether. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-2023/feed/ 2 40707 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-2023/#comments Tue, 06 Jun 2023 02:48:35 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40643 Across the Spider-Verse is a masterpiece: nearly overwhelming in its creative stimulation of the senses, but with a real emotional and narrative method to the madness. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-2023/feed/ 2 40643 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-boogeyman-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-boogeyman-2023/#respond Sun, 04 Jun 2023 21:30:18 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40647 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/the-boogeyman-2023/feed/ 0 40647 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies-2023/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies-2023/#comments Thu, 01 Jun 2023 17:15:45 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=40575 every movie released between Memorial Day and Labor Day. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2023/06/my-summer-of-summer-movies-2023/feed/ 11 40575 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/08/waiting-for-the-barbarians-2020-languishes-on-the-border-between-films-and-novels/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/08/waiting-for-the-barbarians-2020-languishes-on-the-border-between-films-and-novels/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2020 05:07:12 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=37928 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/08/waiting-for-the-barbarians-2020-languishes-on-the-border-between-films-and-novels/feed/ 1 37928 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/08/radioactive-generates-light-but-little-heat/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/08/radioactive-generates-light-but-little-heat/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2020 18:42:38 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=37890 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2020/08/radioactive-generates-light-but-little-heat/feed/ 0 37890 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/06/rocketman-2019/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/06/rocketman-2019/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:22:36 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=36343 Rocketman is endearingly goofy, and occasionally moving, but only rarely transcends the shallow limitations of a jukebox musical.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/06/rocketman-2019/feed/ 0 36343 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/03/us-2019/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/03/us-2019/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2019 17:16:36 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=35372 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/03/us-2019/feed/ 1 35372 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/03/gloria-bell-2019/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/03/gloria-bell-2019/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:17:31 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=35343 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/03/gloria-bell-2019/feed/ 1 35343 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/01/movie-review-cold-war/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/01/movie-review-cold-war/#respond Thu, 24 Jan 2019 18:07:16 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=35112 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2019/01/movie-review-cold-war/feed/ 0 35112 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2018/12/if-beale-street-could-talk-2018/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2018/12/if-beale-street-could-talk-2018/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2018 19:11:47 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=35020 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2018/12/if-beale-street-could-talk-2018/feed/ 2 35020 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2018/03/2018-oscar-picks-and-predictions/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2018/03/2018-oscar-picks-and-predictions/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2018 03:23:07 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=33816 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2018/03/2018-oscar-picks-and-predictions/feed/ 2 33816 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/12/the-best-films-of-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/12/the-best-films-of-2017/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:46:40 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=33396 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/12/the-best-films-of-2017/feed/ 2 33396 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/10/a-gray-state-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/10/a-gray-state-2017/#respond Tue, 31 Oct 2017 15:15:22 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=33018 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/10/a-gray-state-2017/feed/ 0 33018 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/whose-streets-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/whose-streets-2017/#respond Sun, 27 Aug 2017 14:31:41 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32737 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/whose-streets-2017/feed/ 0 32737 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/logan-lucky-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/logan-lucky-2017/#respond Sat, 26 Aug 2017 14:14:32 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32700 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/logan-lucky-2017/feed/ 0 32700 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/the-nut-job-2-nutty-by-nature-movie-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/the-nut-job-2-nutty-by-nature-movie-review/#respond Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:49:54 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32411 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/the-nut-job-2-nutty-by-nature-movie-review/feed/ 0 32411 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/annabelle-creation-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/annabelle-creation-2017/#respond Sun, 13 Aug 2017 15:09:37 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32388 Annabelle: Creation is just a fairly efficient machine for generating meaningless jump-scares.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/annabelle-creation-2017/feed/ 0 32388 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/kidnap-2017-movie-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/kidnap-2017-movie-review/#respond Sat, 12 Aug 2017 13:02:38 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32369 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/kidnap-2017-movie-review/feed/ 0 32369 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/step-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/step-2017/#respond Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:06:36 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32243 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/step-2017/feed/ 0 32243 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/the-dark-tower-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/the-dark-tower-2017/#respond Sun, 06 Aug 2017 14:59:42 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32220 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/the-dark-tower-2017/feed/ 0 32220 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/detroit-2017-movie-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/detroit-2017-movie-review/#respond Fri, 04 Aug 2017 21:37:22 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32143 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/detroit-2017-movie-review/feed/ 0 32143 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/strange-weather-2016/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/strange-weather-2016/#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2017 15:10:08 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32098 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/08/strange-weather-2016/feed/ 0 32098 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/the-emoji-movie-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/the-emoji-movie-2017/#respond Sun, 30 Jul 2017 16:23:49 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=32027 The Emoji Movie.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/the-emoji-movie-2017/feed/ 0 32027 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/atomic-blonde-2017-movie-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/atomic-blonde-2017-movie-review/#respond Sat, 29 Jul 2017 17:52:00 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31999 Atomic Blonde needed to either be a whole lot smarter, or a whole lot stupider, to be any fun at all.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/atomic-blonde-2017-movie-review/feed/ 0 31999 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/movie-catch-up-july-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/movie-catch-up-july-2017/#respond Sat, 29 Jul 2017 06:32:16 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31953 The Bad Batch, The Little Hours, A Ghost Story, and Lady Macbeth. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/movie-catch-up-july-2017/feed/ 0 31953 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/girls-trip-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/girls-trip-2017/#respond Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:23:47 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31819 Girls Trip is the best American comedy of the summer. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/girls-trip-2017/feed/ 0 31819 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/valerian-and-the-city-of-a-thousand-planets-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/valerian-and-the-city-of-a-thousand-planets-2017/#respond Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:47:05 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31632 always beautiful—Luc Besson's buddy-cop space opera is a goofy, gonzo, candy-colored cornucopia of silliness.]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/valerian-and-the-city-of-a-thousand-planets-2017/feed/ 0 31632 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/b-side-elsa-dorfmans-portrait-photography-2016/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/b-side-elsa-dorfmans-portrait-photography-2016/#respond Sun, 23 Jul 2017 04:56:21 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31776 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/b-side-elsa-dorfmans-portrait-photography-2016/feed/ 0 31776 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/dunkirk-2017-movie-review/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/dunkirk-2017-movie-review/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:39:15 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31733 Dunkirk masterfully captures a key moment of human triumph, but it is not a film that's remotely interested in human beings. ]]> 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Now if only the screenplay could match it...]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes-2017/feed/ 0 31525 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/the-journey-2016/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/the-journey-2016/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:30:02 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31519 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/the-journey-2016/feed/ 0 31519 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/maudie-2016/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/maudie-2016/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2017 14:55:16 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31318 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/maudie-2016/feed/ 0 31318 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/despicable-me-3-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/despicable-me-3-2017/#respond Tue, 11 Jul 2017 03:26:52 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=31429 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/despicable-me-3-2017/feed/ 0 31429 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/07/the-house-2017/ 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https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/all-eyez-on-me-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/all-eyez-on-me-2017/#respond Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:09:23 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=30969 All Eyez on Me is a denigrating takedown clothed as a tribute. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/all-eyez-on-me-2017/feed/ 0 30969 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/the-book-of-henry-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/the-book-of-henry-2017/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2017 20:39:50 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=30922 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/the-book-of-henry-2017/feed/ 2 30922 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/rough-night-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/rough-night-2017/#comments Sun, 18 Jun 2017 15:18:31 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=30895 Rough Night (2017) lacks the courage of its pretended coarseness. ]]> https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/rough-night-2017/feed/ 2 30895 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/47-meters-down-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/47-meters-down-2017/#respond Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:19:36 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=30853 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/47-meters-down-2017/feed/ 0 30853 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/cars-3-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/cars-3-2017/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2017 19:34:12 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=30819 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/cars-3-2017/feed/ 0 30819 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/i-daniel-blake-2016/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/i-daniel-blake-2016/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2017 19:54:27 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=30769 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/i-daniel-blake-2016/feed/ 0 30769 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/middle-man-2017/ https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/2017/06/middle-man-2017/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:30:58 +0000 https://unaffiliatedcritic.com/?p=30775 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