★★ | Featuring great performances by its cast, Dead of Winter is two disparate films forced into an unconvincing whole.
★ | Bloated beyond belief, the third Avatar is an exercise in tedious plotting, ugly stereotypes, and dull action.
★★★ | Ambitious and unexpected, Alex Noyer's second feature doesn't always connect, but its thrills are a welcome addition to the folk horror genre.
★★ | As uneven and bloated as the first part, Wicked: For Good is twice as long as it needs to and far more boring than a musical of this caliber should be.
★★★ | Mostly fun and handsomely produced, The Running Man suffers from a lack of conviction that robs it of urgency and impact.
★ | Tediuous, tiresome, and unbearably smug. Now You See Me, Now You Don't is a failed magic trick in every conceivable way.
★★★★ | The best kind of horror film: Horrifying, gross, and uncomfortably funny.
★★★★★ | Superbly written and directed, Keep Quiet is a brilliant showcase for the incomparable Lou Diamond Phillips, who delivers one of the best performances of the year.
★★★★ | Chaotic and in deeply bad taste, Flush is a bleakly funny nightmare of absurd proportions.
★★★★ | Wheatley and his cast are having fun, and sometimes the audience is, too.
★★★ | Breezy and fun with a magnetic performance from Elle Fanning, Predator: Badlands is a good enough addition to the franchise.
★ | Thoughtlessly mean and cynical, Bugonia is another tiresome Lanthimos film about bad people doing bad things to pointless ends.
