Is Red Dragon a better film than "Manhunter?" I don’t know. I think it stands on its own, but I wonder how much people who are intimately familiar with "Manhunter" will be shocked by it, although the ending is altogether different and much more realized, I think.

Some of the acting may not be the best and many of the points aren't made with a soft touch, but damn, I can't think of another film about addiction with a more accurate view from the inside.

Shot in the manner of a grueling horror picture, with jittery edits to half-remembered traumas and glistening close-ups on the faces of monsters.

Playing like a video coffee table book displaying some of the man’s most notorious work.

Even the harshest critic has to recognize the sheer unbridled joy of their ignorance.

Knock at the Cabin is a thriller with great performances and will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

It may tread familiar territory, but Skin does so with relentless energy, confidence, and passion. I can’t wait to see what Nattiv has in store for us next – and for Bell to get under another character’s skin.

The beautiful surprise of Honey Boy is it never feels like LaBeouf revels in the chance to put the spotlight on himself. He wrote the film while in rehab and every moment of the movie feels like an artist in search of a desperately craved and needed catharsis.

LaBruce dresses up kink in priestly robes and biker leather and raw skin and sets it out on a runway walk in open daylight.

Site is an ambitious film, exploring vision, reincarnation, absolution, and entangled souls as powerful themes in the undercurrent of the story.

Agony resounds with gothic horror vibes and feels like it belongs to the past.

Thoroughly entertaining and will possibly get you thinking about certain choices you've made in your life.

What Richard Curtis brilliantly does with this well-worn storyline is bring in elements to make it feel fresh.

The Actor shows how much fun there is in the indie sphere for regional values mayhem to be had.

Despite missing some needed scenes to carry forward the lead’s emotional throughline, this is a good film that is sure to resonate with its core demographic.

Personally, I found the subject matter fascinating. I love some sports. Auto racing is not one of them, but I also love stories about saving lives and how innovation and technology is a part of that.

The portrait drawn by this film is of a man loved and/or respected by nearly all that have known him.

There are some odd detours, a few prolonged stretches of Holland losing focus. But you know what? Forget the blemishes. It’s a gift that Holland is still producing thought-provoking fare like this.

Throughout clever turns and twists of the plot, Levine presents a meditation and deconstruction on life imitating art and vice versa with a dash of Robert Altman and a nod to David Mamet as players fill in the story.

This cult chestnut is more intelligent, scary, humorous and effective than hyped recent genre efforts by Coppola, Jordan and Carpenter.

The cast is top-notch and I predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over Michael Idemoto as Michael.

Budabin has created a compelling, entertaining, and informative work in Great White Summer that is a master class on what a documentary can be.

Messaging aside, there is such great nuance in both performances of Carice van Houten and Marwan Zenzari. You’re continually guessing their state of mind in a true psychological thriller manner.

Skate or Die is a great documentary with a positive message that will undoubtedly inspire and empower those who watch it.

Son of Monarchs is a type of philosophical journey but one of beauty and mystical discovery.

This film is done in a seemingly comedic way that does not make it just another boring educational documentary. It is effortless to watch and enjoyable.

Kai paints her subject lovingly, hitting the classics like the world’s greatest visual jukebox. Like a Rolling Stone: The Life and Times of Ben Fong-Torres is a fun-filled look at a member of the old school who wasn’t a class clown.

Clint Eastwood is the ultimate thinking man’s cinematic killing machine. High Plains Drifter is his spooky, dark, and vicious version of the Sergio Leone Man With No Name Spaghetti Westerns he once starred in, and a moody existential meditation on gunplay, revenge and karma. Payback!