Safe in Hell doesn’t offer anything extraordinary in the way of skin or innuendo, but it’s chockablock with the kind of situations and characters that would be verboten on screen for nearly three decades commencing in mid-1934.

Well, nobody said The Grand was another "Best in Show."

It's good-natured myth-making cut into kid-size pieces.

Unfortunately, Albert is so good at being unobtrusive, he nearly disappears from his own story, making it hard for us to get invested in it.

Lighthearted and smart enough to be one of the best Altmanesque ensemble comedies of the last couple of years.

Though Human Stain is sometimes too chaotic and sometimes too neat, it boasts some of the best acting of the year.

If you're new to Kaurismaki, the film will make you a fan. If you've seen everything else he's ever done, the comedy will confirm your commitment.

There was no need to edit it in overly slick ways that often make the story line seem contrived, accompanied by gag-laden narration that frequently made me want to gag.

The finest 1947 boxing picture of 2015 is here: Southpaw, a film that’s gruntingly insistent on its clichés.

The Secret Life of Bees showcases Fanning, who is growing into an impressive teenage actress - even if a scene where she licks honey off an older boy's finger is, well, creeptastic.

Burton may give us a bland hero, a tepid love story and a muddled plot but, hey, at least he’s got a skeleton army doing battle with giant tentacle monsters at an amusement park.

Zellweger dusts off her Bridget Jones accent - and a constellation of annoying vocal and facial tics - for Miss Potter, an unrelentingly mediocre, TV-movieish biopic of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter.

If you're old enough to pluck gray hairs, you may find yourself rubbing away a few tears.

Najafi stages action scenes with an intense, queasy beauty and elevates what is in its outlines a routine crime drama to near-operatic proportions.

The script depends heavily on familiar stand-up comedy bits, but it's full of sharp wisecracks and slacker charm.

Even if Corben hadn't photographed Gatien with lighting that makes him look like a horror-movie villain, he'd hardly come off as innocent.

Though it tries — with a much too heavy hand — the new Evil Dead is far less humorous than its predecessor.

Love and Thunder is an urgent reminder that in order for the MCU to keep going, in an entertaining, soulful way, creativity and innovation is required. You can’t just say “multiverse” 1,000 times and call it a movie.

More than a few will agree with the penguins, who netted the film a PG rating with the utterance, "Well, this sucks."

Undercut by funereal pacing and an ending that seems more than a little contrived.

Difficult but rewarding.

A documentary in which George relates their stories with great charm and understanding.

Rescues a rarely performed tragedy and makes a brilliant case that it is the Shakespeare play for our time.

A Southeast Asian thriller that positively reeks of atmosphere - but is woefully lacking in narrative credibility or character development.

While Amen works as a history lesson, it's less effective as a thriller, since the outcome is sadly all too well-known.

Much has, and will, be made of the grisly scenes throughout the film.

This contemplative drama manages to dodge mawkish potholes to emerge as a strangely life-affirming work.

Quietly persuasive and very timely documentary.