It is all thoroughly entertaining and even, at times, gripping.

The Social Dilemma should be mandatory viewing for everyone who has a social media account. After seeing it, you may look at your phone differently, as something that isn’t really your friend.

At times, Anderson may be too brilliant for his own good, and there is a risk that viewers will tire of the director's relentlessly prowling camera.

As fresh as today’s newspaper — or a blog post — or a tweet from a minute ago. It’s a response to what is going on right now, and it feels like it, not only in content, but in form.

Midnight Run has thrills, excellent performances, touching moments, slick plotting, lively dialogue, plenty of laughs, beautiful locations and finely detailed direction. It's an across-the-board success, the best new movie I've seen in years. [20 July 1988]

An exceptionally powerful film driven by contradictory forces.

If nothing else, The Human Factor demonstrates the tall task that awaits President Biden’s secretary of state, Antony Blinken. Good luck.

By the time it ends, Mendes has built within the audience an intense desire to see the men’s message successfully delivered, and like a true dramatist, Mendes milks it for every drop of tension. He does not blow his big finish.

The documentary is gentle and observational, unfolding slowly and smoothly. No overarching drama here, just a slice of daily life.

This intricately plotted Japanese epic has so many twists and turns - not to mention bizarre characters with even more bizarre backstories - that the time will fly by. As the old cliche goes, you will not have another moviegoing experience quite like this one all year.

Waste Land is a film about recycling, but it's far more intriguing than the average eco-documentary.

The Substance gets more wonderfully appalling as it goes along, but it’s impressive from its first moments, and it never lets up.

The old saying, "It's hard to find good help nowadays" takes on a new meaning in Murderous Maids.

(Morris's) strangest and most disturbing portrait yet.

The actors do their best, particularly the impeccable Mirren, but Schepisi draws a shroud of chaste dullness over their scenes and lays on an energy- sapping score.

This is a film about small victories, huge defeats and finding the will to keep fighting.

A remarkable documentary.

The careful camera work, beautifully dank cinematography and the quietly nuanced performance by Darín keep our attention, but in the end, the film's bigger challenge isn't its length, or its deliberate pace: It's that it's overly freighted with symbolism and meaning.

Logan Lucky is not a contemptible piece of work. It’s a genuine effort by talented people that never quite comes off.

It's a stunning, delightful image adventure like nothing done before on the big screen.

It’s admirable, but it has long stretches of dull, and the tickets aren’t free.

If you know the Dracula legend, you know what comes next. “Nosferatu,” which also was remade by Werner Herzog in 1979, is therefore somewhat predictable. But the images and performances are so riveting that it doesn't matter.

A riveting works of humanism.

A rare, sumptuous movie treat.

The film refuses to soft-pedal Dickinson’s heartbreaking descent into bitterness and near-misanthropy, but sometimes operates with a heavy-handedness that’s certainly at odds with her poetry.

Entertaining yet somber documentary.

Vivid and madcap but fails to connect on any emotional level.

I just wish that "Apollo 13" worked better as a movie, and that Howard's threshold for corn, mush and twinkly sentiment weren't so darn wide.