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April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Mortal Engines
Dystopian YA adaptation relies on spectacle over character
"...(Weaving) is stabbed during one such assault by the mysterious Hester Shaw (Hilmar), what follows is a race across..."
Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Bad Times at the El Royale
Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance
"...road-tripping priest (Bridges), an aspiring singer (Erivo), and a mysterious femme fatale (Johnson), all of whom have reasons for..."
Oct. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
The Darkest Minds
Earth's last children hunted by their parents
"...It’s been six years since a mysterious illness wiped out most of the children on the..."
Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Marvel's crime caper comedy sequel gets bigger, smaller, but still fun
"...as ever) wants all that delicious tech, and the mysterious Ghost (John-Kamen), who can slip between realities, is after..."
July 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Blumhouse's Truth or Dare
Truth or dare? We say pass on this demonic schlock.
"...last year’s Academy Award-winning Get Out is far more mysterious than anything that happens onscreen in Blumhouse’s Truth or..."
April 13, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
An Ordinary Man
Oscar winner Ben Kingsley as a war criminal on the run.
"...on the run (Kingsley) gets too close to his mysterious housekeeper (Hilmar)...."
April 13, 2018 Movie Review
A Quiet Place
As monsters lurk, the world survives with a whisper
"...in the woods, and the streets, and everywhere; a mysterious something that hones in on the slightest sound, strikes..."
April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Winchester
Helen Mirren fights off ghosts with construction tools.
"...Price encounters mysterious goings-on from Sarah’s niece Marion (Snook) and her young..."
Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Commuter
Liam Neeson still has a very particular set of skills
"...real, as he is challenged to hunt down that mysterious person before the train reaches its destination: a seemingly..."
Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
The Shape of Water
An unconventional love story from one of the best fabulists
"...generous heart, works as a cleaning woman in a mysterious military facility. The place is overseen by the hawkish..."
Dec. 8, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Foreigner
Jackie Chan takes a page from Liam Neeson
"...less of Brosnan's bombast, frankly, and more of the mysterious Mr. Quan, but this dark-edged little razor blade of..."
Oct. 13, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Wish Upon
A music box leads to deadly wish fulfillment
"...daddy (Phillippe) gives her an Oriental octagonal box with mysterious powers, Clare wastes no time obsessively asking for everything..."
July 14, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Wedding Plan
A rom-com with a twist
"...endorsement of the belief that God, indeed, works in mysterious ways...."
June 2, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Phoenix Forgotten
Missing teens and mysterious lights in this found-footage sci-fi film
"...actual events, namely the widely reported mass sighting of mysterious lights hovering over the Phoenix desert in 1997. Barber..."
April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Void
A gory serving of cosmic horror
"...plot begins with Sheriff Daniel Carter (Poole) discovering a mysterious, bloodied-up man on a country road. Their arrival at..."
April 14, 2017 Movie Review by Dan Gentile
Ghost in the Shell
Scar Jo as cybernetic warrior
"...mantis shrimp-vision. Nice. They’re on the trail of the mysterious “terrorist hacker” Hideo Kuze (Pitt) who is seeking to..."
April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Smurfs: The Lost Village
The little blue critters are back
"...now the purposeless protagonist has to track down a mysterious being she briefly glimpsed in the Forbidden Forest. Determinedly..."
April 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Shack
The spiritual journey of a tortured soul
"...by a serial killer. One day, he finds a mysterious letter in his mailbox that’s signed by Papa (his..."
March 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Handmaiden
A stylish and alluring love triangle
"...compelling puzzle that offers up a multitude of pleasures; mysterious, erotic, and otherwise...."
Oct. 28, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Keeping Up With the Joneses
Silly cul-de-sac action comedy is a knockoff Mr. and Mrs. Smith
"...It’s movie larceny on a grand scale. Playing the mysterious titular neighbors with cheekbones to spare, Hamm and Gadot..."
Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Max Steel
A teen and an alien join forces in this superhero movie
"...teenager and his alien companion come together to fight mysterious forces...."
Oct. 14, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Under the Shadow
A mother and her son are stuck in a war zone in this Iranian horror film
"...crack under the strain of Iraqi bombings and the mysterious, aforementioned orphan, who seems to materialize just out of..."
Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Disappointments Room
Kate Beckinsale moves into a haunted house
"...place up, but first there’s the question of a mysterious locked room that goes unnoted on the house’s original..."
Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Blair Witch
Stay out of the (noisy) woods
"...head back into the Blair Witch’s territory after a mysterious DV tape is uploaded onto YouTube. Friend Lisa (Hernandez)..."
Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Central Intelligence
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart make for passable action buddies
"...in the midst of some MacGuffin plot involving a mysterious hacker called "Black Badger" and, naturally, stolen, ever-important satellite..."
June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Embrace of the Serpent
Scientists and an Amazonian shaman interact in this unique film
"...commonalities with those approaches): The film is also comic, mysterious, and structurally ambitious, while offering numerous points of entry..."
April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Boy
Horrors: A nanny finds that her new charge is a life-sized doll
"...their grief over losing their flesh-and-blood son in a mysterious fire years before. The two oldsters give Greta a..."
Jan. 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Sicario
Taut, morally ambiguous thriller is set on the U.S./Mexico border
"...a wily marksman and cryptic mentor whose credentials remain mysterious. Blunt’s wide-eyed education as Kate contrasts nicely with Del..."
Oct. 2, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
No Escape
Owen Wilson heads an American family swept up in a Southeast Asian coup
"...On the plane, the family meets a grizzled, mysterious character named Hammond (a great Pierce Brosnan); at their..."
