A Quiet Place

As monsters lurk, the world survives with a whisper

"...The Abbotts have another advantage: Evelyn and Lee (real-life couple Blunt and Krasinski) know American Sign Language because their..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Foxtrot

Israeli drama brings offbeat levity to anti-war narrative.

"...Israel Defense Forces, and their presence means that the couple’s son has died in service. They immediately, with calm..."

April 6, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Game Night

Monopoly was never this brutal before this crime-com.

"...into a first-comes-love, then-comes-marriage montage between the film’s leading couple, Annie (McAdams) and Max (Bateman) – in like five..."

Feb. 23, 2018 Movie Review by Danielle White

Fifty Shades Freed

Mr. and Mrs. Grey break out the whips one last time

"...Maestro, please: There’s a montage of the couple’s marriage over the opening credits before we’re whisked away..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

In the Fade

Revenge, German immigration, and neo-Nazis clash

"...system where the two defendants – a young neo-Nazi couple – end up being acquitted of the murders due..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Angelica

Jena Malone stars in this Victorian potboiler

"...almost dies giving birth to daughter Angelica, and the couple is told they can never have sex again. This..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Breathe

Andrew Garfield stars in this biopic of a British responaut and advocate for the disabled

"...The film is completely enchanted by the couple’s marriage, which is wholly unburdened by any harsh words..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

Infinity Baby

Babies (young and old) who can't grow up

"...his fingernails (a nice character tic), who oversees a couple of employees, Malcolm (Starr) and Larry (Corrigan), who are..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

I Do ... Until I Don't

Marriage (comedies) ain't easy

"...girl loves her ellipses). We are introduced to three couples, in various states of crises. There’s Alice (Bell) and..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Brigsby Bear

A man searches for truth in nostalgia

"...an underground fallout shelter by a well-meaning but nutcase couple posing as his parents, James has a single point..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Journey

Settling peace in Northern Ireland?

"...across the Scottish countryside over the matter of a couple of hours. The events depicted here are most likely..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Band Aid

A couple works out their problems through song

"...issues. And so it goes for Band Aid’s longtime couple Anna (Lister-Jones, Lola Versus) and Ben (Pally, Night Owls),..."

June 23, 2017 Movie Review by Danielle White

All Nighter

A father searches for his daughter with the help of her ex-boyfriend

"...are among the high points as a manically passive-aggressive couple who attempt to aid Frank and Martin, but as..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A United Kingdom

A film on love, race, and royalty

"...a hint of for-the-woman-I-love ardor. It honors this extraordinary couple’s defiant and unwavering love for each other, but it..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program B

Be the most knowledgeable voter at your Oscar party

"...Aleppo and reveals the harsh reality of a married couple and their four children. Devoted to the resistance, the..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sleepless

A shady cop searches for his kidnapped son

"...during an all-night cat-and-mouse chase involving numerous parties. A couple of set-pieces that take place on a crowded dance..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lion

An orphan's search for his birth mother gets an assist from Google Earth

"...from which he is ultimately adopted by an Australian couple (Kidman and Wenham) and grows up into Dev Patel,..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Tom Cruise isn't having any fun in this boilerplate actioner

"...movie that would have been better served dropping a couple more grades with the addition of sex and swagger...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Long Way North

Lovely French-Danish production is an old-fashioned animated movie

"...share of shortcomings, such as its blandish narrative, a couple of jarringly anachronistic references (penicillin in the 19th century?),..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

La Leyenda del Chupacabras

Dark animated tale may be too frightening for children

"...creatures seen in previous Leyenda films) gab, and a couple of magical flying girls interact with Leo. One of..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Girl on the Train

Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation

"...yard with their new baby, and also the idyllic-seeming couple two doors down, Scott (Evans) and Megan (Bennett). But..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Goat

Alpha-male fraternity bullying sparks revenge in this true story

"...Brett's (Jonas) fraternity. Naive and stupid, he offers a couple of guys a ride home and ends up in..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Light Between Oceans

Gorgeous period melodrama fails to connect

"...begin their married life and start a family. The couple’s trouble begins after two miscarriages occur, followed by a..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Doc doesn't quite capture the spirit of the brilliant iconoclast

"...slightly uncomfortable and self-conscious, even embarrassed, though on a couple of occasions during the film (particularly when he knew..."

July 15, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Seth Rogen learns that girls just want to have fun

"...scoping this sequel to 2014’s Neighbors, in which cool couple Mac (Rogen) and Kelly Radner (Byrne) played baby-rearing adults..."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mother's Day

The movie is a moneymaking contrivance, just like the holiday itself

"...end of the film.) The sitcom-like pace crams a couple jokes into every scene before moving along to the..."

April 29, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ki and Ka

Indian romantic comedy about a married couple flouting gender roles

"...time. In this Indian romantic comedy, a young, married couple flouts gender roles...."

April 1, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Other Side of the Door

The portal between the living and dead is once again breached

"...title). Maria (Callies) and Michael (Sisto), are an American couple who decide at the start of the film to..."

March 11, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Danish Girl

Biopic about the first person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery

"...an extended introduction to its primary characters, the married couple Einar (Redmayne) and Gerda (Vikander) Wegener. They are both..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love the Coopers

A comedy gathering as dreary as your own family get-togethers

"...include the teetering marriage of the Cooper clan’s backbone couple (Goodman and Keaton); an unlikely relationship borne in an..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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