Boston Herald
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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
B+
A Million Little Pieces (2019)
This is a journey, troubling and perhaps dangerous but well-worth taking.
Posted Dec 6, 2019
2
B
Little Joe (2019)
A bit too familiar but a fine cast, nice stylistic touches and a fine low-key approach.
Posted Dec 6, 2019
3
C+
The Aeronauts (2019)
4
B+
Dark Waters (2019)
Todd Haynes' take on corporate expose, pitting heroic lone lawyer Ruffalo against chemical giant DuPont is surprisingly conventional. But the performances sell it.
Posted Nov 27, 2019
5
B-
Knives Out (2019)
Mildly entertaining Clue-like outing with a disappointing role for Daniel Craig. Can I see Murder on the Orient Express instead?
Posted Nov 27, 2019
6
B
Honey Boy (2019)
Emotionally eviscerating and very cinematic.
Posted Nov 22, 2019
7
B
Mickey and the Bear (2019)
8
B-
21 Bridges (2019)
As paranoid conspiracy cop thrillers go, 21 Bridges, a brisk pursuit picture with Chadwick Boseman, gets the job done.
Posted Nov 22, 2019
9
B+
The Report (2019)
Driven by compelling and committed performances from Adam Driver and Annette Bening.
Posted Nov 15, 2019
10
A
The Irishman (2019)
A crowning achievement. The year's best film.
Posted Nov 15, 2019
11
B-
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Reality was never a component of "Charlie's Angels" and that tradition continues with the action-packed third installment, which is content to mimic a distaff 007.
Posted Nov 15, 2019
12
B+
The Good Liar (2019)
13
C
Last Christmas (2019)
Leads have no chemistry. Jokes lame. Twist painful. Ho-ho-no.
Posted Nov 8, 2019
14
C
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Stephen King cannibalizes self. Flanagan cannibalizes Kubrick.
Posted Nov 8, 2019
15
A-
Midway (2019)
16
C
Playing with Fire (2019)
The comically intended Playing with Fire seems, to put it kindly, a misfire.
Posted Nov 8, 2019
17
B
Black and Blue (2019)
A neat and nasty thriller.
Posted Oct 28, 2019
18
C
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
This resurrection pales in every way to the startlingly enjoyable original.
Posted Oct 18, 2019
19
Prayers for Bobby (2009)
Here's the obvious question: What is Sigourney Weaver doing in a Lifetime movie? Answer: Giving one heartrending performance.
Posted Oct 15, 2019
20
B
Gemini Man (2019)
Chase scenes and shootouts are terrific, plot and dialogue not so much. I recommend seeing this in IMAX HFR 2D.
Posted Oct 11, 2019
21
B-
The Addams Family (2019)
Not bad, but not creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky enough.
Posted Oct 11, 2019
22
B+
Britt-Marie Was Here (2019)
A lovely tale of reinvention from the writer of A Man Called Ove, featuring Swedish acting royalty Pernilla August.
Posted Oct 4, 2019
23
A-
Joker (2019)
Todd Phillips has made a surprisingly austere and relentlessly dark origin film. Arthur Fleck aka Joker is this generation's Travis Bickle.
Posted Oct 4, 2019
24
B+
Abominable (2019)
25
A-
Monos (2019)
Part Lord of the Flies, part Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Posted Sep 27, 2019
26
A-
Miles Davis is a constantly evolving musical genius in Stanley Nelson's "Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool. "
Posted Sep 27, 2019
27
A-
Judy (2019)
Zellweger busts out of movie jail and soars over the rainbow as pop culture icon in Judy.
Posted Sep 27, 2019
28
B
Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
With quiet authority and genuine angst, Stallone endows Rambo with mortality, a willingness to meet his maker and be finally at peace.
Posted Sep 23, 2019
29
A-
Ms. Purple (2019)
Breakouts turns by lead Tiffany Chu and co-writer-director Justin Chon. A poignant and brutal portrait of siblings in L.A.'s Koreatown.
Posted Sep 20, 2019
30
A-
A mysterious and compelling work of art. Recalls Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone. Issa Lopez is going places.
Posted Sep 20, 2019
31
B+
Downton Abbey (2019)
If you loved Downton Abbey, you'll love Downton Abbey. It's a conceptual palindrome. Well-made fan service. Maggie Smith has all the best lines, again.
Posted Sep 20, 2019
32
B+
Villains (2019)
The surprises continue right to the very (dead) end.
Posted Sep 20, 2019
33
Hustlers (2019)
In Hollywood's historical and lengthy flirtation with strippers on film there's never been an entry quite as encompassing, titillating or subversive.
Posted Sep 16, 2019
34
B+
An eye-opening biopic.
Posted Sep 13, 2019
35
C
The Goldfinch (2019)
A bloated, derivative, self-important bore. Theo Decker is no David Copperfield or Harry Potter for that matter.
Posted Sep 13, 2019
36
A-
A dazzling portrait of one of the country's greatest pop singers and a pioneering woman in rock music.
Posted Sep 13, 2019
37
B
Hustlers (2019)
Jennifer Lopez is a blast, a wannabe female GoodFellas. But it's not all that.
Posted Sep 13, 2019
38
A-
Official Secrets (2019)
Knightley shines as heroic Katharine Gun.
Posted Sep 6, 2019
39
B
It Chapter Two (2019)
It's way too long, but scary fun enough of the time. Hader is the standout.
Posted Sep 6, 2019
40
A-
This is not Berlin (2019)
A chiaroscuro coming-of-age tale set in turbulent 1980s Mexico City and a fine bookend to Alfonso Cuaron's Roma.
Posted Aug 30, 2019
41
A-
Aquarela (2019)
An ode in 96 fps to one of the five elements from a Russian visionary. See water at war with itself like some demonic god.
Posted Aug 30, 2019
42
A-
A marvelous treat for Fiddler lovers and a fascinating piece of American and world theater history.
Posted Aug 30, 2019
43
C
Brittany Runs a Marathon (2019)
If you like TV on a really big screen, here it is. Seems edgy, but is really banal and seriously conflicted. Bell, however, is quite good.
Posted Aug 30, 2019
44
C
Ready or Not (2019)
Is this a spoof? The dialogue sounds like it was poorly translated from another language.
Posted Aug 24, 2019
45
C+
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
And why'd you make this movie? I hear the book was a smash. Did not read it. A waste of a marvelous cast.
Posted Aug 17, 2019
46
B+
Blinded by the Light (2019)
The film captures the way music leaps all social and cultural barriers and brings joy to a lonely Anglo-Pakistani man in Thatcher-era Britain.
Posted Aug 17, 2019
47
B
Good Boys (2019)
Ah, the ageless premise that it's funny to hear kids talk dirty. The young cast, headed by Jacob Tremblay of "Room," is excellent.
Posted Aug 17, 2019
48
C+
47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
Dull dialogue, placidly paced, dimly seen underwater sequences and not enough shark action means "Uncaged" never generates nonstop tension.
Posted Aug 16, 2019
49
B
Tel Aviv on Fire (2019)
50
B
The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
It's a smart-silly sequel to the 2016 original.
Posted Aug 13, 2019