Calvin Cleary, Author at ScreenRex

The Maze Runner Review

Calvin Cleary September 19, 2014 December 15, 2020 Uncategorized

The Maze Runner is flawed, certainly. But as a piece of teen-oriented action, it was a surprisingly engaging adventure.

Calvin Cleary August 13, 2014 December 15, 2020 Film

Even in 2014, the collapse of the American Dream was more than evident. Rich Hill is a powerful documentary that never feels like poverty porn.

Calvin Cleary August 1, 2014 December 15, 2020 Film

James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy is one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s best films, with charming performances and great effects.

Calvin Cleary May 2, 2014 December 15, 2020 Film

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a low point for the superhero movie, a tacky, relentlessly bad trek into modern filmmaking’s worst impulses.

Calvin Cleary March 21, 2014 December 15, 2020 Film

Divergent was a bad book, and it has somehow made an even worse movie. A talented cast can’t save a barely-there hook, and boy do they try.

Calvin Cleary March 8, 2014 December 15, 2020 Film

300: Rise of an Empire is no one’s idea of a triumphant return to a franchise that was better left dead. No one will mourn whatever this is.

Calvin Cleary January 18, 2014 December 15, 2020 Film

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is a perfectly acceptable thriller elevated by knowing not to punch above its weight.