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THE VOICES is a bizarre career turn for a celebrated cartoonist

Calvin Cleary February 23, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

The Voices is a truly bizarre film, particularly coming from cartoonist Marjane Satrapi. Does this Ryan Reynolds serial killer comedy hold up?

Calvin Cleary February 16, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry is a powerful if too-conventional documentary history of the early feminist fights for equality.

Calvin Cleary February 13, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

50 SHADES OF GREY is an improvement on a terrible book, but that’s not enough to make the movie worth your time on its own merits.

Calvin Cleary February 10, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

Should Spider-Man ‘come home’ to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Personally, I’d rather see them innovate than correct Sony’s mess.

Calvin Cleary February 10, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night isn’t the best modern vampire movie, or the scariest. But it just might be the coolest of the bunch.

Calvin Cleary February 9, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

JUPITER ASCENDING is a deeply silly movie that doesn’t work. It’s also a visual feast with a career-best performance from Eddie Redmayne.

Calvin Cleary February 6, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR gives an all-star cast, including Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain, room to explore well-drawn characters.

Calvin Cleary February 2, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

R100 is a bizarre, ambitious movie about sexuality, bondage, and loneliness. This is a love-it-or-hate-it movie; there is no middle ground.

Calvin Cleary January 26, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

Everly features a truly bad-ass performance from Salma Hayek in a movie that never even comes close to earning her starpower.

Calvin Cleary January 16, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

BLACKHAT seems silly on its face, casting buff himbo Chris Hemsworth as a master hacker. What can I say? Michael Mann makes it work.

Calvin Cleary January 15, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

LUCY shouldn’t work. The hook is silly, the direction is broad, the premise is simple. But Johansson and Besson make a ridiculous ride fun.

Calvin Cleary January 15, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

2014 was a genuinely amazing year for film. Unless you looked at what – and who – got nominated for an Academy Award.

Calvin Cleary January 9, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

Taken 3 is a dense, silly movie that is impossible to pay attention to. A truly abysmal capper to an already-stolid trilogy.

Calvin Cleary January 6, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

A Walk Among the Tombstones may look right at home in the glut of old-man-action we’ve seen, but it’s a step above the competition.

Calvin Cleary January 2, 2015 February 9, 2021 Film

Horns, adapted from a novel by Joe Hill, has a great hook. It’s a shame that the movie they built on it doesn’t really work.