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THE ATONING: Predictable & Underwhelming

The Atoning is an unoriginal, predictable, and underwhelming independent horror film, nothing you haven’t seen before but done much better.

EASY LIVING: Exploring Failure, Contentment & Self-Help Advice
EASY LIVING: Exploring Failure, Contentment & Self-Help Advice

Easy Living is an interesting and insightful character study into a self-destructive woman, who is scared of showing her true self.

WIND RIVER: The Year’s Most Haunting And Elegiac Thriller
WIND RIVER: The Year’s Most Haunting And Elegiac Thriller

Wind River is a haunting and wonderfully acted murder mystery that casts light on the inequality within Native American communities.

WETLANDS: A Soggy, Derivative Mess
WETLANDS: A Soggy, Derivative Mess

Wetlands chronicles one man’s inauspicious return home in an attempt to make amends with his family and restart his cop career.

SHOT CALLER: A Terrifyingly Accurate Castigation Of White Supremacy
SHOT CALLER: A Terrifyingly Accurate Castigation Of White Supremacy

What Shot Caller lacks for, narratively, it makes up for in its complex character study guised as a prison drama, expertly exposing human nature’s animalism.

SAW II: Horror Junkies' Guilty Pleasure
SAW II: Horror Junkies’ Guilty Pleasure

Saw II might not be as strong or as fresh as its predecessor, but it has enough about it that works, making it a guilty pleasure watch.

GHOST HOUSE: An Exhaustingly Loud Horror Dud
GHOST HOUSE: An Exhaustingly Loud Horror Dud

Predictable, overbearing, and generic, Ghost House is a film that is lacking in all the essential ingredients that make up a great horror.

THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM: A Conventional Murder Mystery That Defies Convention
THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM: A Conventional Murder Mystery That Defies Convention

The Limehouse Golem finds ways to toy with you at every turn, making it entertaining viewing despite its seemingly conventional premise.

ICARUS: Top-Level Cheaters

Icarus is a somewhat messy if also interesting look at the doping practices in Russian sports, with a director who gets in over his head.

GOOD TIME: Welcome To The Robert Pattinson Era
GOOD TIME: Welcome To The Robert Pattinson Era

Good Time is a fast-paced, oscillation of raw emotion and manic suspense that plays directly to Pattinson’s continually emerging thespian strengths.

ANNABELLE: CREATION: The Conjuring Universe Is Off To A Solid Start
ANNABELLE: CREATION: The Conjuring Universe Is Off To A Solid Start

With effective sound design and plenty of earned scares, Annabelle: Creation is another successful entry in the continuing Conjuring saga.

CUT SHOOT KILL: A Bloody Decent Effort
CUT SHOOT KILL: A Bloody Decent Effort

Another entry in the continuing trend of independent horror, Cut Shoot Kill just manages to stand out amongst the masses.

PILGRIMAGE: A Juxtaposition Of Faith, Fear And Everything In Between
PILGRIMAGE: A Juxtaposition Of Faith, Fear & Everything In Between

When Pilgrimage learns what kind of film it’s trying to be, it’ll give you everything you’ve wanted from it – and maybe more.

KIDNAP: Halle Berry Has Hit Rock Bottom
KIDNAP: Halle Berry Has Hit Rock Bottom

Though with the talented Halle Berry at the helm, Kidnap is a poorly made action thriller that is lacking in story, acting, and execution.

ATOMIC BLONDE: Charlize Theron Is An Action Movie Star
ATOMIC BLONDE: Charlize Theron Is An Action Movie Star

Atomic Blonde may be sloppy in structure, but it is oozing with immaculately executed action and a finely tuned performance by Theron.