Reviews — In Reel Deep

Review: 'Wild'

Reese Witherspoon shines in Wild, a passion project about a young woman who hikes over a thousand miles to forget her rocky past.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoDecember 9, 2014Jean-Marc Vallee, Laura Dern, Nick Hornby, reese witherspoon

'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 1'

Building tension for the grand finale comes at the expense of a truly standalone tale.

Action and Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Reviews, Science FictionAndrew JohnsonDecember 1, 2014Donald Sutherland, elizabeth banks, Francis Lawrence, Jeffrey Wright, jennifer lawrence, julianne moore, liam hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hofffman, stanley tucci, woody harrelson

Review: 'Birdman'

Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman spends too much time forcefully lampooning Hollywood and wastes excellent performances from Michael Keaton and Edward Norton.

Comedy, Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoNovember 18, 2014Alejandro González Iñárritu, Amy Ryan, Edward Norton, Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts

Review: 'Foxcatcher'

Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher examines the relationship between John du Pont and the Schultz brothers, and the horror that occurs when the most broken of the three loses his grip on reality.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoNovember 12, 2014Bennett Miller, channing tatum, Mark Ruffalo, steve carell

'Interstellar'

Christopher Nolan's latest has serious flaws, but it also has a heart and a soul that redeems it.

Action and Adventure, Drama, Reviews, Science FictionAndrew JohnsonNovember 11, 2014anne hathaway, Bill Irwin, casey affleck, christopher nolan, David Gyasi, Ellen Burstyn, jessica chastain, john lithgow, matt damon, Matthew McCounaghey, michael caine, Topher Grace, wes bentley

'The Theory of Everything'

Director James Marsh's story about Stephen and Jane Hawking takes a disappointing turn in to trite biopic territory.

Drama, Reviews, RomanceAndrew JohnsonNovember 8, 2014David Thewlis, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Harry Lloyd, James Marsh, Simon McBurney

Review: 'Nightcrawler'

Nightcrawler isn't exactly a coming-out party for the already excellent Jake Gyllenhaal, but it is a sadistic romp that may provide the young actor with some statues for his mantle.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoNovember 4, 2014bill paxton, Dan Gilroy, jake gyllenhaal, Rene Russo

'St. Vincent'

The great Bill Murray papers over major flaws in Theodore Melfi's feature-length debut.

Comedy, Drama, ReviewsAndrew JohnsonNovember 2, 2014bill murray, chris o'dowd, Jaeden Lieberher, melissa mccarthy, Naomi Watts, terrence howard, Theodore Melfi

Review: 'Whiplash'

Everyone is broken in Damien Chazelle's tremendous jazz-centric thriller Whiplash, and being made whole can prove even more detrimental.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoOctober 19, 2014Damien Chazelle, J-K- Simmons, miles teller, Whiplash

'Gone Girl'

David Fincher's engrossing mystery challenges you to look away while making that notion seem untenable.

Drama, Mystery and Thrillers, ReviewsAndrew JohnsonOctober 5, 2014ben affleck, Carrie Coon, Casey Wilson, david fincher, Gillian Flynn, Kim Dickens, Missi Pyle, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Fugit, Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry

'The One I Love'

A quirky indie rom-com takes a satisfying left turn toward The Outer Limits

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Reviews, RomanceAndrew JohnsonSeptember 28, 2014Elisabeth Moss, mark duplass, Ted Danson

Review: 'The Drop'

Tom Hardy and the late James Gandolfini help this standard crime drama rise above its ho-hum story and sluggish pace.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoSeptember 22, 2014james gandolfini, noomi rapace, The Drop, tom hardy

'Dom Hemingway'

Jude Law finds a distinct and often weird role as safe-cracking rough just out of prison.

Comedy, Drama, ReviewsAndrew JohnsonSeptember 14, 2014Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, jude law, Richard E- Grant, Richard Shepard

Review: 'Frank'

Michael Fassbender dons a massive papier-mâché head in the wonderfully quirky Frank and turns in his best performance since Inglourious Basterds.

Comedy, Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoSeptember 1, 2014domhnall gleeson, Frank, Lenny Abrahamson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, michael fassbender, Scoot McNairy

Review: 'Calvary'

John Michael McDonagh again makes excellent use of Brendan Gleeson in Calvary, a look at modern morality and the church's current place in society.

Drama, ReviewsSteve CiminoAugust 13, 2014Aidan Gillen, brendan gleeson, Calvary, chris o'dowd, John Michael McDonagh

'Gimme Shelter'

A queasy-feeling message is matched by exceedingly poor filmmaking.

Drama, ReviewsAndrew JohnsonAugust 5, 2014Brendan Fraser, James Earl Jones, Ron Krauss, rosario dawson, vanessa hudgens

Review: 'A Most Wanted Man'

A Most Wanted Man is how Philip Seymour Hoffman should go out: quiet, methodical, detailed, and excellently directed and scripted in a minor masterpiece of a spy film.