'Rampage' Lowers The Bar On Razing A City
"There's something weirdly serene about a film that doesn't try any harder than it must," says critic Chris Klimek.
Movie Reviews
'The Rider' Offers An Aching Portrait Of Masculinity In Crisis
Writer-director Chloé Zhao's new film tells the true story of a Lakota cowboy recovering from a serious rodeo accident. Critic Justin Chang says The Rider has "a bone-deep authenticity."
Movie Review: 'A Quiet Place'
David Greene talks with Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang about the new horror movie A Quiet Place. Silence figures prominently in the creepy plot.
'A Quiet Place' Will Leave You Shhhhhhaken
Director John Krasinki's tense, well-acted horror film is about a family attempting to survive an invasion by terrifying creatures who hunt via sound.
When Your Savior Complex Isn't, Particularly: The Brutal 'You Were Never Really Here'
Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) directs Joaquin Phoenix in this violent, strident and repetitive tale about a man who sets out to rescue a kidnapped girl.
Worried Parents Go Off Half-Cocked In 'Blockers'
A teen sex comedy from the worried parents' point of view, Blockers smartly skewers, in a raunchy, silly and strangely empathetic way, the neediness of the helicopter parent.
'Lean On Pete': A Dispiriting Detour On The Way To The Glue Factory
Writer/director Andrew Haigh (Weekend) adapts Willy Vlautin's novel about a lonely teen and the horse he loves. Under Haigh's austere direction, the film moves from melancholic to downright morose.
Giddy, Over-The-Top 'Blockers' Makes Parents The Butt Of Prom Night Jokes
Three teenage girls make a pact to lose their virginity after senior prom — and three parents embark on a hysterical odyssey to stop them — in Kay Cannon's raunchy new sex comedy.
50 Years Later, '2001: A Space Odyssey' Is Still A Cinematic Landmark
Stanley Kubrick's science-fiction epic — which opened to mixed reviews in 1968 — unknowingly foreshadowed the future of effects-driven blockbusters.
Steven Spielberg's Fantastical 'Ready Player One' Is A Fatally Overblown Juggernaut
Spielberg's new action-adventure is set in future world where people use virtual-reality goggles to escape a dreary city. Critic Justin Chang calls it both "spectacular — and spectacularly empty."