Dan Bayer

While Verity is ultimately too dull to truly provoke, Hathaway is sharp enough to cut through the mediocre muck surrounding her, giving her sections of the film a winningly wicked wink. She’s reason enough to see the film, even if the rest of it leaves a lot to be desired.

For all its subtlety, elegance, and focus on character, “Godzilla Minus Zero” is still a monster movie first and foremost, and Yamazaki delivers spectacularly.

While it’s easy to wish for more depth in the level of shot composition, lighting, and blocking, the cast’s infectious energy and Miller Rogen’s impassioned screenplay make Babies a must-watch for anyone who’s had a kid or is considering having one.

By doing so much work to give Jane Austen’s characters a more contemporary feel, Oakley has made a “Sense and Sensibility” that feels timeless, one that will endear the author to a whole new generation of women learning how to balance their own needs with what society expects from them.

While Union Town isn’t uplifting in the most traditional sense of the word, that passion absolutely will fire you up to go support, join, or, hell, even start a union. That’s the kind of uplift this country really needs right now.

With a cast firing on all cylinders and a script that’s full of surface-level diva dramatics without skimping on the emotional drama underneath, A Talent for Murder may not be great, but it sure is great fun.

There isn’t anything else out there quite like Stuffed, and that’s reason alone to see it. The fact that it’s so singular while also being a flat-out fantastic musical makes it a must-see, even if its oddball humor may not be on your wavelength.

The film’s mixture of darkness and light feels just right, reminding audiences of all stages of life that laughter truly can be the best medicine.

Instead of a reckoning, The Housewife feels more like a retrospective news program – it makes some salient points, but we’ve heard them all before.

Everything surrounding the film’s survival-thriller core is passable at best, but that core is rock-solid.