LIBRARY WARS: THE LAST MISSION takes a scattershot approach to a near-future manga series on free speech and censorship, finding impressive action sequences but little else.
The Final Girls
A stale spin on the meta-horror comedy, Strauss-Schulson’s film does little to distinguish itself from its predecessors and often fails to meet the low bar it has set for itself.
At Home
AT HOME is literate enough to meld various influences into a coherent product, however, its conclusions are poorly expressed and finally disappointing.
Youth
Paolo Sorrentino follows up his Oscar-winning THE GREAT BEAUTY with the platitudinous and disappointing YOUTH.
The Physician
Philipp Stölzl’s The Physician is hampered by humdrum plotting and a ludicrous failure to cleave to any semblance of real cultural history.
The Last Witch Hunter
Vin Diesel’s passion project fantasia is an unfortunately straight-faced film, complete with an underused cast and a dull script.
Cartel Land
Matthew Heineman’s documentary might be brave and shocking but some of its editing decisions feel ethically and morally dubious.
A Month of Sundays
Matthew Saville’s latest effort, an exploration of mourning, regret, life, death, family, parenthood and real estate fails to land, trudging along at a glacial pace.
The Chimpanzee Complex
Marc Schmidt’s documentary about the process of dehumanising traumatised chimps is a largely repetitive and unengaging.
The Visit: An Alien Encounter
Michael Madsen’s documentary about the possibility of alien contact is unfortunately straight-faced and lacking imagination.