CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE

Category: Movie Reviews

Every film we have scored, from 1980s horror to what is in cinemas now.

A woman is bound to a bed in a dim cabin while a flashlight cuts through the gloom.

Gerald’s Game Review: Flanagan Makes the Unfilmable Work, 7.7/10

Mike Flanagan turned Stephen King's supposedly impossible novel into a Netflix horror hit, with Carla Gugino pinned to a bed for 104 tense minutes.

By mitch·6 min readSeptember 17, 2026

A large doll sits in a dark living room, watching a woman enter the house.

Movie Reviews4.2/10

Why the 2016 Doll Horror Still Gets Under Your Skin a Decade Later

A review of The Boy (2016): Greta Evans nannies a life-sized doll in a remote English village. Lauren Cohan stars in a thin horror with a strong premise.

By mitch·4 min readSeptember 17, 2026

A solitary figure stands upon a high roof amid the tumult of a besieged city.

Movie Reviews5.2/10

Safe House Review: Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds in a Thriller That Never Builds

Safe House (2012) review: Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds chase a conspiracy through Cape Town in a thriller with great stars and a weak script.

By mitch·8 min readSeptember 17, 2026

A solitary cabin stands beside a lake at twilight, a man gazing upon the shadows beyond.

Movie Reviews4.6/10

Stephen King Adaptation Secret Window Squanders Its Promise Long Before the Credits

Secret Window (2004) review: Johnny Depp, Stephen King, and a thriller that's competent, watchable, and entirely forgettable. Rated 4.6 of 10.

By mitch·5 min readSeptember 17, 2026

Two brothers stand apart upon a desolate field, one weary and distant, one haunted by memory.

Movie Reviews5.8/10

Brothers (2009): A Sturdy Premise, Softened by Warmth

A review of Brothers (2009), the Jim Sheridan remake starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman, with two Golden Globe nominations.

By mitch·6 min readSeptember 17, 2026

A woman stands alone outside her home, caught in the rain, weighed down by grief.

Movie Reviews5.9/10

No Hard Feelings” Review: A Buick Regal, a Summer, and Everyone Buying Something”

Jennifer Lawrence plays a broke Montauk bartender paid a Buick to date a rich couple's shy son in the raunchy class comedy No Hard Feelings.

By mitch·5 min readSeptember 17, 2026

Two women sit together in a car, gazing out at a dim street in old New York.

Movie Reviews9.4/10

Carol (2015): Todd Haynes’s Restrained Romance, Reviewed

Todd Haynes' Carol, shot on Super 16 by Edward Lachman, turns a glove left on a counter into a 1952 love story about custody, cost and restraint.

By mitch·5 min readSeptember 17, 2026

A solitary figure stands amid rain-slicked city streets, weighed down by guilt he cannot escape.

Movie Reviews7.3/10

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s Stuntman Romance Hides a Missing-Person Mystery

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in The Fall Guy, a stuntman action-romance that's fun but flopped at the box office. Our review: 7.3/10.

By mitch·5 min readSeptember 17, 2026

A band of heroes stand amid stormy clouds, engaged in furious debate and combat.

Movie Reviews6.8/10

Marvel’s least powerful team gets a movie that keeps stopping to set up the next one

Thunderbolts* review: Florence Pugh's Yelena leads Marvel's misfit team through a Kuala Lumpur death trap and a Watchtower finale that sets up the New Avengers.

By mitch·3 min readSeptember 17, 2026