The Machinist at 20: how Christian Bale's 62-pound transformation serves Brad Anderson's tight psychological thriller, not the other way around.
John Carpenter's Halloween cost $300,000 and grossed $70 million. A review of the 1978 slasher classic, its mask, its score, and why nobody listens.
A deep dive into Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker: Jeremy Renner's breakout, Fort Irwin training, six Oscar wins, and why veterans still call it absurd.
Mr. Nobody review: Van Dormael's multiverse drama starring Jared Leto as the last mortal man, ambitious but unwilling to choose. 6.8/10.
Jason Bourne (2016) review: Damon and Greengrass return for a competent but hollow sequel that repeats Ultimatum without its urgency. 5.8/10.
Disney's 1940 Pinocchio turns a wish into a test: a wooden puppet must prove brave, truthful and unselfish, with a cricket as his failing conscience.
A review of Richard Linklater's 2003 comedy The School of Rock, starring Jack Black as a broke guitarist who fakes his way into a fifth-grade classroom.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's action comedy The Interview stars James Franco and Randall Park as a talk host and Kim Jong-un in a hit-and-miss satire.
A review of Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man, starring Elisabeth Moss, and how the standalone reboot beat Universal's Dark Universe.
Ang Lee's Hulk (2003) was a $245.3M experiment with Eric Bana and Jennifer Connelly that never decided what it wanted to be.
Red Sparrow review: Jennifer Lawrence carries a 140-minute spy thriller that can't decide between brutal character study and twisty espionage.
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom: two 12-year-old runaways, a Khaki Scout search party, and the 2012 film's warmest, strangest love story.
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