Filmrecensies van George Wolf

While never hilarious, Isn’t It Romantic manages consistent charm and an effective running gag about keeping it all PG-13. Recensie

Director Adam Shankman can find none of the authentic energy that infused his effervescent take on Hairspray, settling instead for a laziness that has little regard for continuity, logic or organic humor. Recensie

Kusama keeps up a knowingly effective pace, dropping just enough breadcrumbs to keep you interested until the twist reveal she’s sitting on. Of course, she’s also got Kidman’s range to lean on, occasionally forgetting it doesn’t need that much help getting noticed. Recensie

Minding the Gap entertains as a testament to the love of skateboarding, but it transcends as an emotional statement on the fragile bonds of parenting and an earnest ode to the power of love. Recensie

Stops short of sermonizing, but with some truly amazing and insightful footage, uncovers plenty of sobering food for thought. Recensie

The spoon-feeding that’s waiting at the end of Serenity is well-intentioned but structurally misguided, landing so far from the mark that just embracing that early Body Heat wave and riding it out might have made for a better crash. Recensie

Would Glass have worked better if we hadn’t been standing around staring all this time? Probably. but Shyamalan got us here with skill, and he gets us out with a film that’s easy to respect, but hard to cheer for. Recensie

Everything is painted with the broadest brush available. Recensie

Rests as a film always competent and sincere, but seldom revealing. Recensie

The cast is universally charming, and when Koreeda is content to ride the casually observational pace he introduces, Shoplifters works humanistic wonders with its sweet vignettes of love and mercy. Recensie

The story bursts to vibrant life. The dazzling animation gives a big soul kiss to comic books and pushes nearly every frame to its action-following limit. Recensie

Amid heavy dialog that’s fast and free-flowing with an improvisational feel, the crowded mountain home becomes a nerve-wracking metaphor for the state of race relations. Recensie

But beyond all the button pushing, sentiment and nostalgia are characters, and this all falls like a tomato can in the fist round if we don’t have reason to care about them. We still do. Recensie

The dialogue is fast and smart, often evoking a more easily digestible Aaron Sorkin. Salient points are made and then rebutted through the precise timing and intricate blocking of an outstanding ensemble... Recensie

Always more fuzzy than consistently funny, Instant Family offers plenty of good feels backed up with some lived-in comfortability. Recensie

It is precisely this intimacy that fuels the film’s resonance, as one family’s story becomes a vessel for greater understanding. That’s no small achievement, and Boy Erased is no small triumph. Recensie

Always watchable, and engaging enough to keep you invested. But Lisbeth became memorable by being uniquely compelling, not merely satisfactory. Recensie

The Grinch is nearly as empty as Cindy Lou’s living room on Christmas morn. Recensie

Factual liberties are taken, timelines are sometimes carelessly misrepresented, and there’s a totally needless gag from Mike Myers, but whenever Bohemian Rhapsody is most unsteady, Queen’s music is there for a bailout. Recensie

Through first-hand insight and two towering performances, it finds a thread of hope in the ashes of a family’s nightmare. Recensie

It cements a vision of Suspiria that’s as ambitious and it is uncompromising, one that explores different definitions of horror while ultimately delivering more outright shocks and shivers than Argento ever attempted. Recensie

An often funny, sometimes startling and endlessly human film, Mid90s is a blast from the past that points to a bright filmmaking future for Jonah Hill. Recensie

But in contrasting glorious human achievement with acceptable sacrifice, Free Solo becomes nearly unforgettable. Recensie

In trusting that YA audience with some bitter pills, The Hate U Give becomes a required dose for the rest of us. Recensie