Movie reviews of George Wolf

The 84 minutes in The Truffle Hunters is time well spent with old timers who are holding back the charge of progress in ways that are funny, defiant, sometimes curious but always joyful. Review

There’s love and family and funny stuff here, and though none of it is quite the kind we’re used to seeing, all of it is wonderfully real. Together Together is a delivery that somehow feels comfortable and unique, both overdue and right on time. Review

Bloodthirsty is a werewolf film that never really feels like one, which has both up and down sides. Review

With Crampton and Fessenden so completely in their element, Jakob’s Wife is an irresistibly fun take on the bite of eternity. Review

The film skirts specifics, as well as the deep ideological divisions that stand in the way of such progress, but even that seems true to the stated goal of locality. It never wavers, even in the face of celebrity. Review

With its self-conscious quirks and surface-level satisfactions, this is a French Exit more obvious than most. But thanks to Pfeiffer and a sharply drawn ensemble, it’s never less than wicked fun. Review

Seligman flashes an insight that disarms you with sex and humor, keeping its hand at a subtle distance. But by the time we’re leaving that buffet, a breakout filmmaker and star have delivered a fresh, funny and intimate take on the indignities of finding yourself. Review

Balagueró gives his camera a stylish flow and keeps us supplied with plenty of opportunities to feel like we’re in on the con, and have a stake in the success of the heist. Review

Doors is an awkward anthology in search of an anchor, as well as a satisfying reward for opening it. Review

Yes it is dark and brooding, and this League may hold the mother lode of daddy issues, but it never becomes tedious. And while you can’t quite call it fun, it is super, and heroic, and sometimes thrilling. Review

But believe it or don’t, City of Lies tells that story in a compelling fashion that doesn’t waste your time. Review

Mike Disa steers the nicely diverse cast through a surface level drama that’s sanitized for family protection. Review

Drake and Large’s script toys with the meaty issues of war, sacrifice, and colonialism, only to abandon them in the name of heroic grandstanding. Review

As our Second Chance movers uncover secrets about Vern (and each other), Lauder leans on body horror closeups and weak jump scares on the way to a big reveal that is bigly ridiculous. Review

And if you’ve been waiting for Coming 2 America for reminders of what you liked the first time, you’ll get them. Otherwise, a return trip isn’t necessary. Review

Huang may yet prove he got game, but it’s going to take some work in the film room. Review

Grant and Kermani end up walking an entertaining line between subversive humor and metaphorical slasher. Review

And along with the hits, Cutler gives us plenty of real human moments. Review

As artistic as it is nuanced, as lyrical as it is devastating, it’s a film with not only something to say, but a welcome new approach to saying it. Review

As actors, the three leads are all talented musicians, with just enough easygoing charm to get us rooting for their characters almost immediately. Review

Without it, there’s a pretty major question just sitting there unanswered, and Truth to Power – despite its commendable passion – feels incomplete. Review

In other words, perfectly fetch for the younger set transitioning from picture books to family films. Review

It may not be dynamite, but Barb and Star brings enough laughs to make spending time with them a pleasure. Review

Landing at a time when the conscience of the country is literally being voted on, The Mauritanian is a committed if somewhat unwieldy reminder of the stakes. Review