Movie reviews of George Wolf

There’s enough brash boundary pushing to make Tully feel like a film we haven’t seen before, and one we’re glad that’s here.

Through Foxtrot, Maoz and his stellar performers are speaking with a stylish and bittersweet elegance. Listen.

T offers a rich cinematic experience, with a filmmaker and actor working in glorious tandem to soak each frame with meaning.

The verdict is pretty simple: if you liked the first one, you’ll like Super Troopers 2.

The pace may seem achingly slow at times, the message a tad too manufactured at others, but Pfeiffer is always there to keep your attention from wandering.

Yes, the points come on a bit strong time and again, but the cast (especially Mann) keeps it lively and relatable.

Hardly wanders beyond the Going in Style end of the pool.

It’s contrived and obvious at nearly every turn...

The actors pose more than they move, and even the cheapest of attempts at emotional manipulation seem too much for this film to handle.

It all flows so fast and furiously funny, it’s easy to forget how hard it is to pull off such effective satire.

The payoff the film needs to resonate as more than a well-produced history lesson never materializes, and it leaves shrugging its shoulders at the elusive nature of peace.

T becomes a sweet, entertaining teen romance, and it just might make some audience members feel a little less alone.

Won’t tax you your brain, but it doesn’t want to. It just wants you to have fun.

Runs in many directions without ending up anywhere worthwhile, and you’re left wondering just what the point was anyway.

Roth seems to think he’s revamped the franchise as some sort of satire, but he’s wildly off the mark.

Drawing heavily from a neo-noir party planner, Midnighters is a capably entertaining diversion, not quite a can’t-miss event.

The work of a top-tier genre filmmaker, and a challenging journey offering many rewards for those with no appetite for spoon feedings.

Worth seeing? Absolutely, and Kruger’s performance will likely linger even when the film’s voice does not.

There’s a story here, full of wonder, cruelty, betrayal, intrigue and redemption. Samson leaves so much unexplored, just wanting the credit for telling it.

Is built only from standard “boo!s” and lazy red herrings.

It feels like there is a taut and tense action thriller buried somewhere beneath the two hour and twenty minute bloat.

There is well-plotted tension, some inventive turns among gaps in logic and an Ocean’s/Logan Lucky inspired wrap-up that will bring a chuckle.

It’s always watchable but also muddled, and too often chooses broad strokes over finer, more memorable points.

A fascinating, fly-on-the-wall account of 2016 that arrives already feeling like a freshly opened time capsule from some faraway yesteryear...