Kong: Skull Island
Opens March 10in theatersnationwide.
EWs Chris Nashawaty says:
As for subtlety, there isnt a whole lot of that either.
Meanwhile, Reilly and the mighty Kong are left to save the picture.
Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/Everett Collection; IFC Films
And mostly, they succeed.
Or, at least, well enough.
Kong swats the military helicopters out of the sky like a giant swatting pesky flies.
Jackson barks his great vengeance and furious anger.
Hiddleston smolders and briefly wields a samurai sword.
Larson takes surprisingly few pictures for a photographer, but she does get her Fay Wray moment.
And Reilly delivers sorely needed punchlines between exposition about Kong and the islands backstory.
Meanwhile, Kong does his thing and does it well.
The poor misunderstood guy seems destined to keep proving to humankind that he comes in peace.
I kept waiting for a single tear to streak down his big hairy cheek.B-
Read the full review here.
Rotten Tomatoes: 79%
Metacritic: 63
Personal Shopper
Opens March 10 inlimited release.
Stewart, who appears in nearly every scene, is intensely watchable, a coiled spring.
Its got audacity and style, and it packs an undeniably wicked punch.
Instead, she just pours on more ketchup.
His conclusions about the power of doctrine are, ironically, transcendent.
Themes of incest and sexual assault run through the movie, butBrimstoneis a bit of a goof, really.
Loganis essentially a road movie, but its a dark one (and a very long one).
Mangold shoots the film in a grungy, south-of-the-border Peckinpah palette.
There isnt a lot of hope in the movie.
The stakes arent grandiose, no ones saving the world.
Since Lauras mutant physical gifts are so identical to Logans, theres a melancholy to their relationship.
Shes the daughter he never slowed down enough to allow himself to have.
The loner has to learn to put someone else first.
For a film thats asking hard questions, it takes the easy way out.
Still, Peele is undeniably a born filmmaker with big ambitions and an even bigger set of balls.
But theres also something about the film that leaves a sour aftertaste.
Its answers are offered up too easy.
Theyre too spoon-fed and trite.
It makes light of the grueling process of grieving for a loved one.
Just have faith, the movie says, and you too will be at peace.
All thats missing in the films bucolic spiritual way-station is a cornfield.
It flirts with being too much of a good thing.
Killing is John Wicks business…and business is good.B+
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
