12 reviews in this category.
The Sixth Sense made $672 million in 1999 because it is, at its core, one of the most purely emotional movies ever made in Hollywood. The twist is the mechanism. The love story is the point....
Let me tell you the most surprising thing about Knock at the Cabin: it is a film about gay people that arrives at a verdict more theologically conservative than anything Hollywood has produced in a decade....
Gone Girl came out in 2014 and it has not aged. If anything it has gotten more relevant....
Here's the thing about Rian Johnson: he's good at this....
Se7en is the movie that made darkness fashionable in Hollywood for a decade. It is also, under honest VVWS analysis, a traditional film that earns its TRADITIONAL LEAN verdict through genuine ambiguity rather than hidden ideology....
Shutter Island grossed $294 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful psychological thrillers ever made. It holds a 82% Rotten Tomatoes score and an 81 Metacritic.…...
Let's be direct about what Blink Twice is doing and whether it succeeds at it....
Here is what Rian Johnson is very good at: constructing mechanical puzzles. The Glass Onion mystery — Miles Bron's island, his orbit of enablers, the twist about who Janelle Monáe's character actually is — works as clockwork.…...
Amsterdam is a film about friendship, decency, and the courage it takes to defend democracy against people with money and no conscience. It is also, unfortunately, a mess....
Parker Finn's Smile 2 is a bigger, louder, more technically ambitious horror film than its predecessor. It is also, paradoxically, a more traditionally structured morality tale.…...
Black Bag is the kind of adult thriller Hollywood forgot how to make. Steven Soderbergh directs a 94-minute spy puzzle that treats its audience like grown-ups, trusts its actors to carry the material, and never once stops to explain itself for the ch…...
