Nightcrawler
Gyllenhaal is great in this dark, twisted character piece
Movies
Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi
An expertly executed tense wartime drama
The Diabolical
Well-acted but less-than-scary paranormal thriller
The Best of Me
Contrived, emotional button-pushing material
Black Sea
Well-written adventure flick with a mind-blowing twist
Big Game
Self-serious, simplistic, and openly silly
Jurassic World
A solidly entertaining time at the movies
Nobi
Remake of 1959 controversial anti-war piece
Love & Mercy
Beach Boys fan or not, this is a must-see
God Help the Girl
Solely for Belle And Sebastian fans
The Purge: Anarchy
A rare sequel that’s better than the original
’71
A tense, kinetic, and intricately choreographed chase movie
Minions
Great for kids under eight; bad for parents
Umi no Futa
Nostalgic, syrupy sweet, and melodramatic
Extraterrestrial
Close encounters of the cheesy kind
7500
An unscary, B-grade, inflight horror head-scratcher
Skin Trade
A brutal, banal movie that has nothing to do with sex trafficking
The Rover
Bleak, nihilistic, and fashionably grim
1 to 1: Carly Rae Jepsen
The “Call Me Maybe” chanteuse really, really, really likes Japan
Inside Out
Emotionally intelligent movie for the mind, eye, and heart
Tracks
A haunting, meditative, and rewarding film
Tusk
A non-scary, non-funny, self-congratulatory experiment
The Purge
Ethan Hawke needs a new agent
Belle and Sebastian
The Scottish rockers headline Fuji Rock’s White Stage
Terminator Genisys
Schwa-chan, please don’t be back
Gunjōiro no Tōrimichi
Some parts are heartwarming
Zombeavers
This lame horror parody is just bad
Walking on Sunshine
Reminiscent of generic karaoke background videos
Avengers: Age of Ultron
So noisy, it kept waking me up
Shaun the Sheep Movie
A great cross-cultural date movie
Child 44
Incoherent adaptation of a complex novel
Locke
Mesmerizing, existential tour de force
Torakage
Over-the-top “extreme” cinema
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Few rock docs reach this kind of artistry
Stuck in Love
Amiable but pointless date movie
The Salvation
Not too deep or original, but looks great