Sing Street
A slick crowd-pleaser where there used to be grit
Movies
Independence Day: Resurgence
Roland Emmerich doesn’t get “less is more”
Brooklyn
Masterfully crafted, sweetly sincere, and robustly romantic
After the Storm
Touching and eminently realistic portrayal of a man down on his luck
Legend
Worth viewing for Tom Hardy’s acting, if nothing else
10 Cloverfield Lane
Like an episode of Twilight Zone… but on steroids
Citizenfour
Remarkably intimate and profoundly chilling
Collide
Think “Fast and Furious,” but with smaller budget and better acting
The Lazarus Effect
Little more than a generic zombie movie
Burnt
A bad-boy celebrity chef searches for edible perfection
Irrational Man
A philosophy professor finds a unique approach to bringing himself out of an existential funk
Ex Machina
Thematically epic look at the philosophy of artificial intelligence