Mazur’s story just defies belief; the fact it all happened, he and his team’s efforts leading to one of the biggest international drug busts in recent history, comes close to blowing the mind. All of which helps make The Infiltrator a memorable, tension-filled thriller well worth the price of a ticket, one I’d be happy to give a second look to sometime in the very near future.

From the early, eerie, unquestionably haunting images of a young nun traipsing through a barren, snow-covered Polish countryside going who knows where, to a moment of communal redemption hidden under the shroud of unthinkable secrecy and unimaginable sacrifice, The Innocents is a consistent triumph, achieving an overwhelming aura of brilliance that it manages to sustain first second to last.

While Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates isn’t something I can recommend, this does not mean I did not laugh, and for fans of Kendrick and Plaza watching it isn’t the type of unendurable chore it far too easily could have been.

But the worst thing the filmmakers do is waste their premise, turning it into a random circus of chase and escape that barely relates to the ideas present in the opening act and promised right there in the title. The movie isn’t good, the fact that it could have been, arguably should have been, is maybe the most dispiriting aspect of all this nonsense, and it’s likely my disappointment makes me despise The Secret Life of Pets even more than I potentially would have otherwise.

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While I can’t say I was as energized by The Purge: Election Year as much as I was the two stories that came before it, I’m still fairly enthused by what it is DeMonaco is doing here, this third chapter in the saga a politically astute meat grinder that’s worthy of a look.

With Radcliffe and especially Dano fully committed to material no matter how extreme things might get, this human comedy of the divine become a soulful outburst of imagination and insight born out of disarray and chaos. Swiss Army Man is downright wonderful, the multifaceted minutia of its various marvels so rapturously exhilarating they’re worthy of applause.

Whether one is a fan of the book or has never read the darn thing, The BFG is a delightful fantasy, one all associated with the film should be proud of, the end result an enchanting journey of resilience and imagination the likes of which dreams are born from.

Sure The Shallows is nothing more than a Jaws meets Gravity meets All Is Lost riff where the outcome is never in doubt, but that doesn’t make the thrills and chills any less sublime. Collet-Serra has managed to craft an efficient B-grade chiller that gets right to the point and never overstays its welcome.