Much like the first film, Book Club: The Next Chapter is another easygoing lark that does zero that’s unexpected yet still generates just enough genuine laughter to make its sitcom-level simplicity bearable.
Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men remains a masterpiece.
“I hope that people become investigators of their own history, and do not take everything at face value.”
– CHEVALIER screenwriter Stefani Robinson
Chevalier is an emotional, music-filled 18th-century roller-coaster ride, and while watching it, my heart overflowed with pleasure from first frame to last.
Air is phenomenally entertaining.
Spinning Gold is a disaster.
A Good Person adds schmaltz where it does not belong, and instead of observational distance that could further humanize the events Allison and the others are confronting, Braff forces ghastly treacle down the viewer’s throat.
Inside is a perplexing descent into the unknown, and whether or not this madness is art (or the art is madness) is purely in the eye of the beholder.
Even if it isn’t a knockout Creed III still packs a pretty wicked punch.