An all-time great child performance and sustained hope over a lengthy runtime makes Nadine Labaki’s latest a worthy Oscar nominee.
Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
An all-time great child performance and sustained hope over a lengthy runtime makes Nadine Labaki’s latest a worthy Oscar nominee.
All the new releases I saw in 2018, ranked from worst to best. Part One covers films 201-232.
Rebel Wilson proves generally ready for leading lady status in this skewering of rom-com conventions.
The sequel ably changes its genre gears with only slightly diminished returns.
This year’s finalists include several worthy films and a couple of head-scratchers.
This post-apocalyptic sci-fi action film is mostly a great excuse for a series of thoroughly entertaining, CG-heavy action sequences.
RaMell Ross’ Oscar-nominated documentary both warrants enthusiasm for its directorial creativity, yet frequently allows this same unconventionality to bog down the proceedings.
The latest bad seed horror film starts out promising, then devolves into an exercise in frustration.
The animated sequel is as fun and funny as its predecessor, though the increased reliance on live-action exposition is troubling.
Taraji P. Henson stars in this likable but mild comedy with a sentimental streak.
The five worthy live action short films nominated for the Oscar lean in hard to the dark side — with one exception.
A slightly twisted new effort from Pixar leads the field of five animated short films nominated for the 2019 Academy Award and playing at the Grail starting Feb. 8.
Gina Rodriguez is given little to do in this snoozy remake of the acclaimed Mexican thriller.
The triple Oscar nominee is indeed lyrical and captivating, but it’s a far different experience than its Academy Award competitor Roma, another memory movie shot in black and white.
Joe Cornish’s family-friendly King Arthur movie makes a star out of Angus Imrie as “Young” Merlin.
Steven Knight’s new thriller is so bizarre and so far removed from logic that it demands to be seen.
The Asheville Movie Guys dissect the 2019 Academy Award nominations, including the oversights, surprises and the dark horses they’re hoping might pull off an upset.
A committed Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly practically disappear in this thoroughly pleasant biopic of Laurel and Hardy.
