Filmrecensies van Don Shanahan

The edge of the comedic machete harvesting all the low-hanging fruit planted by the six writers sharing story and screenwriter credit on this sequel is regrettably dulled from the R-rated coarseness of 1988 and its different time and temperament. But zingers still zing, thanks to the likable performers and characters. Recensie

What shores up the thematic exuberance is the virtuous pride taken in the movie’s creation. Recensie

The Ulbricht story is a dynamite premise scrambled to bits by Silk Road with too much wasted talent. Recensie

The ending driven by Pudi’s light villain gets a little too zany, but the core before it is sound. Recensie

Folks will call The Map of Tiny Perfect Things convenient and contrived and shamefully miss the core thankfulness. Recensie

Director Shaka King and his co-writer Will Berson have penned and lensed an appropriately audacious feature film debut that deserves reverence and reaction. Recensie

The Mauritanian presents a compelling case in the opposite direction to all those oorah roars. Shedding cinematic light on a staunch case of injustice tangential to those fateful 2001 events, this film has the unenviable task of proving its story’s importance in spite of the egregious systemic flaws it chronicles and exposes. Recensie

Compelling catharsis coming from exposed pain like this is nothing short of impressive. Somewhere, above all the hateful words, all the flaws, and all the tension, love still sears the nerves. Recensie

That’s when the jovial becomes moving in this lovely little movie. Recensie

Justin Timberlake accounts himself with precisely the admirable effort matching his character. Dark places bring out a true strength in the actor instead of a bad-boy edge. Such credibility and candor build honesty rather than showy magic. Recensie

Despite trying to bring gravitas into those lines and moments, the results are far too genteel and, frankly, boring. That shouldn’t happen with the immense talent present. Recensie

Where it lacks in agreeable romance, The Dig mildly makes up for it with intriguing musings on existentialism. Recensie

In a few tidy and compelling minutes, Barrett and Fallon’s scripted short film challenges so many little social media-charged vices. Recensie

Johnson and Brewer carry on with pleasant chemistry and bright talent. Rightfully so, the soundscape is the treat. Recensie

The gulf between how good Anthony Mackie looks and everyone else in Outside the Wire is as wide as the Mississippi River delta the New Orleans-born actor hails from. Recensie

If Not Now, When? is an admirable collaboration for this collection of steady TV talents stepping up to a larger canvas. Recensie

Nearly every artistic element of Pieces of a Woman holds a fixation with its lead Vanessa Kirby and rightfully so. Recensie

Between a soap opera-level subplot and plenty of ignored physics, oodles of Shadow in the Cloud are as preposterous as the beasties themselves, but that’s the entertaining intention laid on thick. Recensie

The beauty of the script and King’s direction is creating confines where these legends, and their actors, can behave and orbit as equals. There are no winners or losers, only collective gain for all. Recensie

Wonder Woman 1984 advances those feats and multiplies those virtues for the main character. That said, the material and surroundings she is given do her very little favors. Recensie

Soul is a special and valuable session of these observations and it may very well be Pixar’s first truly adult-skewing picture. Recensie

Together, not only are they talented, they are sexy and expressive in a love story that is right there with The Photograph as the best cinematic romance of the year. Recensie

The trouble is Greenland still cannot resist overselling the unbelievable side of this whole ordeal. Recensie

The roles are superlative platforms for their genius. Just as we keep repeating, the music is secondary. Recensie