Every aspect of Edward Norton’s ‘50s-set noir is good enough, but mysteriously never aspires to greatness.
Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
Your guide to Asheville's vibrant and diverse movie offerings.
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Every aspect of Edward Norton’s ‘50s-set noir is good enough, but mysteriously never aspires to greatness.
Director John Crowley has created a passable Reader’s Digest gloss on Donna Tartt’s great novel.
The adaptation of the beloved dog novel sidesteps potential sappiness with honest, emotional storytelling, plus characters easy to care about and difficult to leave.
The adaptation of the beloved horror books delivers surprisingly strong terror within a PG-13 framework.
Christian Petzold (Phoenix) returns with another rich drama that simultaneously speaks to the past and present.
Inheriting the teen sleuth reins from Emma Roberts, Sophia Lillis (It; “Sharp Objects”) continues to be a beacon in mediocre projects.
Barry Jenkins’ James Baldwin adaptation may very well be the only film of 2018 that can be called “beautiful.”
The Swedish fairy tale often feels like a singular creation, but can’t quite sustain its initial magic.
Paul Dano’s directorial debut starts off in extraordinary fashion before devolving into a fairly rote domestic drama.
The latest take on the Dr. Seuss classic is a colossal waste of time and talent.
The timely, well-made adaptation of the best-selling novel plays like a YA cousin of Blindspotting, down to several parallel scenes.
The convergence of beloved indie film talent yields mediocre results in this tonally odd western.
Emma Thompson delivers her best performance since 2013 in this sharp adaptation of Ian McEwan’s novel.
Eli Roth pivots from gory to Gorey (of the Edward variety) and fares nearly as poorly.
The Florida Project + better child actors - Willem Dafoe = Jeremiah Zagar’s adaptation of Justin Torres’ novel.
The Asheville Movie Guys fly to Stockholm with Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce for this literary drama.
Not even Bill Nighy can save this faux Anglophilic charmer from its boring fate.
The first of the fall’s two gay conversion therapy camp dramas is compelling yet predictable.
The Asheville Movie Guys tag along to Singapore for a wild wedding week with an under-represented cast.
This reheated bowl of dystopian young adult clichés is best left unsampled.
