Rene Rodriguez

"Low-key charmer portrays a woman yearning to leave a mark (...) Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s magical realist debut takes a surprising turn around the half-hour mark, shifting from gentle satire of religious belief to something more philosophical"  

"Memorable debut (...) Despite a bloated running time, there is enough talent on display both behind and in front of the camera to make this spirited character study of two inner-city siblings worth savoring"  

"Dull comedy (...) Flavorless sludge"  

"A deep ensemble cast is game for this ambitiously overwrought material, but no amount of committed acting can overcome the movie’s manipulative artifice"  

"'You People' fizzles out and loses its nerve when it matters the most, not allowing its comedy to speak for itself, as if it were afraid people in the back row might miss the point"  

"[It] is an experimental attempt at social commentary that fails to provide any insight, emotion or even entertainment of the most basic kind"  

"An experimental attempt at social commentary that fails to provide any insight, emotion or even entertainment of the most basic kind"  

"'Vendetta', which is so curiously timid it doesn't even provide one memorable bit of gratuitous B-movie gore, will evaporate from your memory the moment you return the disc to the Redbox kiosk from which you rented it"  

"The patronizing ending feels like a cheat (...) The film also takes an inordinately long time to get there. But it's hard to imagine its target audience complaining over such modest, forgettable slumber-party fodder"  

"Inept crime drama filled with too much blab and not enough action (...) [An] utter lack of visual style or even basic framing (...) The movie needed more of Rourke"  

"A talky and lethargic home-invasion thriller, 'The Commando' amounts to an inept crime drama stuffed with banal dialogue and irrelevant supporting characters"  

"Superfluous (...) [It] lacks the energetic style director Josh Crook brought to the pulpy original (...) Unfortunate thriller, a moribund vanity project that will find few takers"  

"You start out fearing 'Don’t Breathe,' but by the end you’re laughing at it — and the humor is not intentional (...) Rating: ** (out of four)"  

"'The Nice Guys' never lives up to the promise of its hilarious first 10 minutes, but Crowe and Gosling are good enough to leave you hoping for a sequel (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of four)"  

"Watching 'The Clan', you have to keep reminding yourself this absolutely insane story really happened. (...) Rating: *** (out of four)"  

"The film is so gleefully ridiculous that you start to suspect the filmmakers were in on the joke and forgot to tell the actors (...) Rating: *1/2 (out of four)"  

"One of the most beautiful animated films ever made (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of four)"  

"'Maleficent' is the summer’s first real surprise (...) The movie turns out to be sweet and funny and exciting and touching (...) Rating: *** (out of four)"  

"A motorcycle chase through the streets of Spain during the running of the bulls is a great idea. A motorcycle chase through the streets of Spain during the running of computer-generated bulls is not (...) Rating: * (out of four)"  

"The animation in The Princess and the Frog is beautifully rendered, and the movie doesn't lack for energy. But this is minor Disney at best, forgettable at worst"