Movie Reviews Published by Sacramento News & Review - Page 6 of 86

101-120 of 1,702 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of Life of the Party (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 23 May 2018

The story is inconsistent from one scene to the next -sometimes from one shot to the next - with nearly every scene looking desperately improvised,…

Read Review

Review of Book Club (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 23 May 2018

It's great to see these four working together, good sports and consummate pros that they are, but the fact remains that they're shoveling crap,…

Read Review

Review of Breaking In (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 May 2018

Action hero may not be what [Gabrielle] Union does best, but her versatility stands her in good enough stead; here's hoping this potboiler…

Read Review

Review of RBG (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 May 2018

The film obligingly touches on but never examines the Wikipedia page bullet points of RBG's life and work…

Read Review

Review of Deadpool 2 (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 16 May 2018

True to form, the film calls out its own lazy writing, which is probably the laziest writing of all…

Read Review

Review of I Feel Pretty (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 14 May 2018

A slickly satisfying vehicle for Schumer's comic everywoman persona, and she rises to the occasion…

Read Review

Review of Tully (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 14 May 2018

Theron is wonderful, sympathetic even when she's being unreasonable, and her joined-at-the-hip chemistry with Davis makes the movie's unsurprising…

Read Review

Review of Overboard (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 14 May 2018

The movie is passably mediocre, and at least it's one remake that doesn't desecrate the original - which was hardly a classic in the first place…

Read Review

Review of Lean on Pete (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 May 2018

After the long, slow burn of the first half, Lean on Pete takes a Walkabout-like veer into the desert void, and like an old horse getting a…

Read Review

Review of Kings (2017)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 May 2018

What once felt fresh and honest now comes across as completely phony…

Read Review

Review of Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 May 2018

As a longtime detester of the MCU machine, I must admit that it brought me some joy…

Read Review

Review of Beirut (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 18 Apr 2018

Unlike last month's fact-based 7 Days in Entebbe, Brad Anderson's Beirut offers a more Bourne-esque take on Bourne-esque themes from a script…

Read Review

Review of Journey's End (2017)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Apr 2018

The movie is very strong stuff, offering proof that Sherriff's play is unjustly neglected…

Read Review

Review of The Miracle Season (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Apr 2018

The story is inspiring enough to make up for a more or less routine telling…

Read Review

Review of A Quiet Place (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Apr 2018

The result is an old-fashioned horror movie, and a nerve-wrackingly effective one…

Read Review

Review of Foxtrot (2017)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Apr 2018

[The] powerful portrait of grief gives way to an ecstatic and absurdist midsection that follows Jonathan during his military service at a lonely…

Read Review

Review of Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero (2018)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Apr 2018

There are strong individual scenes, but the story structure is shoddy…

Read Review

Review of A Quiet Place (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Apr 2018

The result is an old-fashioned horror movie, and a nerve-wrackingly effective one…

Read Review

Review of Blockers (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Apr 2018

Things aren't quite as crude as they might have been, for which we can all be grateful…

Read Review

Review of Chappaquiddick (2018)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Apr 2018

The docudrama comes off as neither a hatchet job nor a whitewash, while Curran's measured, unhurried direction infuses a feeling of authenticity…

Read Review

Page 6 of 86

Sacramento News & Review features reviews by:

Top publishers this month:

Popular Movies Right Now

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

64%48 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews