Here is a recap of the films reviewed on today's show:
The Night Before is a frustrating movie because the potential
is there to be a very good or even great movie but the film is too
unfocused and not funny enough.
Victor Frankenstein is an ambitious project but it’s also a
mess. There is some fun stuff here but the film is a jumble of
underwritten characters and plot points that don’t make sense.
Trumbo has the potential to be a complex portrait of the
juncture between entertainment and politics but the filmmakers settle
for a straightforward man against the institution story. As that it
works and Trumbo is a very enjoyable movie.
Secret in Their Eyes has some extraordinary performances and
there is a powerful story here of justice and corruption. But the
filmmakers are overambitious and unnecessarily complicate the story.
Dark Places flew under the radar of viewers and generally
didn’t get the regard it deserved from critics. The movie is flawed and
is certainly no Gone Girl but there is an intelligence to Dark Places that elevates it above the average murder mystery.
You can find full text of every review in the Sounds of Cinema Review Archive.
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