Robert De Niro could also be 82, however he’s nonetheless an A-lister you need in your film.
Simply ensure you rent him solely as soon as per movie.
De Niro’s “The Alto Knights,” a misbegotten gangster movie that bellyflopped in theaters, is that this 12 months’s worst cinematic clunker. And the competitors was stiff.
What’s unhappy about this 12 months’s crop of God terrible films? Some boast unique tales brimming with contemporary concepts and inventive flights of fancy.
Mentioned flights, alas, by no means received off the bottom.
“The Alto Knights” director Barry Levinson continues his ice-cold streak with this gangster bust. De Niro performs each Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, initially reminding us of basic movies like “Goodfellas” and “On line casino.”
Not for lengthy.
The double casting transfer is a continuing distraction, however you’ll nonetheless discover the tin-eared dialogue, meandering story and lack of stakes from begin to end.
Out of the blue, “The Struggle on Grandpa” doesn’t appear so unhealthy…
Director Bong Joon Ho injects his progressive politics into his work. Assume “Snowpiercer,” “The Host” and the Oscar-winning “Parasite.”
The outcomes might be blended, however few would argue that “Parasite” wasn’t an interesting cultural puzzle. “The Host” delivered horror film thrills with a message, and the category inequality lurking all through “Snowpiercer” got here with a compulsive storyline.
You may agree or disagree with the director’s worldview, however one factor was clear. To cite “Gladiator,” “are you not entertained?”
“Mickey 17” wasn’t entertaining. It was an endurance check as much as the muddy finale. Robert Pattinson tries oh, so arduous to liven up a sci-fi yarn a couple of Trumpian determine (Mark Ruffalo) cloning the identical individual over and once more for nefarious causes.
That’s Pattinson as the person who retains coming again for extra. What sounds participating on paper is disastrous on display, a heavy-handed parable that’s clunky and extreme …
Nicole Kidman has by no means been busier, and that doesn’t embrace her AMC Theater adverts. The Oscar winner works a lot that many individuals didn’t notice her 2025 movie “Holland” went straight to Prime Video.
Huh? Why would a Kidman undertaking do this? Shouldn’t it’s in theaters? When you click on “play” in your TV distant, you be taught why.
Kidman performs a midwestern mother who suspects her husband is having an affair. She begins to smell round for clues, a mission that leads her to an unlikely bond with a colleague (Gael García Bernal). The thriller surrounding her husband is only one ingredient that’s disturbing on this slow-footed thriller…
The sports activities world is ripe for a “Bare Gun”-style parody. As an alternative, we received a horror film spun from our all-star infatuation. Not a foul Plan B … till you sit down to observe “Him.”
Producer Jordan Peele put his shrinking gravitas behind the story of a can’t-miss prospect (Tyriq Withers) underneath the tutelage of an getting old celebrity (Marlon Wayans).
The primary act is intriguing, if imperfect. We’re arrange for a thrill trip with one thing to say about elevating athletes in unnatural methods. As an alternative, the story will get sillier and “Him’s” appreciable potential heads to the blue medical tent, by no means to return…
Online game films are all the trend after many years of misfires. Sorry, in case you adore movies like 1993’s “Tremendous Mario Bros.” it’s because of nostalgia, not cinematic excellence. And there’s nothing unsuitable with that, however we needs to be trustworthy about it, no?
Which means Hollywood turned to the “5 Nights at Freddy’s” sensation for a brand new horror franchise. It is sensible, and people creepy ‘bots appear good for big-screen scares.
Besides “FNAF” was a downer, a mediocre shocker that happy the sport’s hardcore fan base above others. “5 Nights at Freddy’s 2” makes the primary movie look good by comparability.
Excellent. And “FNAF” was nothing of the type.
The brand new movie lacks scares, function and cause. It’s crammed with Easter Eggs, the type meant to distract us from realizing the movie itself is a s*** sandwich…
Which brings us to “Spinal Faucet II: The Finish Continues.” The movie’s legendary director, Rob Reiner, was brutally murdered mere days in the past, allegedly by his personal son. So we’ll spare any particulars about his sequel past together with it on this listing and saying the display legend deserved a greater farewell undertaking.
Relaxation in peace, Mr. Reiner.
NOTE: This critic didn’t display a number of movies at the moment gracing different “Worst of the 12 months” lists, together with “Playtime,” “The Struggle of the Worlds” and “Bride Onerous.”