Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

I'd be perfectly happy if Rowling stuck with screenplays from now on.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3183660/

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Just think of all the Star Wars vehicles that can be created from one line of the original 1977 film!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3748528/

Now You See Me 2

This is bound to be an embarrassment to masters of the magical arts.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3110958/

The Nice Guys

Sure, I'll keep giving Shane Black my money.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3799694/

Kubo and the Two Strings

Impressive mostly because it's stop-motion animation (which you shouldn't really be noticing).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4302938/

Mr. Right

"Let's remake Grosse Pointe Blank! And take it just a bit too far!"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2091935/

Finding Dory

As expected, the octopus steals the show.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2277860/

Spectral

And, lo, there was nothing else that looked interesting on Netflix.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106651/

Better Call Saul: Season 2

Another one for the history books: a sophomore effort better than the freshman start.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3032476/

The Jungle Book

Did they think they could distract us from that ending with truly realistic animals?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3040964/

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Took them long enough to make this film. Unfortunate that it's a slight one.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787524/

The Crown: Season 1

The biggest surprise of this series is the cogent explanation of the value of monarchy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/

Ghostbusters (2016)

It's not a good remake when the only decent joke is a soup joke. Told multiple times.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289401/

Doctor Strange

Ahhhh - an origin story that's a story, not a collection of action sequences.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1211837/

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

So much to say but I'll just say this: thank you for letting us accept that everyone has aged.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5435008/

Arrival

Whoever designed the alien's construction of sentences deserves an Oscar.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543164/

Her Wild Oat

As with so many forgotten silent treasures: startlingly funny and astonishingly stylish.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018993/

Central Intelligence

Amy Ryan, what were you thinking?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489889/

Elvis & Nixon

No wonder there are still Elvis sightings.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2093991/

Kung Fu Panda 3

Excellent nothingness for the brain.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267968/

Sing Street

Carney/Hansard are an impressive songwriting duo, but the film itself is boilerplate.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544112/

The Knick: Season 2

They couldn't even leave the one happy ending alone, could they?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937900/

Café Society

He really is the most incurable romantic.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4513674/

Eddie the Eagle

You just want to pinch those rosy cheeks, you do.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1083452/

iZombie: Season 2

I will never stop laughing at the lab fight between Chakrabarti and DeBeers!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501584/

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

Our main man, Eric Zala, must have an eidetic memory!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3551954/

Sisters

I interrupted my viewing to watch the 3 Golden Globe intros again, reminding myself of their versatility.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1850457/

Penny Dreadful: Season 3

So, that's exactly how I expected it to end. How would any other way make sense?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2628232/

Triple 9

So many heavies - Affleck, Ejiofor, Mackie, Harrelson, Paul, Winslet - and yet so little weight.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712261/

Europa Report

Some missteps - grumpy and/or fatalistic crew? no way would they be picked for a mission - but otherwise solid.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051879/

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

As close to a humorous account of embedded journalism in Afghanistan as you're ever going to get.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3553442/

The Boy and the Beast

On the plus side, I wasn't able to foresee everything about the final fight.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4272866/ (Original title: Bakemono no Ko)

Jaws

Few words describe one of the best films of all time - except - the Oscar for film editing was well deserved.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/

Mistress America

Perhaps the first mumblecore I've seen that is a true comedy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872462/

Trumbo

I fail to understand Hedda Hopper's motivation.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3203606/

The Finest Hours

More films like this, so folks continue to have a deep respect for the power of water.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2025690/

Cooked (mini-series)

The chocolate was what made the show. That's more surprising than that sounds.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5347906/

The Office: a lot of Seasons 2-9

At the end of every show I would say "I hate this show!" because I learned to love it so much.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/

The Walking Dead: Season 6

And now we come to the point in the series where we start messing with style to make the original story stay interesting.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/

Stranger Things: Season 1

A light-hearted romp through the movies that made us who we are.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574334/

The Night Before

Watching Christmas comedy movies in summer is just more fun.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3530002/

The Expanse: Season 1

If you're trying to be like Firefly, you have to be a lot less overly dramatic.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/

Veep: Season 4

That ending seemed to be telegraphed from a very, very long distance.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1759761/

Deadpool

Actually, the best reference was the one from Grosse Pointe Blank.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431045/

13 Hours

Did John think wife Emily was getting all the good, buff roles??
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4172430/

Star Trek Beyond

You gotta give props to an action film with no action for the first 20 minutes.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2660888/

Orphan Black: Season 4

I'm torn - relieved there is one final season and relieved there is one final season.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234222/

10 Cloverfield Lane

I want her on MY side when everything hits the fan.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179933/

Sicario

The premise may be shoddy, but the minimalist style is a breath of fresh air.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397884/

Boy & the World

Only heavy-handed once (inclusion of live-action footage), so both lovely and relevant.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3183630/ (Original title: O Menino e o Mundo)

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Seasons 2 and 3

OK, so that got a lot better. Likely the escalating tension between Phreney and Jack, or more confidence in their plots, or both.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1988386/

Zootopia

Question for our times: do kids understand the moral issues, outside of the clever back-n-forth?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948356/

Bring It On

Sometimes you have to go home and watch a cheerleading movie, right?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204946/

Suffragette

I knew all of this... until I got to the final list of countries and when they gave women the vote. Switzerland? 1971?!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3077214/

The Kings of Summer

This works way better as a comedy than as a coming-of-age tale.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179116/

Control Room

A documentary to have watched earlier, but only because watching it now is less impactful.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391024/

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Predictably adorable but less predictably average.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872750/

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

In this case, I think the parts are better than the whole (so the sum doesn't really work).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2279373/

Don Jon

Not being a 20-year-old male, I appreciate diddly about this film.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2229499/

Spy

Feig & McCarthy are clearly geniuses since they know precisely how to make fun of wine snobbery.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3079380/

Jimmy's Hall

The thing about Loach films is that they're told so plainly there's nothing but fact and thus no compelling story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3110960/

Modern Family: Season 7

Episode 18? Why would you make a joke about the lack of women going to geek films? Do they not know their audience?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1442437/

The Peanuts Movie

Those were the days: of telephone cords and school dances and kite-flying.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2452042/

Steve Jobs

Disappointed in Sorkin's need to go Hollywood in the 3rd act, but otherwise, yes, this is why I get to love my Mac.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374/

Pawn Sacrifice

Overwrought (by all accounts) but factually pretty darn accurate.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596345/

Joy

Don't trust the lawyers, don't trust the family, but do trust your instincts. Well, duh.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2446980/

Dickensian: Season 1

Dickens' forte is clear here - the best parts are the ones with siblings.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4531728/

Krampus

Biting toys are always worth a giggle.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850590/

Call the Midwife: Season 5

I double-dog dare anyone to watch episode 6 and not feel destroyed by it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1983079/

Wallander: Series 4

Sufficiently scripted, gorgeously filmed, acted with vigor.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1178618/

Captain America: Civil War

Cannot decide which is my favorite: iconic image of Cap'n and Iron Man battling or goofy image of Spiderman and Cap'n fighting.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498820/

The Experimenter

I don't know how else you make a dry subject interesting, but this one only gets halfway.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3726704/

iZombie: Season 1

As long as Chakrabarti is in the next season, you have me suckered.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501584/

The Lady in the Van

If nothing else, it provides a nice portrait of Camden Town through the years.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3722070/

The Judge

Surprisingly well-made for a standard prodigal-son story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1872194/

The Danish Girl

Bypassing all the hype about whether this was an appropriate transgender film - it's definitely lovingly acted.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810819/

Daredevil: Season 1

I truly value the complexity of D'Onofrio's performance, but couldn't care less about Cox's.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322312/

Mr. Holmes

I find it hard to believe that Holmes losing his memory means he also has lost his intellect.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3168230/

The Long Goodbye

Well, that now ranks as one of my least favorite Altman films ever.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070334/

Creed

I still think Jordan was robbed.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3076658/

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

I just want Elizabeth Banks' eyelashes. This means I missed the entire point of the movies, right?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951266/

Youth

Way more male-centric than I expected.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3312830/

Brooklyn

I guess I'm just not a big Nick Hornby fan.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381111/

Game of Thrones: Season 5

At least I'm caught up to the books, although that will make no difference whatsoever, apparently.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/

Concussion

My favorite scene is Will Smith not dancing in a dance club.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3322364/

Amy

Subtle, discreet, personal, emotional, astonishing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2870648/

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Season 1

Feather boas in bed! Otherwise, the stories are rather banal.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1988386/

A Year in Space

They could have waited to release this until they had results of the "twin science".
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5517816/

Crimson Peak

Well, that's an awful lot of... red.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2554274/

Carol

As with any Todd Haynes film: gorgeously rendered and thoughtfully depicted.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402927/

The Good Dinosaur

When, oh when, will Disney put a family-friendly film that doesn't have only traditional definitions of family in it?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1979388/

Labyrinth of Lies

My take-away from this film was a couple hours of Wikipedia reading.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3825638/ (Original title: Im Labyrinth des Schweigens)

The Event

Won the "Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film" for a reason.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4900156/

No Home Movie

Revealing, extraordinary, heartbreaking, subtle. Too bad it wasn't in competition at AAFF '16.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4881016/

Fragment 53, Liberian Notes

The access to these men is stunning, but why would they provide this access?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4378452/ (Original title: Frammento 53)

The Illinois Parables

I am completely down with a documentary in this style for every state in the union.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5103864/

From the East

Damn, this was absolutely fascinating before the celluloid starting burning.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106642/ (Original title: D'Est)

The Prison in Twelve Landscapes

Way more cohesive (with the edits) than when I saw it as a screener.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5546192/

News from Home

Akerman's sound design is something to be marveled at.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076452

House of Cards: Season 4

What more is there to say than... gosh, it's great to see them acting themselves again.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856010/

Woodlawn

For a movie about belief, this is an amazingly unbelievable movie.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4183692/

Black Mass

Boston's getting a lot of play recently: first Spotlight, now Black Mass. What's next?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355683/

The Witch

Not really horror, more like a horrific "true-life" folk tale.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4263482/

Downton Abbey: Season 6

Well, that spiffingly sums it right up.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606375/

Spotlight

Finally, Ruffalo does himself proud. (Avengers don't count.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1895587/

Miss You Already

I'll watch anything with Collette's chin and cheekbones in it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2245003/

Bridge of Spies

No better description of why a certain someone should not be President.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682448/

Orange Is the New Black: Season 1

But... I don't expect thoughtful conversation from morally corrupt people.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2372162/

The Intern

Is it just me, or is the post-post-post-feminist feel of this film strangely unsettling?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361509/

The Walk

I don't think I've ever had flop sweat watching a movie before.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3488710/

Everest

Certainly, this is not the film to watch in the dead of winter.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2719848/

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Who would blame me for giving an action film that uses the word "metadata" higher marks?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381249/

CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap

I do wish they'd discussed those women who happily work in tech but aren't coders (hi!).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4335520/

What If

Bog-standard, new-school film romance. I'd love to see the play, though.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1443740/

Meru

When the camera only moves an inch and shows both sides of a mountain? That's why I'll never be a rock climber.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2545428/

The Gift

Not a unique idea, but Bateman was an inspired choice.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4178092/

Hotel Transylvania 2

Wouldn't it have been both braver and better to have the opposite ending?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2510894/

Fargo: Season 2

Morals of the story: be nice, play fair, and always take folks you run over to the hospital.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2802850/

The Knick: Season 1

Quite interested in whether that bag of money had anything to do with not having the abortion.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937900/

Goosebumps

Perfect for watching with a fever, but not really for any other situation.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1051904/

Trainwreck

Rats, am I the only one who rolls their eyes at sportsball "dancers"?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3152624/

Penny Dreadful: Season 2

In case anyone wonders about that title, it should prove that this series is not for the faint of heart.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2628232/

Penny Dreadful: Season 1

Ms. Green must be either very interested in the circus or have had gymnastics training.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2628232/

What We Do in the Shadows

This is what happens when your college buddies have an outstanding comedy sketch idea.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3416742/

Testament of Youth

The outcome of Brittain's novel was a call for no more war, which the film aptly reflects.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441953/

When Marnie Was There

Thematically fits into the Ghibli stable, but I wanted something old-school as their final foray.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3398268/ (Original title: Omoide no Mânî)

Minions

Sometimes you have to watch something dumb, but in this case, I wish dumb hadn't also been substandard.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2293640/

Magic Mike XXL

It's (some surprisingly natural-sounding) bro talk with (some not surprisingly titillating) dancing thrown in.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2268016/

Orphan Black: Season 3

That final episode is putting us in some twisted version of The Twilight Zone?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234222/

The Hateful Eight

I'm of the type who brays with laughter when the Tarantino gore begins, so do think twice before inviting me to the theater.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/

The Big Short

It wasn't even Sorkin and it was riveting. Not sure we can attribute that all to Robbie and Gomez.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/

Mr. Robot: Season 1

Hey, where's my 99% resolution?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4158110/

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Amidst a great deal of extravagant machinations, that oh-so-famous quote finally rears its head.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475582/