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Jennifer Lawrence
X-Men: First Class (2011)
A superb, stylish piece of modern mythology.
The Beaver (2011)
Gibson again stares deeply into the abyss. The question is whether—after his public disgrace—anyone will want to go there with him.
The Hunger Games (2012)
If
The Hunger Games
on screen doesn't exactly catch fire (as does its hero Katniss Everdeen), its savvy pop culture mash-up and the charge of teens in life-and-death peril remain intact.
House at the End of the Street (2012)
American Hustle (2013)
There's a self-aware feel to the period pageantry, the alternatingly seductive and kinetic cinematography, and the actor's showcase this ramshackle contraption has been held together with spit and bailing wire to be.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
A competent sequel...
The Hunger Games
could be fairly accused of being what it satirizes, but it's not without a thought in its deadly little head.
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
What makes [it] more than just a thrilling science-fiction actioner is the past-present poignancy allowed by time travel and astral projection, indulging everyone's fantasy of telling a younger self what he or she needs to hear.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 1 (2014)
We're meant to feel the weight of Katniss' situation, and we do, but the picture can also fairly be called leaden...
Serena (2015)
Winds up sawing logs...instead of locating hard truths of the human condition,
Serena
lumbers through the motions.
Joy (2015)
Though everything around this resilient central figure is wan sitcom, 'Joy the Doer' provides a rooting interest potent enough to justify the film.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay—Part 2 (2015)
If the franchise continues to feel a bit dull—heavy on the drama and light on the excitement, with pageantry long in the rear-view—there’s a respectable purity in the films’ political cynicism and populist fervor.
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
For all its failings, including the crime of not being exhilarating,
X-Men: Apocalypse
remains a competent sci-fi actioner.
Passengers (2016)
What begins as an intriguing premise based on high-stakes “what if”s shrinks in imagination as the pair begins to face crises akin to a
Star Trek: The Next Generation
episode...
Red Sparrow (2018)
A guy’s fantasy of an empowered woman’s story. She’s smart! She’s capable! She’s sexy! She’s nude! She’s degraded! Wait...
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