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Absolutely wonderful in every way. Carrie Mulligan is lovely, as are Tom Basden and Tim Key. My heart felt good after watching this.

Totally understand the mixed reviews, but, man, I had a blast. All the self-serious, over-the-top exposition is worth it for that *killer* second half. Love these movies!

Kelly Marie Tran, the star that you are!!!

Man, I love Tim Robinson. From the second he overfilled his coffee mug to carefully carry it across the office to the annoyance of everyone around him I knew this would totally be my jam.

These movies should not be this entertaining. All I want from Sonic 4 is a scene making fun of how horrible the underwater levels are in the games.

A singular vision. Incredible direction. Incredible actors. And my god, the music. THE MUSIC. This is why movies are great. See it in 70mm IMAX if you can.

Great kills and a super fun concept, but I wasn't nearly as engaged as I thought I would be. The titular toy monkey was very creepy, so I guess mission accomplished?

Mourning is never simple. Family is messy and complicated. This absolutely stunning parable on death and memories and tragedy is simultaneously beautiful, authentic and achingly sad.

If I was on a first date with Brandon Sklenar I wouldn't be checking my phone, I'll tell you that much. (Fun movie!)

The book this movie is based on is good! A wide variety of clever and surprising set pieces. Great twists. Engaging confrontations with true stakes. Can someone please remake this? I want to see Kate fighting the knight on the rafters! I want to experience the boat ride in the pitch-dark cave! We can do this right!

Objectively terrible, but I watched with some friends on gummies and we laughed a lot. <shrug>

I was levitating out of my seat after the first dinner scene and didn’t return for 90 minutes. What a movie! Script of the year. Soderbergh the god.

One of the rare cases when the movie is better than the book. Robert Pattison is our best on-screen weirdo and I love him.

Demi Moore is great in this, but the best parts of the movie are the constant uses of '90s technology -- Michael Douglas navigating his archaic email, searching for names on a massive cellular phone and exploring a digital world in a ludicrous VR system. Oh the world we used to live in! Take me back!

If Terminator 2 was a rom-com. (compliment)

We need more mid-budget old-school buddy comedies! Keke Palmer and SZA are both great and have insane chemistry. I love a good L.A. movie. The best city!!!

If you know me, you know the first two Paddington movies are basically my entire personality. Giving Paddington's latest adventure three stars feels like a betrayal, but there was definitely something missing this time around -- I could feel the lack of Paul King throughout. Still, despite my grumblings, the movie is perfectly pleasant and charming. Like Mr. Brown might say to Paddington after he makes a mess with marmalade: I'm not mad; I'm just disappointed.

Clearly not as good as the original, but the scene-stealing Denzel Washington is fantastic and there's something comforting about these well-made old-fashioned costume dramas from Ridley Scott.

The definition of a perfect script. Lean, no fat. Every detail is important. Stellar ending. Perfect!

I mean, I'd probably chug a glass of milk and stand facing the corner of a seedy hotel room for Harris Dickinson, too. <shrug>

Predictably creepy, gorgeous and disturbing, like every single Robert Eggers film. I loved the entire cast, but Lily-Rose Depp and her ridiculous physical contortions stole the show.

I don't need any more Donald Trump in my life, but this was a fascinating portrayal of two horrible men whose cursed meet-cute changed their (and our!) lives forever. Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong absolutely deserve their Oscar nominations.

"GIVE FERNANDA TORRES THE OSCAR!" I scream as I leave the AMC Burbank in the pouring rain.

A poignant, tense, heart-wrenching true story of the bravery and grace it takes to maintain a semblance of family normalcy under the most dire of circumstances. Absolutely incredible from beginning to end. And seriously, give Fernanda that Oscar.

As I type this, Marianne Jean-Baptiste was just snubbed for an Oscar. So now I will be inventing a time machine to right this wrong. Stay tuned.

Looks beautiful. Sounds great (that score!). Filled with beautiful sweaty people. And at its core, it perfectly portrays what it feels like to fall dangerously hard for someone that might not be the ultimate person for you. If I ever embark on a drug-infused trip to the South American rain forests, I hope I do it with Daniel Craig and Lesley Manville.

Feathers McGraw is the best character in fiction.

I saw this in the theater with my visiting parents right after the horrible LA fires. If that wasn't emotional enough, at the end of the movie I looked over and my mom and dad were both crying -- as was I. I have never seen my dad cry in a movie ... ever. I'll never forget this moment for the rest of my life.

I saw this movie with my parents and I have never seen them so into a movie in my life. Dancing during the credits. Mouthing the words to songs. "This was our era!" It was magical.

Jude Law really said I am going to grow out my moustache and do a flawless American accent while bringing down white supremacists. Good for him. (And good movie!)

As quiet as a whisper, but as devastating as a train wreck, this movie snuck up on me and also opened my eyes to a period of time I was embarrassingly ignorant about. Cillian Murphy is a gift of an actor.

In a rare occasion, I watched this with my entire family and the Concelmo reviews are in: We loved it! This is an old-fashioned type of courtroom drama they rarely make anymore. And according to my lawyer husband, it's also fairly accurate!

The movie might be forgettable, but it's lovingly shot and Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh are so charming and heartbreaking that you can't help fall in love -- at least a little.

Everyone is saying the same thing about this nearly four-hour masterpiece, but it bears repeating: They really don't make 'em like this anymore! Feeling like it was ripped from peak '70s cinema in the best way possible, this sprawling epic is a showcase for Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce and everyone in the cast. And not for nothing, having an intermission feels so chic!

This movie took my breath away. With truly next level and innovative camera work from Jomo Fray, this modern masterpiece is the definition of how to uniquely adapt a book for the big screen. By telling this heartbreaking story in such a unique way, even seemingly simple images like a main character's face reflected in a metallic iron will stick with me forever.

This is probably the least affecting of Pablo Larraín's three stunning portraits of iconic women with tragic lives, but my god, it's beautiful to look at and elevated by a breathtaking performance by Angela Jolie.

In a year of great horror movies, this isn't one of the best, but it's perfectly suspenseful and surprising with a fantastic performance by Hugh Grant. Liked it a lot!

Naomi Scott. Girl. What you do in this movie is NEXT LEVEL. Love you. Loved this movie. If we can get more sequels like this we'll have an all-time horror series on our hands.

I was completely invested in this wordless journey of a brave, curious cat and his animal friends as they navigate a scary world and experience the joy of friendship and the fear of the unknown. Beautiful, imaginative and shockingly profound about death and what waits for us beyond, this is my favorite movie of the year and something I'll be thinking about every time I interact with any animal for the rest of my life.

While Danielle Deadwyler gives an incredible performance, the movie itself definitely felt like it was adapted from a play. This can sometimes work, but I wasn't engaged in this story or characters enough to work for me.

Don't want to kick a movie when it's down, but as with most award predictors, I went into this thinking it was going to *the* movie that was going to rake up the Oscar nominations. But it was just ... fine! Gorgeously shot with some great performances, for sure, but there was something missing.

What a strange, touching and wonderful film. Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson are simply perfect.

I knew nothing about this going in and am so happy I didn't. Loved everything about this movie -- from the non-linear structure to the well-earned surprise twist to the incredible performance by Kyle Gallner.

My husband is not the biggest musical fan, but after this was over he turned to me in the theater and said, "That was good. Ariana Grande was amazing." I agree!

There wasn't much revealed in this documentary that I didn't know already, but watching Christopher Reeve's life lead up to that horribly tragic moment -- and seeing how his life and tragedy affected everyone he loved -- was an emotional, heartbreaking journey. I was in tears by the end.

Not the best Alien film by any means, but I absolutely loved the creativity of main character Rain navigating a floating minefield of deadly, acidic alien blood in anti-gravity. More set pieces like this, please!!!

In a year of outstanding animated films, this is easily one of the best. Another movie I walked into with almost no knowledge of, I left the theater with a sweatshirt sleeve soaked in tears. This is powerful, heartbreaking stuff, a tale of unimaginable grief that somehow also manages to be funny and full of hope.

There is so much discourse surrounding this movie that I worry my opinion is not even my own anymore. I don't even know if I have the right to comment on certain aspects of it! But I will say this: The first time I watched this I responded with little more than a "huh." But after a second viewing, I liked it a lot more. <shrug>

The second this movie was over I texted my friend and said, "OMG YOU HAVE TO SEE TRANSFORMERS ONE IT IS SHOCKINGLY GOOD" and she asked me if had been kidnapped and forced to type that. That was, sadly, the problem with this movie -- after the trailer, I don't think anyone thought this was going to be good. But it's good! REALLY good! I haven't been kidnapped!

A fun sequel that was much better than I expected it to be. More movies with practical effects and sets, please!!!

I love walking into a movie with no expectations and leaving completely in love. With a stellar script and a phenomenal, funny and heartbreaking performance by Kieran Culkin (and yes, despite his screen time, he still is "ing" Jesse's lead character to me), this is easily one of my favorite movies -- and biggest surprises! -- of the year.