| Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
| Brooklyn | 2015 | 95 | 1 | (full review) - Sensitive tale with no villain in sight...a lovely film. |
| Everybody Wants Some | 2016 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - Plotless though it may be, it still offers the same sharp wisdom and warm hope Linklater is so good at injecting into his films. |
| Room | 2015 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - An intense watch...an important one too. |
| Sicario | 2015 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - From start to finish, a solid exercise in sustained suspense. |
| Zootopia | 2016 | 90 | 2 | (full review) - Worth multiple trips. |
| Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | 85 | 6 | (full review) - Overstuffed but mighty filling. |
| How to Train Your Dragon 2 | 2014 | 85 | 6 | (full review) - Has a heart...and knows how to use it. |
| Midnight Special | 2016 | 85 | 6 | (full review) - A small wonder. |
| The Hateful Eight | 2016 | 85 | 6 | (full review) - Bloody Agatha Christie yarn... |
| 10 Cloverfield Lane | 2016 | 80 | 10 | (full review) - A nice jolt of giddy old-fashioned movie-going fun. |
| Deadpool | 2016 | 80 | 10 | (full review) - Bloody, violent, vulgar, and go-for-broke...just the shot in the arm the sagging super-hero genre needed. |
| John Wick | 2014 | 80 | 10 | (full review) - Way, WAY better than it has any right to be. |
| Spotlight | 2015 | 80 | 10 | (full review) - What true journalism used to look like. |
| X-Men: Apocalypse | 2016 | 80 | 10 | (full review) - Oddly energizing |
| Youth | 2015 | 80 | 10 | (full review) - Easy to hate, hard to love…like most good movies should be. |
| Macbeth | 2015 | 75 | 16 | (full review) - Double double...it's worth the toil and trouble to see this. |
| Sisters | 2015 | 75 | 16 | (full review) - Still waiting for that perfect Poehler and Fey pairing. |
| Swiss Army Man | 2016 | 75 | 16 | (full review) - Let 'er rip! |
| The Magnificent Seven | 2016 | 75 | 16 | (full review) - It's overlong but it's engaging and entertaining, two things we’ve had a serious lack of in 2016. |
| Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | 2016 | 75 | 16 | (full review) - Fey can do it all...even drama. |
| The Accountant | 2016 | 70 | 21 | (full review) - It’s not even tax season yet, but take some time to audit The Accountant. |
| Vacation | 2015 | 70 | 21 | (full review) - This trip down the holiday road isn't as bumpy as you might expect. |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | 2016 | 65 | 23 | (full review) - More good than fantastic... |
| Hail, Caesar! | 2016 | 60 | 24 | (full review) - Not a Cohen best, but it's fun to goof off every now and then. |
| Hello, My Name Is Doris | 2016 | 60 | 24 | (full review) - If you can handle squirming uncomfortably for 95 minutes, two good performances will be your reward. |
| Mr. Turner | 2014 | 60 | 24 | (full review) - Murder on the backside...but lovely to look at. |
| Doctor Strange | 2016 | 40 | 27 | (full review) - Destined to be the movie you beg to skip in a Marvel marathon. |
| Pitch Perfect 2 | 2015 | 40 | 27 | (full review) - A low note, though not without some decent harmony. |
| Woman in Gold | 2015 | 40 | 27 | (full review) - Pure pyrite |
| Ghostbusters | 2016 | 35 | 30 | (full review) - Not great...but then again neither is the original if you're being totally honest with your childhood self. |
| Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | 2014 | 20 | 31 | (full review) |
| Suicide Squad | 2016 | 20 | 31 | (full review) - Instead of saving the day this stinker of a superhero film winds up burning down the house in a most spectacular fashion. |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | 2016 | 20 | 31 | (full review) - Cowabunchacrap, dude. |
