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Top Gun
(1986)
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Peter Stack
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"Top Gun" is a visual stunner. I think its chief entertainment value lies in protracted photographic excitement - simply the best aerial photography seen in the jet age.
Posted May 06, 2026
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3/4
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Mortal Kombat II
(2026)
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Bob Strauss
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“Mortal Kombat II” is a sterling example of an action movie that starts out dumb but gradually becomes kind of awesome -- and a little bit smarter.
Posted May 06, 2026
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3/4
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I Swear
(2025)
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Mick LaSalle
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The movie’s secret weapon — and guilty pleasure — is the occasional humor it finds in Davidson’s predicament.
Posted May 01, 2026
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2.5/4
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Erupcja
(2025)
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Michael Ordoña
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Despite the narrow visual confines, there’s space for the characters and relationships to reveal themselves. We feel dropped into the bohemian corners of Warsaw.
Posted May 01, 2026
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2.5/4
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The Beautiful Game
(2024)
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Mick LaSalle
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Ultimately, it all comes down to Ward and Nighy... They seemed to believe they were in a better movie than the one they were in, and for stretches of time, they make us believe them.
Posted Apr 30, 2026
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3/4
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The Fly
(1986)
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Walter V. Addiego
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Scriptwriters Cronenberg and Charles Edward Pogue give Brundle lots of quotable lines.
Posted Apr 30, 2026
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Sometimes They Come Back
(1991)
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John Carman
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Peters out quickly enough, and the only point really is a few hours of ghostly diversion and shock to the viewer's nervous system.
Posted Apr 29, 2026
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The Devil Wears Prada 2
(2026)
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Tony Bravo
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Thankfully, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” is not the sad Temu redo it could have been. The devil is truly in the film’s details, and fans will no doubt spend the next 20 years parsing every line of dialogue and every outfit, as they did the first movie.
Posted Apr 29, 2026
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4/4
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Hokum
(2026)
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Bob Strauss
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It’s frightening how “Hokum” moves from murder mystery to supernatural shenanigans and then to psychological horror with such confidence. It’s exhilarating as well.
Posted Apr 28, 2026
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1/4
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Over Your Dead Body
(2026)
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G. Allen Johnson
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About the only spark generated by “Over Your Dead Body” is the running joke about Lisa’s skills as an actor.
Posted Apr 28, 2026
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3/4
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Michael
(2026)
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G. Allen Johnson
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Domingo provides depth and nuance to a movie that might otherwise have none, his tough-as-leather performance meshing well with the tender turn by Nia Long as matriarch Katherine Jackson.
Posted Apr 28, 2026
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The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
(1978)
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Judy Stone
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If "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training" seemed like a limp leftover after the zesty, often provocative original... Japan is a bad trip with all the expected cliches about the difficulties of East meeting West, and friendship finally conquering all.
Posted Apr 27, 2026
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(1986)
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Peter Stack
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Of course, in Hughes' hands, it's all lovely fantasy—a crisp idealization of the joys, and small woes, of being young.
Posted Apr 22, 2026
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Trilogy of Terror II
(1996)
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John Carman
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The little fellas is more ridiculous than terrifying in 1996, and Curtis hasn't gained an ounce of delicacy as a director.
Posted Apr 22, 2026
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1/4
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Legend
(1985)
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Peter Stack
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A bad movie with good intentions.
Posted Apr 18, 2026
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3/4
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40 Years of F... Up
(2026)
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Bob Strauss
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It’s a music documentary for the ages.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/4
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Normal
(2025)
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G. Allen Johnson
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To paraphrase Homer: Liam Neeson, eat your heart out.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/5
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The Christophers
(2025)
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Mick LaSalle
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The film feels very directed, the product of a single vision pushing things along. Yet at the same time, it feels relaxed, confident and open to sudden inspiration.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/4
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Lorne
(2026)
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G. Allen Johnson
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“Lorne” makes it clear that nearly everyone in the entertainment industry who is known for creating laughs owes a debt of gratitude to the master.
Posted Apr 15, 2026
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The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
(1977)
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Judy Stone
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Unfortunately, director Michael Pressman doesn't have Ritchie's skill at getting his young performers to act natural.
Posted Apr 15, 2026
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3/4
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Outcome
(2026)
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Mick LaSalle
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“Outcome” shifts tone from scene to scene and is all over the place, and yet it works.
Posted Apr 13, 2026
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2/4
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Exit 8
(2025)
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G. Allen Johnson
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It works for a while, but there’s only so much one can do with such a confining, empty storyline. Even at 95 minutes, “Exit 8” seems stretched out. There’s simply not enough there for a feature-length movie.
Posted Apr 13, 2026
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1/4
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Hamlet
(2025)
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Mick LaSalle
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Beyond flashy but empty gestures, little or no thought went into making sense of the update.
Posted Apr 13, 2026
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
(2026)
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Zaki Hasan
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Given the first film's success and the fanbase it helped build for this sequel, you can't help but wonder why the instinct is still to go wider instead of deeper, louder instead of more heartfelt.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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2.5/4
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Newborn
(2026)
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Bob Strauss
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Considering both the form and intimate nature of the film, performances are more crucial here than in most thrillers. As mentioned, Oyelowo and Stoxx deliver the goods, never more so than in their tense yet tender scenes together.
Posted Apr 08, 2026
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Victor/Victoria
(1982)
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Judy Stone
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Edwards' "live and let live" theme has a refreshing sweetness and generosity; it's too bad the execution did not measure up to his conception.
Posted Apr 08, 2026
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3/4
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Aliens
(1986)
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Peter Stack
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The dark design of "Aliens" is captivating and disturbing, on almost every level.
Posted Apr 08, 2026
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On Moonlight Bay
(1951)
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Marjorie McCabe
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It may not hang together very well, but many of its sequences are little short of captivating.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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The Mouthpiece
(1932)
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George C. Warren
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A brilliant example of picture making -- a coherent, straightforward, vigorous, well-made film. There are no unnecessary steps; no side streets in which to wander about looking for the main road.
Posted Apr 06, 2026
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4/4
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The Muppet Movie
(1979)
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Judy Stone
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It would not be fair to say, "I've seen detergents that leave a better film than this," just to quote the funniest line in "The Muppet Movie"...But it does leave something to be desired: like more satire and less goopy sentimentality.
Posted Apr 06, 2026
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The Towering Inferno
(1974)
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Stephen Farber
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Despite the pretense of social criticism, this is a profoundly reactionary movie, in its primitive morality, and in its fundamental assumptions about men and women.
Posted Apr 06, 2026
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The Patsy
(1928)
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SF Chronicle Staff
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If it is not new in theme, it is very well done -- by far the best of Marion's pictures.
Posted Apr 06, 2026
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Pal Joey
(1957)
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Paine Knickerbocker
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"Pal Joey"...is a fairy tale-a fairy tale told by the wicked stepmother-and if finally she has an irrational moment of sentimentality, so that Kim and Sinatra may walk off together, one cannot trumpet too loudly his disappointment at her lack of logic.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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4/4
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The Drama
(2026)
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G. Allen Johnson
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It’s Zendaya’s movie. Her layered performance holds back then lets go as Emma’s full complexity is gradually revealed. If you can’t get on board with Emma, then you’re the problem -- which partly is Borgli’s intention.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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2.5/4
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
(2026)
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G. Allen Johnson
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“The AI Doc” gives the viewer a lot to think about — and worry about.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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2/4
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They Will Kill You
(2026)
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Bob Strauss
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This mainly feels like a Radio Silence rehash.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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The Bad News Bears
(1976)
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William Hogan
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It is the youngsters who lend this film its bounce, appeal and tension.
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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4/4
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin
(2025)
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G. Allen Johnson
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To show a totalitarian country in pure propaganda mode is instructive and impactful.
Posted Mar 23, 2026
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The Second Civil War
(1997)
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John Carman
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There are laugh-out-loud moments amid the tastelessness and raw language.
Posted Mar 21, 2026
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3/4
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Tow
(2025)
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Carla Meyer
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As Byrne’s performance highlights throughout “Tow,” it takes a certain inner steel to fight so diligently for what some might dismiss as a hunk of junk.
Posted Mar 19, 2026
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1/4
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
(2026)
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Michael Ordoña
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The sequel’s worst sin is resorting to the “screaming female” trope. Grace was so much tougher in the first one, and so much more fun.
Posted Mar 19, 2026
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The Howling
(1981)
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Judy Stone
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A half-hearted little horror movie about werewolves.
Posted Mar 18, 2026
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2.5/4
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RoboCop 3
(1993)
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Peter Stack
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"RoboCop 3" out to be a lot more mean and harrowing a sci-fi thriller than it is. Yet it still has a wicked humor underneath its prophetic grin.
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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2.5/4
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The Gates
(2026)
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Bob Strauss
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“The Gates” benefits from simple, straightforward plotting and understated social commentary that’s as effective as shouted outrage.
Posted Mar 13, 2026
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3/4
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Reminders of Him
(2026)
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Mick LaSalle
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What’s beautiful and impressive about Monroe in this film is her range — not just her ability to play a range of emotion, which is to be expected, but rather her ability to play a range of essence.
Posted Mar 12, 2026
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3/4
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André Is an Idiot
(2025)
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G. Allen Johnson
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The documentary is mostly uplifting and serves not only as a kick in the butt, so to speak, for those who are putting off their colonoscopies, but also as a tribute to an unconventional San Francisco life.
Posted Mar 12, 2026
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3/4
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Slanted
(2025)
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Hannah Bae
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Wang deals out absurdist humor with a deft hand, especially in scenes where Ethnos and its corporate videos extol the so-called joys of whiteness.
Posted Mar 12, 2026
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4/4
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Project Hail Mary
(2026)
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G. Allen Johnson
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It’s a masterpiece of a family popcorn movie, with eye-popping hand-crafted production design and outstanding creature design and puppetry work.
Posted Mar 12, 2026
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3/4
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The Optimist: The Bravest Act Is Truth
(2023)
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Mick LaSalle
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Heller’s recollection of concentration camp life is fascinating.
Posted Mar 12, 2026
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Southern Comfort
(2001)
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Edward Guthmann
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Confronts notions of family and gender identity, challenging us to accept Robert and his ken as individuals.
Posted Mar 11, 2026
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